diff --git a/.github/workflows/base-ci-goreleaser.yaml b/.github/workflows/base-ci-goreleaser.yaml
index 4e9799f0..7a036bef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base-ci-goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base-ci-goreleaser.yaml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ on:
       goarch:
         required: true
         type: string
-      nightly:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-        description: "Set to true to fetch latest otelcol-contrib main branch version instead of building the version in this repo"
 
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=goreleaser-pro packageName=goreleaser/goreleaser-pro
@@ -69,75 +64,9 @@ jobs:
           go-version: '1.23'
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Create artifacts directory to store build artifacts
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib'
-        run: mkdir -p distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts
-
-      - name: "[Nightly] Get latest finished run ID from contrib repo build-and-test"
-        id: get-run-id
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib' && inputs.nightly == true && matrix.GOARCH == 'amd64' && matrix.GOOS == 'linux'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: |
-          run_id=$(gh run list \
-            --branch main \
-            --workflow build-and-test \
-            --repo open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib \
-            --limit 1 \
-            --status success \
-            --json databaseId \
-            --jq '.[0].databaseId' \
-          )
-          echo "Found run ID: $run_id"
-          echo "run_id=$run_id" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: "[Nightly] Create sub-directory for otelcol-contrib nightly build"
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib' && inputs.nightly == true && matrix.GOARCH == 'amd64' && matrix.GOOS == 'linux'
-        run: mkdir -p distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts/otelcol-contrib_linux_amd64_v1
-
-      - name: "[Nightly] Download built otelcol-contrib artifact from contrib repo"
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib' && inputs.nightly == true && matrix.GOARCH == 'amd64' && matrix.GOOS == 'linux'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: collector-binaries-linux-amd64
-          repository: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          run-id: ${{ steps.get-run-id.outputs.run_id }}
-
-      - name: "[Nightly] Move downloaded artifact"
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib' && inputs.nightly == true && matrix.GOARCH == 'amd64' && matrix.GOOS == 'linux'
-        run: mv otelcontribcol_linux_amd64 distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts/otelcol-contrib_linux_amd64_v1/otelcol-contrib
-
-      - name: Generate the sources for ${{ inputs.distribution }}
-        if: inputs.nightly != true
-        env:
-          DISTRIBUTIONS: ${{ inputs.distribution }}
+      - name: Generate the sources
         run: make generate-sources
 
-        # otelcol-contrib is built in a separate stage
-      - name: Build ${{ inputs.distribution }}
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib' && inputs.nightly != true
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@9ed2f89a662bf1735a48bc8557fd212fa902bebf # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          distribution: goreleaser-pro
-          version: ${{ env.GORELEASER_PRO_VERSION }}
-          workdir: distributions/otelcol-contrib
-          args: --snapshot --clean --timeout 2h --split --config .goreleaser-build.yaml
-        env:
-          GOOS: ${{ matrix.GOOS }}
-          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.GOARCH }}
-          GOARM: 7 # Default is 6
-          GOAMD64: v1
-          GORELEASER_KEY: ${{ secrets.GORELEASER_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Move built artifacts
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib' && inputs.nightly != true
-        run: mv distributions/otelcol-contrib/dist/**/* distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts/
-
-      - name: Show built or downloaded content
-        if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib'
-        run: ls -laR distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts
-
       - name: Run GoReleaser for ${{ inputs.distribution }}
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@9ed2f89a662bf1735a48bc8557fd212fa902bebf # v6.1.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-contrib.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-contrib.yaml
index a85e0f22..fed5f85d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-contrib.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-contrib.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
   package-tests:
      name: Package tests
      needs: check-goreleaser
-     uses: ./.github/workflows/base-package-tests.yaml
+     uses: ./.github/workflows/package-tests.yaml
      with:
        distribution: otelcol-contrib
        type: '[ "deb", "rpm" ]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-core.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-core.yaml
index ae191138..80a116a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-core.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-goreleaser-core.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
   package-tests:
      name: Package tests
      needs: check-goreleaser
-     uses: ./.github/workflows/base-package-tests.yaml
+     uses: ./.github/workflows/package-tests.yaml
      with:
        distribution: otelcol
        type: '[ "deb", "rpm" ]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/package-test.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b0ab6cfc..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/package-test.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Package Tests - Contrib
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 2 * * *" # every day at 2am UTC
-
-jobs:
-  check-goreleaser:
-    name: Build - Contrib - GoReleaser
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/base-ci-goreleaser.yaml
-    with:
-      distribution: otelcol-contrib
-      goos: '[ "linux" ]'
-      goarch: '[ "amd64" ]'
-      nightly: true
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  package-tests:
-    name: Linux Package tests
-    needs: check-goreleaser
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/base-package-tests.yaml
-    with:
-      distribution: otelcol-contrib
-      type: '[ "deb", "rpm" ]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/base-package-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/package-tests.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/base-package-tests.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/package-tests.yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bb7ea70d..2621a477 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ delete-tags:
 # Used for debug only
 REMOTE?=git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases.git
 .PHONY: repeat-tags
-repeat-tags: delete-tags push-tags
+repeat-tags: delete-tags push-tags
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/goreleaser/internal/configure.go b/cmd/goreleaser/internal/configure.go
index 75281bdb..32741f16 100644
--- a/cmd/goreleaser/internal/configure.go
+++ b/cmd/goreleaser/internal/configure.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const (
 var (
 	ImagePrefixes      = []string{DockerHub, GHCR}
 	Architectures      = []string{"386", "amd64", "arm", "arm64", "ppc64le", "s390x"}
+	ArmVersions        = []string{"7"}
 	DefaultConfigDists = map[string]bool{CoreDistro: true, ContribDistro: true}
 	MSIWindowsDists    = map[string]bool{CoreDistro: true, ContribDistro: true, OTLPDistro: true}
 	K8sDockerSkipArchs = map[string]bool{"arm": true, "386": true}
@@ -49,25 +50,14 @@ var (
 	K8sArchs           = []string{"amd64", "arm64", "ppc64le", "s390x"}
 )
 
-func GenerateContribBuildOnly(dist string, buildOrRest bool) config.Project {
-	return config.Project{
-		ProjectName: "opentelemetry-collector-releases",
-		Builds:      Builds(dist, buildOrRest),
-		Version:     2,
-		Monorepo: config.Monorepo{
-			TagPrefix: "v",
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-func Generate(dist string, buildOrRest bool) config.Project {
+func Generate(dist string) config.Project {
 	return config.Project{
 		ProjectName: "opentelemetry-collector-releases",
 		Checksum: config.Checksum{
 			NameTemplate: fmt.Sprintf("{{ .ProjectName }}_%v_checksums.txt", dist),
 		},
 		Env:             []string{"COSIGN_YES=true"},
-		Builds:          Builds(dist, buildOrRest),
+		Builds:          Builds(dist),
 		Archives:        Archives(dist),
 		MSI:             WinPackages(dist),
 		NFPMs:           Packages(dist),
@@ -83,41 +73,37 @@ func Generate(dist string, buildOrRest bool) config.Project {
 	}
 }
 
-func Builds(dist string, buildOrRest bool) []config.Build {
+func Builds(dist string) []config.Build {
 	return []config.Build{
-		Build(dist, buildOrRest),
+		Build(dist),
 	}
 }
 
 // Build configures a goreleaser build.
 // https://goreleaser.com/customization/build/
-func Build(dist string, buildOrRest bool) config.Build {
-	goos := []string{"darwin", "linux", "windows"}
-	archs := Architectures
-
-	if dist == ContribDistro && !buildOrRest {
-		// only return build config for contrib build file
-		return config.Build{
-			ID:      dist,
-			Builder: "prebuilt",
-			PreBuilt: config.PreBuiltOptions{
-				Path: "artifacts/otelcol-contrib_{{ .Target }}" +
-					"/otelcol-contrib{{- if eq .Os \"windows\" }}.exe{{ end }}",
-			},
-			Goos:   goos,
-			Goarch: archs,
-			Goarm:  ArmVersions(dist),
-			Dir:    "_build",
-			Binary: dist,
-			Ignore: IgnoreBuildCombinations(dist),
-		}
-	}
-
+func Build(dist string) config.Build {
+	var goos []string
+	var archs []string
+	var ignore []config.IgnoredBuild
+	var armVersions []string
 	if dist == K8sDistro {
 		goos = K8sGoos
 		archs = K8sArchs
+		ignore = make([]config.IgnoredBuild, 0)
+		armVersions = make([]string, 0)
+	} else {
+		goos = []string{"darwin", "linux", "windows"}
+		archs = Architectures
+		ignore = []config.IgnoredBuild{
+			{Goos: "darwin", Goarch: "386"},
+			{Goos: "darwin", Goarch: "arm"},
+			{Goos: "darwin", Goarch: "s390x"},
+			{Goos: "windows", Goarch: "arm"},
+			{Goos: "windows", Goarch: "arm64"},
+			{Goos: "windows", Goarch: "s390x"},
+		}
+		armVersions = ArmVersions
 	}
-
 	return config.Build{
 		ID:     dist,
 		Dir:    "_build",
@@ -129,33 +115,12 @@ func Build(dist string, buildOrRest bool) config.Build {
 		},
 		Goos:   goos,
 		Goarch: archs,
-		Goarm:  ArmVersions(dist),
-		Ignore: IgnoreBuildCombinations(dist),
+		Goarm:  armVersions,
+		Ignore: ignore,
 	}
 }
 
-func IgnoreBuildCombinations(dist string) []config.IgnoredBuild {
-	if dist == K8sDistro {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return []config.IgnoredBuild{
-		{Goos: "darwin", Goarch: "386"},
-		{Goos: "darwin", Goarch: "arm"},
-		{Goos: "darwin", Goarch: "s390x"},
-		{Goos: "windows", Goarch: "arm"},
-		{Goos: "windows", Goarch: "arm64"},
-		{Goos: "windows", Goarch: "s390x"},
-	}
-}
-
-func ArmVersions(dist string) []string {
-	if dist == K8sDistro {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return []string{"7"}
-}
-
-func Archives(dist string) []config.Archive {
+func Archives(dist string) (r []config.Archive) {
 	return []config.Archive{
 		Archive(dist),
 	}
@@ -173,7 +138,7 @@ func Archive(dist string) config.Archive {
 
 func WinPackages(dist string) []config.MSI {
 	if _, ok := MSIWindowsDists[dist]; !ok {
-		return nil
+		return []config.MSI{}
 	}
 	return []config.MSI{
 		WinPackage(dist),
@@ -195,9 +160,9 @@ func WinPackage(dist string) config.MSI {
 	}
 }
 
-func Packages(dist string) []config.NFPM {
+func Packages(dist string) (r []config.NFPM) {
 	if dist == K8sDistro {
-		return nil
+		return []config.NFPM{}
 	}
 	return []config.NFPM{
 		Package(dist),
@@ -226,17 +191,21 @@ func Package(dist string) config.NFPM {
 		})
 	}
 	return config.NFPM{
-		ID:          dist,
-		Builds:      []string{dist},
-		Formats:     []string{"deb", "rpm"},
+		ID:      dist,
+		Builds:  []string{dist},
+		Formats: []string{"deb", "rpm"},
+
 		License:     "Apache 2.0",
 		Description: fmt.Sprintf("OpenTelemetry Collector - %s", dist),
 		Maintainer:  "The OpenTelemetry Collector maintainers <cncf-opentelemetry-maintainers@lists.cncf.io>",
 		Overrides: map[string]config.NFPMOverridables{
 			"rpm": {
-				Dependencies: []string{"/bin/sh"},
+				Dependencies: []string{
+					"/bin/sh",
+				},
 			},
 		},
+
 		NFPMOverridables: config.NFPMOverridables{
 			PackageName: dist,
 			Scripts: config.NFPMScripts{
@@ -250,14 +219,16 @@ func Package(dist string) config.NFPM {
 }
 
 func DockerImages(dist string) []config.Docker {
-	var r []config.Docker
+	r := make([]config.Docker, 0)
 	for _, arch := range Architectures {
-		if dist == K8sDistro && K8sDockerSkipArchs[arch] {
-			continue
+		if dist == K8sDistro {
+			if _, ok := K8sDockerSkipArchs[arch]; ok {
+				continue
+			}
 		}
 		switch arch {
 		case ArmArch:
-			for _, vers := range ArmVersions(dist) {
+			for _, vers := range ArmVersions {
 				r = append(r, DockerImage(dist, arch, vers))
 			}
 		default:
@@ -331,7 +302,7 @@ func DockerManifest(prefix, version, dist string) config.DockerManifest {
 		}
 		switch arch {
 		case ArmArch:
-			for _, armVers := range ArmVersions(dist) {
+			for _, armVers := range ArmVersions {
 				dockerArchTag := strings.ReplaceAll(archName(arch, armVers), "/", "")
 				imageTemplates = append(
 					imageTemplates,
diff --git a/cmd/goreleaser/main.go b/cmd/goreleaser/main.go
index ae9ffcaa..b466e06d 100644
--- a/cmd/goreleaser/main.go
+++ b/cmd/goreleaser/main.go
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-pro/v2/pkg/config"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/cmd/goreleaser/internal"
 )
 
 var distFlag = flag.String("d", "", "Collector distributions to build")
-var contribBuildOrRestFlag = flag.Bool("generate-build-step", false, "Collector Contrib distribution only - switch between build and package config file - set to true to generate build step, false to generate package step")
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -34,14 +32,8 @@ func main() {
 	if len(*distFlag) == 0 {
 		log.Fatal("no distribution to build")
 	}
-	var project config.Project
 
-	if *distFlag == internal.ContribDistro && *contribBuildOrRestFlag {
-		// Special care needs to be taken for otelcol-contrib since it has a split setup
-		project = internal.GenerateContribBuildOnly(*distFlag, *contribBuildOrRestFlag)
-	} else {
-		project = internal.Generate(*distFlag, *contribBuildOrRestFlag)
-	}
+	project := internal.Generate(*distFlag)
 
 	partial := map[string]any{
 		"partial": map[string]any{
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/.goreleaser-build.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/.goreleaser-build.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b5f60c0d..00000000
--- a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/.goreleaser-build.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-partial:
-  by: target
-version: 2
-project_name: opentelemetry-collector-releases
-builds:
-  - id: otelcol-contrib
-    goos:
-      - darwin
-      - linux
-      - windows
-    goarch:
-      - "386"
-      - amd64
-      - arm
-      - arm64
-      - ppc64le
-      - s390x
-    goarm:
-      - "7"
-    ignore:
-      - goos: darwin
-        goarch: "386"
-      - goos: darwin
-        goarch: arm
-      - goos: darwin
-        goarch: s390x
-      - goos: windows
-        goarch: arm
-      - goos: windows
-        goarch: arm64
-      - goos: windows
-        goarch: s390x
-    dir: _build
-    binary: otelcol-contrib
-    ldflags:
-      - -s
-      - -w
-    flags:
-      - -trimpath
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0
-monorepo:
-  tag_prefix: v
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/.goreleaser.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/.goreleaser.yaml
index 6323ebea..593efbbc 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ builds:
         goarch: s390x
     dir: _build
     binary: otelcol-contrib
-    builder: prebuilt
-    prebuilt:
-      path: artifacts/otelcol-contrib_{{ .Target }}/otelcol-contrib{{- if eq .Os "windows" }}.exe{{ end }}
+    ldflags:
+      - -s
+      - -w
+    flags:
+      - -trimpath
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
 archives:
   - id: otelcol-contrib
     builds:
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index e6b325f4..bcf810b3 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BUILDER=''
 # default values
 skipcompilation=false
 
-while getopts d:s:b: flag
+while getopts d:s:b:g: flag
 do
     case "${flag}" in
         d) distributions=${OPTARG};;
diff --git a/scripts/generate-goreleaser.sh b/scripts/generate-goreleaser.sh
index e3262bd6..7b6c7ae7 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-goreleaser.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-goreleaser.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,5 @@ echo "Distributions to generate: $distributions";
 
 for distribution in $(echo "$distributions" | tr "," "\n")
 do
-    if [[ "$distribution" == "otelcol-contrib" ]]; then
-        ${GO} run cmd/goreleaser/main.go -d "${distribution}" --generate-build-step > "./distributions/${distribution}/.goreleaser-build.yaml"
-    fi
-
     ${GO} run cmd/goreleaser/main.go -d "${distribution}" > "./distributions/${distribution}/.goreleaser.yaml"
 done