diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7cb2fd8cbc..a9422f3e35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -219,11 +219,3 @@ jobs:
           gh pr create --title "$message" \
                        --body "$body" \
                        --base main
-
-  create-operator-pull-request:
-    needs: release
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-create-operator-pull-request.yml
-    with:
-      version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
-    secrets:
-      OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-create-operator-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-create-operator-pull-request.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f32a586a00..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-create-operator-pull-request.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-name: Reusable - Create operator pull request
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        type: string
-        required: true
-    secrets:
-      OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN:
-        required: true
-  # to help with partial release build failures
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: "Version"
-        required: true
-
-jobs:
-  create-operator-pull-request:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Sync opentelemetry-operator fork
-        env:
-          # this is the personal access token used for "gh repo sync" below
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # synchronizing the fork is fast, and avoids the need to fetch the full upstream repo
-          # (fetching the upstream repo with "--depth 1" would lead to "shallow update not allowed"
-          #  error when pushing back to the origin repo)
-          gh repo sync opentelemetrybot/opentelemetry-operator \
-              --source open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator \
-              --force
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: opentelemetrybot/opentelemetry-operator
-          # this is the personal access token used for "git push" below
-          token: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Update version
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
-        run: |
-          echo $VERSION > autoinstrumentation/java/version.txt
-
-      - name: Use CLA approved github bot
-        run: |
-          # cannot run the use-cla-approved-github-bot.sh script here since in a different repo
-          git config user.name opentelemetrybot
-          git config user.email 107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com
-
-      - name: Create pull request against opentelemetry-operator
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
-          # this is the personal access token used for "gh pr create" below
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          message="Update the javaagent version to $VERSION"
-          # note that @open-telemetry/java-instrumentation-approvers cannot be used below
-          # because opentelemetrybot is not a member of the OpenTelemetry org,
-          # and so it cannot @ mention OpenTelemetry org groups
-          body="Update the javaagent version to \`$VERSION\`.
-
-          cc @laurit @mateuszrzeszutek @trask
-          "
-          branch="update-opentelemetry-javaagent-to-${VERSION}"
-
-          # gh pr create doesn't have a way to explicitly specify different head and base
-          # repositories currently, but it will implicitly pick up the head from a different
-          # repository if you set up a tracking branch
-
-          git checkout -b $branch
-          git commit -a -m "$message"
-          git push --set-upstream origin $branch
-          gh pr create --title "$message" \
-                       --body "$body" \
-                       --repo open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator \
-                       --base main