diff --git a/.chloggen/rm_opencensus_receiver_parsing.yaml b/.chloggen/rm_opencensus_receiver_parsing.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..696a95f5ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/rm_opencensus_receiver_parsing.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: deprecation
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. collector, target allocator, auto-instrumentation, opamp, github action)
+component: collector
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Remove opencensus receiver from parsing logic as it is no longer supported in OpenTelemetry Collector
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [4239]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: |
+  The opencensus receiver has been removed from the operator's receiver parsing logic.
+  Since 2025-02-14 its no longer supported and got removed from the [Collector Distributions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/pull/1056#pullrequestreview-3079408414).
diff --git a/internal/components/receivers/helpers.go b/internal/components/receivers/helpers.go
index d359ccaa86..b5b1e7e389 100644
--- a/internal/components/receivers/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/components/receivers/helpers.go
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ var (
 		components.NewSinglePortParserBuilder("influxdb", 8086).
 			WithTargetPort(8086).
 			MustBuild(),
-		components.NewSinglePortParserBuilder("opencensus", 55678).
-			WithAppProtocol(nil).
-			WithTargetPort(55678).
-			MustBuild(),
 		components.NewSinglePortParserBuilder("sapm", 7276).
 			WithTargetPort(7276).
 			MustBuild(),
diff --git a/internal/components/receivers/single_endpoint_receiver_test.go b/internal/components/receivers/single_endpoint_receiver_test.go
index 63ef658c0c..9c0ecce090 100644
--- a/internal/components/receivers/single_endpoint_receiver_test.go
+++ b/internal/components/receivers/single_endpoint_receiver_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ func TestDownstreamParsers(t *testing.T) {
 		listenAddrParser bool
 	}{
 		{"zipkin", "zipkin", "__zipkin", 9411, false},
-		{"opencensus", "opencensus", "__opencensus", 55678, false},
 
 		// contrib receivers
 		{"carbon", "carbon", "__carbon", 2003, false},