diff --git a/service/internal/components/components.go b/service/internal/components/components.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cb52f3e910..00000000000
--- a/service/internal/components/components.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package components // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/internal/components"
-
-import (
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-)
-
-// LogStabilityLevel logs the stability level of a component. The log level is set to info for
-// undefined, unmaintained, deprecated and development. The log level is set to debug
-// for alpha, beta and stable.
-func LogStabilityLevel(logger *zap.Logger, sl component.StabilityLevel) {
-	if sl >= component.StabilityLevelAlpha {
-		logger.Debug(sl.LogMessage(), zap.String(zapStabilityKey, sl.String()))
-	} else {
-		logger.Info(sl.LogMessage(), zap.String(zapStabilityKey, sl.String()))
-	}
-}
diff --git a/service/internal/components/components_test.go b/service/internal/components/components_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fcb98486cb..00000000000
--- a/service/internal/components/components_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package components // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/internal/components"
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
-	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest/observer"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-)
-
-func TestLogStabilityLevel(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		level        zapcore.Level
-		expectedLogs int
-	}{
-		{
-			level:        zapcore.DebugLevel,
-			expectedLogs: 7,
-		},
-		{
-			level:        zapcore.InfoLevel,
-			expectedLogs: 4,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		observed, logs := observer.New(tt.level)
-		logger := zap.New(observed)
-		// ensure log levels are set correctly for each stability level
-		LogStabilityLevel(logger, component.StabilityLevelUndefined)
-		LogStabilityLevel(logger, component.StabilityLevelUnmaintained)
-		LogStabilityLevel(logger, component.StabilityLevelDeprecated)
-		LogStabilityLevel(logger, component.StabilityLevelDevelopment)
-		LogStabilityLevel(logger, component.StabilityLevelAlpha)
-		LogStabilityLevel(logger, component.StabilityLevelBeta)
-		LogStabilityLevel(logger, component.StabilityLevelStable)
-		require.Equal(t, tt.expectedLogs, logs.Len())
-	}
-}