diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_config.tpl b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_config.tpl
index ee5ccebd3..7488e9e88 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_config.tpl
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_config.tpl
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ receivers:
     exclude: [ /var/log/pods/{{ .Release.Namespace }}_{{ include "opentelemetry-collector.fullname" . }}*_*/{{ include "opentelemetry-collector.lowercase_chartname" . }}/*.log ]
     {{- end }}
     start_at: end
+    retry_on_failure:
+        enabled: true
     {{- if .Values.presets.logsCollection.storeCheckpoints}}
     storage: file_storage
     {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml
index 017f4f089..28dd7c792 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ config:
           endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:14268
         thrift_compact:
           endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:6831
-    filelog:
-      retry_on_failure:
-        enabled: true
     otlp:
       protocols:
         grpc:
@@ -144,7 +141,6 @@ config:
           - batch
         receivers:
           - otlp
-          - filelog
       metrics:
         exporters:
           - debug