diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b1bc6fa270..d771ff183c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
+
+- Remove service/defaultcomponents deprecated package (#5019)
+
 ## v0.47.0 Beta
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19bc35672f8..e6701755cee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ BUILD_INFO=-ldflags "-X $(BUILD_INFO_IMPORT_PATH).Version=$(VERSION)"
 
 RUN_CONFIG?=examples/local/otel-config.yaml
 CONTRIB_PATH=$(CURDIR)/../opentelemetry-collector-contrib
-COMP_REL_PATH=service/defaultcomponents/defaults.go
+COMP_REL_PATH=cmd/otelcorecol/components.go
 MOD_NAME=go.opentelemetry.io/collector
 
 ADDLICENSE=addlicense
diff --git a/service/defaultcomponents/defaults.go b/service/defaultcomponents/defaults.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 69f187f84be..00000000000
--- a/service/defaultcomponents/defaults.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// Package defaultcomponents composes the default set of components used by the otel service
-package defaultcomponents // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/defaultcomponents"
-
-import (
-	"go.uber.org/multierr"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver"
-)
-
-// Deprecated: [v0.45.0] Will be removed soon.
-func Components() (
-	component.Factories,
-	error,
-) {
-	var errs error
-
-	extensions, err := component.MakeExtensionFactoryMap(
-		zpagesextension.NewFactory(),
-		ballastextension.NewFactory(),
-	)
-	errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
-
-	receivers, err := component.MakeReceiverFactoryMap(
-		otlpreceiver.NewFactory(),
-	)
-	errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
-
-	exporters, err := component.MakeExporterFactoryMap(
-		loggingexporter.NewFactory(),
-		otlpexporter.NewFactory(),
-		otlphttpexporter.NewFactory(),
-	)
-	errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
-
-	processors, err := component.MakeProcessorFactoryMap(
-		batchprocessor.NewFactory(),
-		memorylimiterprocessor.NewFactory(),
-	)
-	errs = multierr.Append(errs, err)
-
-	factories := component.Factories{
-		Extensions: extensions,
-		Receivers:  receivers,
-		Processors: processors,
-		Exporters:  exporters,
-	}
-
-	return factories, errs
-}