diff --git a/internal/agent.go b/internal/agent.go
index 8b0023274a..f4bcdce8b0 100644
--- a/internal/agent.go
+++ b/internal/agent.go
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/log"
-
-	// OTel did a breaking change to the module go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata which is imported by the agent
-	// and go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile depends on it and is breaking because of it
-	// For some reason the dependency closure won't let use upgrade this module past the point where it does not break anymore
-	// So we are forced to add a blank import of this module to give us back the control over its version
-	//
-	// TODO: remove this once github.com/datadog-agent/pkg/trace has upgraded both modules past the breaking change
-	_ "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile"
 )
 
 const (