diff --git a/connector/datadogconnector/go.mod b/connector/datadogconnector/go.mod
index 0e8b82913b991..da78495389065 100644
--- a/connector/datadogconnector/go.mod
+++ b/connector/datadogconnector/go.mod
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/commo
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/ecsutil => ../../internal/aws/ecsutil
 
-replace github.com/openshift/api v3.9.0+incompatible => github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250313134101-8a7efbfb5316
-
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/datadog => ../../pkg/datadog
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/datadog => ../../internal/datadog
diff --git a/internal/k8sconfig/go.mod b/internal/k8sconfig/go.mod
index 8726aecc2b170..7a92dfc99e73a 100644
--- a/internal/k8sconfig/go.mod
+++ b/internal/k8sconfig/go.mod
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
 )
 
-// openshift removed all tags from their repo, use the pseudoversion from the release-4.19 branch HEAD
-replace github.com/openshift/api v3.9.0+incompatible => github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250313134101-8a7efbfb5316
-
 retract (
 	v0.76.2
 	v0.76.1
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/go.mod
index 899ead1faa87a..3f90efaf184de 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/go.mod
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatautil => ../../pkg/pdatautil
 
-// openshift removed all tags from their repo, use the pseudoversion from the release-4.19 branch HEAD
-replace github.com/openshift/api v3.9.0+incompatible => github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250313134101-8a7efbfb5316
-
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/xk8stest => ../../pkg/xk8stest
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/sharedcomponent => ../../internal/sharedcomponent