diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/config.yaml b/cmd/jaeger/config.yaml
index f94e9e264f0..f7ced7937f5 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/config.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ service:
                 port: 8888
     logs:
       level: debug
-    # TODO Initialize telemetry tracer once OTEL released new feature.
-    # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/10663
+    traces:
+      processors:
+        - batch:
+            exporter:
+              otlp:
+                protocol: http/protobuf
+                endpoint: http://0.0.0.0:4318
 
 extensions:
   healthcheckv2:
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/jaegerquery/server.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/jaegerquery/server.go
index 4705774ca76..d524d414589 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/jaegerquery/server.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/jaegerquery/server.go
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensioncapabilities"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/jaegerstorage"
 	queryapp "github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/query/app"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/query/app/querysvc"
 	v2querysvc "github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/query/app/querysvc/v2/querysvc"
-	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/jtracer"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/storage/metricstore/disabled"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/storage/v1/api/metricstore"
@@ -41,10 +39,10 @@ type server struct {
 	closeTracer func(ctx context.Context) error
 }
 
-func newServer(config *Config, otel component.TelemetrySettings) *server {
+func newServer(config *Config, telset component.TelemetrySettings) *server {
 	return &server{
 		config: config,
-		telset: otel,
+		telset: telset,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -55,30 +53,7 @@ func (*server) Dependencies() []component.ID {
 }
 
 func (s *server) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
-	var tp trace.TracerProvider
-	success := false
-	tp = jtracer.NoOp().OTEL
-	if s.config.EnableTracing {
-		// TODO OTel-collector does not initialize the tracer currently
-		// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/7532
-		//nolint
-		tracerProvider, err := jtracer.New("jaeger")
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not initialize a tracer: %w", err)
-		}
-		tp = tracerProvider.OTEL
-		// make sure to close the tracer if subsequent code exists with error
-		defer func(ctx context.Context) {
-			if success {
-				s.closeTracer = tracerProvider.Close
-			} else {
-				tracerProvider.Close(ctx)
-			}
-		}(ctx)
-	}
-
 	telset := telemetry.FromOtelComponent(s.telset, host)
-	telset.TracerProvider = tp
 	telset.Metrics = telset.Metrics.
 		Namespace(metrics.NSOptions{Name: "jaeger"}).
 		Namespace(metrics.NSOptions{Name: "query"})
@@ -136,8 +111,6 @@ func (s *server) Start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
 	if err := s.server.Start(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not start jaeger-query: %w", err)
 	}
-
-	success = true
 	return nil
 }