diff --git a/.github/README.md b/.github/README.md
index 78ff841c30..47dcff7ce1 100644
--- a/.github/README.md
+++ b/.github/README.md
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ Additionally, the OpenTelemetry Contrib collector has also been changed to the [
    # !(when an older helm open-telemetry repo exists) update the open-telemetry helm repo
    helm repo update open-telemetry
 
-   # deploy the configuration for the Elastic OpenTelemetry collector distribution
-   kubectl apply -f configmap-deployment.yaml
-
    # deploy the demo through helm install
    helm install -f deployment.yaml my-otel-demo open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo
    ```
diff --git a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 862007ec29..0000000000
--- a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: elastic-otelcol-agent
-  namespace: default
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: otelcol
-
-data:
-  relay: |
-    extensions:
-      health_check:
-        endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:13133
-    connectors:
-      spanmetrics: {}
-    exporters:
-      debug: {}
-      otlp/elastic:
-        endpoint: ${env:ELASTIC_APM_ENDPOINT}
-        compression: none
-        headers:
-          Authorization: Bearer ${env:ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN}
-    processors:
-      batch: {}
-      resource:
-        attributes:
-          - key: deployment.environment
-            value: "opentelemetry-demo"
-            action: upsert
-    receivers:
-      httpcheck/frontendproxy:
-        targets:
-        - endpoint: http://example-frontendproxy:8080
-      otlp:
-        protocols:
-          grpc:
-            endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:4317
-          http:
-            cors:
-              allowed_origins:
-              - http://*
-              - https://*
-            endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:4318
-    service:
-      extensions:
-        - health_check
-      pipelines:
-        logs:
-          exporters:
-          - debug
-          - otlp/elastic
-          processors:
-          - batch
-          - resource
-          receivers:
-          - otlp
-        metrics:
-          exporters:
-          - otlp/elastic
-          - debug
-          processors:
-          - batch
-          - resource
-          receivers:
-          - httpcheck/frontendproxy
-          - otlp
-          - spanmetrics
-        traces:
-          exporters:
-          - otlp/elastic
-          - debug
-          - spanmetrics
-          processors:
-          - batch
-          - resource
-          receivers:
-          - otlp
-      telemetry:
-        metrics:
-          address: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:8888
-
diff --git a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/deployment.yaml
index 9d9e3797e6..e1830e5d16 100644
--- a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/deployment.yaml
@@ -2,34 +2,6 @@ default:
   image:
     repository: ghcr.io/elastic/opentelemetry-demo
     tag: 1.11.2
-  envOverrides:
-    - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
-      valueFrom:
-        fieldRef:
-          apiVersion: v1
-          fieldPath: metadata.labels['app.kubernetes.io/component']
-    - name: OTEL_K8S_NAMESPACE
-      valueFrom:
-        fieldRef:
-         apiVersion: v1
-         fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-    - name: OTEL_K8S_NODE_NAME
-      valueFrom:
-        fieldRef:
-          apiVersion: v1
-          fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-    - name: OTEL_K8S_POD_NAME
-      valueFrom:
-        fieldRef:
-          apiVersion: v1
-          fieldPath: metadata.name
-    - name: OTEL_K8S_POD_UID
-      valueFrom:
-        fieldRef:
-          apiVersion: v1
-          fieldPath: metadata.uid
-    - name: OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES
-      value: 'service.name=$(OTEL_SERVICE_NAME),service.instance.id=$(OTEL_K8S_POD_UID),service.namespace=opentelemetry-demo,k8s.namespace.name=$(OTEL_K8S_NAMESPACE),k8s.node.name=$(OTEL_K8S_NODE_NAME),k8s.pod.name=$(OTEL_K8S_POD_NAME)'
 
 
 opentelemetry-collector:
@@ -59,9 +31,42 @@ opentelemetry-collector:
           name: elastic-secret
           key: elastic_apm_secret_token
 
-  configMap:
-    create: false
-    existingName: elastic-otelcol-agent
+  config:
+    receivers:
+      redis: null
+    exporters:
+      otlphttp/prometheus: null
+      opensearch: null
+      otlp: null
+      otlp/elastic:
+        endpoint: ${env:ELASTIC_APM_ENDPOINT}
+        compression: none
+        headers:
+          Authorization: Bearer ${env:ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN}
+    processors:
+      resource:
+        attributes:
+        - key: service.instance.id
+          from_attribute: k8s.pod.uid
+          action: insert
+        - key: deployment.environment
+          value: "opentelemetry-demo"
+          action: upsert
+
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        traces:
+          receivers: [otlp]
+          processors: [memory_limiter, transform, resource, batch]
+          exporters: [otlp/elastic, spanmetrics]
+        metrics:
+          receivers: [httpcheck/frontendproxy, otlp, spanmetrics]
+          processors: [memory_limiter, resource, batch]
+          exporters: [otlp/elastic]
+        logs:
+          processors: [memory_limiter, resource, batch]
+          exporters: [otlp/elastic]
+
 
 opensearch:
   enabled: false