diff --git a/ansible/inventories/devnet-3/group_vars/all/all.yaml b/ansible/inventories/devnet-3/group_vars/all/all.yaml
index 7feb858..e1424fe 100644
--- a/ansible/inventories/devnet-3/group_vars/all/all.yaml
+++ b/ansible/inventories/devnet-3/group_vars/all/all.yaml
@@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ docker_nginx_proxy_wildcard_cert_psk: "{{ secret_cert_encryption_psk }}"
 otlp_endpoint: "https://otlp.analytics.production.platform.ethpandaops.io"
 otlp_deployment_env: production
 
-# otelcol-contrib is no longer used at the edge; the role removes its container.
-otelcol_contrib_cleanup: true
-
 # role: ethpandaops.general.vector
 vector_config: |
   # Docker container logs (clean per-container metadata straight from the Docker API)
diff --git a/ansible/inventories/devnet-6/group_vars/all/all.yaml b/ansible/inventories/devnet-6/group_vars/all/all.yaml
index a7c4ad9..82df2e4 100644
--- a/ansible/inventories/devnet-6/group_vars/all/all.yaml
+++ b/ansible/inventories/devnet-6/group_vars/all/all.yaml
@@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ docker_nginx_proxy_wildcard_cert_psk: "{{ secret_cert_encryption_psk }}"
 otlp_endpoint: "https://otlp.analytics.production.platform.ethpandaops.io"
 otlp_deployment_env: production
 
-# otelcol-contrib is no longer used at the edge; the role removes its container.
-otelcol_contrib_cleanup: true
-
 # role: ethpandaops.general.vector
 vector_config: |
   # Docker container logs (clean per-container metadata straight from the Docker API)
diff --git a/ansible/inventories/devnet-7/group_vars/all/all.yaml b/ansible/inventories/devnet-7/group_vars/all/all.yaml
index d11805c..b7900e0 100644
--- a/ansible/inventories/devnet-7/group_vars/all/all.yaml
+++ b/ansible/inventories/devnet-7/group_vars/all/all.yaml
@@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ docker_nginx_proxy_wildcard_cert_psk: "{{ secret_cert_encryption_psk }}"
 otlp_endpoint: "https://otlp.analytics.production.platform.ethpandaops.io"
 otlp_deployment_env: production
 
-# otelcol-contrib is no longer used at the edge; the role removes its container.
-otelcol_contrib_cleanup: true
-
 # role: ethpandaops.general.vector
 vector_config: |
   # Docker container logs (clean per-container metadata straight from the Docker API)
diff --git a/ansible/playbook.yaml b/ansible/playbook.yaml
index 5598d3d..1e0edb5 100644
--- a/ansible/playbook.yaml
+++ b/ansible/playbook.yaml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
       tags: [init-server, node_exporter]
     - role: ethpandaops.general.prometheus
       tags: [init-server, prometheus]
-    - role: ethpandaops.general.otelcol_contrib
-      tags: [init-server, otelcol]
     - role: ethpandaops.general.vector
       tags: [init-server, vector]