diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/OpenTelemetryProcessor.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/OpenTelemetryProcessor.java
index 0b80f7a871490..983da2a912153 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/OpenTelemetryProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/deployment/OpenTelemetryProcessor.java
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdkBuilderCustomizer;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.OpenTelemetryRecorder;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.QuarkusContextStorage;
+import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.config.build.ExporterType;
+import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.config.build.OTelBuildConfig;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.config.runtime.OTelRuntimeConfig;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.tracing.cdi.WithSpanInterceptor;
 import io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime.tracing.intrumentation.InstrumentationRecorder;
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@ SyntheticBeanBuildItem openTelemetryBean(OpenTelemetryRecorder recorder, OTelRun
     }
 
     @BuildStep
-    void registerNativeImageResources(BuildProducer<ServiceProviderBuildItem> services,
+    void handleServices(OTelBuildConfig config,
+            BuildProducer<ServiceProviderBuildItem> services,
             BuildProducer<RemovedResourceBuildItem> removedResources,
             BuildProducer<RuntimeReinitializedClassBuildItem> runtimeReinitialized) throws IOException {
 
@@ -125,9 +128,11 @@ void registerNativeImageResources(BuildProducer<ServiceProviderBuildItem> servic
                     new ServiceProviderBuildItem(ConfigurableSpanExporterProvider.class.getName(), spanExporterProviders));
         }
         // remove the service file that contains OtlpSpanExporterProvider
-        removedResources.produce(new RemovedResourceBuildItem(
-                ArtifactKey.fromString("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp"),
-                Set.of("META-INF/services/io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.traces.ConfigurableSpanExporterProvider")));
+        if (config.traces().exporter().stream().noneMatch(ExporterType.Constants.OTLP_VALUE::equals)) {
+            removedResources.produce(new RemovedResourceBuildItem(
+                    ArtifactKey.fromString("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp"),
+                    Set.of("META-INF/services/io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.traces.ConfigurableSpanExporterProvider")));
+        }
 
         runtimeReinitialized.produce(
                 new RuntimeReinitializedClassBuildItem("io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.TracerProviderConfiguration"));