diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b9d52412..c8f72b626 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DISTRIBUTIONS ?= "otelcol,otelcol-contrib,otelcol-k8s,otelcol-otlp,otelcol-ebpf-
 BINARIES ?= "builder,opampsupervisor"
 
 ci: check build
-check: ensure-goreleaser-up-to-date validate-components validate-version-consistency
+check: ensure-goreleaser-up-to-date validate-components
 
 build: go ocb
 	@./scripts/build.sh -d "${DISTRIBUTIONS}" -b ${OTELCOL_BUILDER}
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ ensure-goreleaser-up-to-date: generate-goreleaser
 validate-components:
 	@./scripts/validate-components.sh
 
-validate-version-consistency:
-	@./scripts/validate-version-consistency.sh
-
 .PHONY: ocb
 ocb:
 ifeq (, $(shell command -v ocb 2>/dev/null))
diff --git a/scripts/validate-version-consistency.sh b/scripts/validate-version-consistency.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3bd64dfbc..000000000
--- a/scripts/validate-version-consistency.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,194 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# This script validates version consistency across manifest files.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-MANIFEST_DIR="distributions"
-
-check_dependencies() {
-    if ! command -v yq &> /dev/null; then
-        echo "ERROR: This script requires 'yq'. Please install it and try again."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
-
-find_manifest_files() {
-    find "$MANIFEST_DIR" -type f -name "manifest.yaml" | sort
-}
-
-get_dist_version() {
-    local manifest_file="$1"
-    yq -r '.dist.version' "$manifest_file"
-}
-
-# Check if a module should have its version validated against dist.version
-# Returns 0 (true) if it should be validated, 1 (false) otherwise
-should_validate_module_version() {
-    local module_path="$1"
-
-    # Validate contrib components
-    if [[ "$module_path" == github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/* ]]; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    # Validate core collector components, EXCEPT providers (they use different versioning like v1.x)
-    if [[ "$module_path" == go.opentelemetry.io/collector/* ]] && \
-       [[ "$module_path" != go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/* ]]; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-
-    # Don't validate:
-    # - Core providers (go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/*) - use v1.x versioning
-    # - eBPF profiler (go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler) - has its own versioning
-    return 1
-}
-
-# Extract all components from a manifest that should be version-validated
-get_validatable_components() {
-    local manifest_file="$1"
-
-    yq -r '
-      (
-        .extensions[]?.gomod,
-        .receivers[]?.gomod,
-        .connectors[]?.gomod,
-        .processors[]?.gomod,
-        .exporters[]?.gomod,
-        .providers[]?.gomod
-      )
-    ' "$manifest_file" 2>/dev/null
-}
-
-# Check that all distributions have the same dist.version
-validate_dist_versions_match() {
-    echo "Checking all distributions have the same version..."
-
-    local versions_tmp
-    versions_tmp="$(mktemp)"
-
-    while IFS= read -r manifest_file; do
-        local version
-        version=$(get_dist_version "$manifest_file")
-        echo "$version $manifest_file" >> "$versions_tmp"
-    done < <(find_manifest_files)
-
-    local unique_versions
-    unique_versions=$(awk '{print $1}' "$versions_tmp" | sort -u)
-    local version_count
-    version_count=$(echo "$unique_versions" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
-
-    if [[ "$version_count" -gt 1 ]]; then
-        echo
-        echo "ERROR: Distributions have different dist.version values:"
-        echo
-        while IFS= read -r line; do
-            local version file
-            version=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
-            file=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')
-            echo "  $file: $version"
-        done < "$versions_tmp"
-        echo
-        echo "All distributions must use the same version."
-        rm -f "$versions_tmp"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    echo "  All distributions use version: $unique_versions"
-    rm -f "$versions_tmp"
-    return 0
-}
-
-# Check that components in a manifest match the distribution version
-validate_components_match_dist_version() {
-    local manifest_file="$1"
-    local dist_version="$2"
-    local expected_version="v${dist_version}"
-    local errors=""
-
-    while IFS= read -r line; do
-        [[ -z "$line" ]] && continue
-
-        local module_path version
-        module_path=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
-        version=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')
-
-        [[ -z "$module_path" || -z "$version" ]] && continue
-
-        if should_validate_module_version "$module_path"; then
-            if [[ "$version" != "$expected_version" ]]; then
-                errors+="    $module_path: found $version, expected $expected_version\n"
-            fi
-        fi
-    done < <(get_validatable_components "$manifest_file")
-
-    if [[ -n "$errors" ]]; then
-        echo "  ERROR in $manifest_file:"
-        printf '%b' "$errors"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    return 0
-}
-
-# Check all manifests for component version mismatches
-validate_all_component_versions() {
-    echo
-    echo "Checking components match their distribution version..."
-
-    local has_errors=false
-
-    while IFS= read -r manifest_file; do
-        local dist_version
-        dist_version=$(get_dist_version "$manifest_file")
-
-        if ! validate_components_match_dist_version "$manifest_file" "$dist_version"; then
-            has_errors=true
-        else
-            echo "  $manifest_file: OK"
-        fi
-    done < <(find_manifest_files)
-
-    if [[ "$has_errors" == "true" ]]; then
-        echo
-        echo "Components from opentelemetry-collector-contrib and core collector"
-        echo "must use the same version as the distribution (v{dist.version})."
-        echo
-        echo "Excluded from validation:"
-        echo "  - Core providers (go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/*) - use v1.x versioning"
-        echo "  - eBPF profiler (go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler) - has its own versioning"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    return 0
-}
-
-main() {
-    echo "Validating component version consistency..."
-    echo
-
-    check_dependencies
-
-    local has_errors=false
-
-    if ! validate_dist_versions_match; then
-        has_errors=true
-    fi
-
-    if ! validate_all_component_versions; then
-        has_errors=true
-    fi
-
-    echo
-    if [[ "$has_errors" == "true" ]]; then
-        echo "Validation FAILED. Please fix the version inconsistencies above."
-        exit 1
-    else
-        echo "All version checks passed!"
-    fi
-}
-
-main "$@"