diff --git a/otel-integration/CHANGELOG.md b/otel-integration/CHANGELOG.md
index 7429c07a..9b4231eb 100644
--- a/otel-integration/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/otel-integration/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## OpenTelemtry-Integration
 
+### v0.0.124 / 2024-12-10
+
+- [Feat] remove hostmetrics from the pipeline in default values.yaml, as it is added automatically by the preset
+
 ### v0.0.123 / 2024-12-09
 
 - [Fix] remove component.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHost feature gate from windows installations
diff --git a/otel-integration/k8s-helm/values.yaml b/otel-integration/k8s-helm/values.yaml
index 46d4650d..39d52e3f 100644
--- a/otel-integration/k8s-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/otel-integration/k8s-helm/values.yaml
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ opentelemetry-agent:
           receivers:
             - otlp
             - prometheus
-            - hostmetrics
             - statsd
         traces:
           exporters: