diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d5baa1f3fc..00000000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,318 +0,0 @@
-# File generated by dbotconf; DO NOT EDIT.
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
-    directory: /
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - actions
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: docker
-    directory: /example/zipkin
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - docker
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /bridge/opencensus
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /bridge/opencensus/test
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /bridge/opentracing
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /bridge/opentracing/test
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /example/dice
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /example/namedtracer
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /example/opencensus
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /example/otel-collector
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /example/passthrough
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /example/prometheus
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /example/zipkin
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlptrace
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/prometheus
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/stdout/stdoutlog
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/stdout/stdouttrace
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /exporters/zipkin
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /internal/tools
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /log
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /metric
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /schema
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /sdk
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /sdk/log
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /sdk/metric
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /trace
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - go
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
-  - package-ecosystem: pip
-    directory: /
-    labels:
-      - dependencies
-      - python
-      - Skip Changelog
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-      day: sunday
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 66b55748da4..be18c06fb10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate
         run: make generate
       - name: Run linters
-        run: make dependabot-check license-check lint vanity-import-check verify-readmes
+        run: make license-check lint vanity-import-check verify-readmes
       - name: Build
         run: make build
       - name: Check clean repository
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-dependabot-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/create-dependabot-pr.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e91e137d9b5..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/create-dependabot-pr.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: dependabot-pr
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  create-pr:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: "~1.21.9"
-          check-latest: true
-          cache-dependency-path: "**/go.sum"
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install zsh
-        run: sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install zsh
-
-      - name: Run dependabot-pr.sh
-        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a85e2d3667..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Dependabot-Tidier
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [ labeled ]
-
-jobs:
-  mod_tidier:
-    if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version: "~1.21.9"
-        check-latest: true
-        cache-dependency-path: "**/go.sum"
-    - uses: evantorrie/mott-the-tidier@v1-beta
-      id: modtidy
-      with:
-        gomods: '**/go.mod'
-        gomodsum_only: true
-    - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-      id: autocommit
-      with:
-        commit_message: Auto-fix go.sum changes in dependent modules
-    - name: changes
-      run: |
-        echo "Changes detected: ${{ steps.autocommit.outputs.changes_detected }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7146f0a4748..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/dependabot-pr.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/zsh -ex
-
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-git config user.name opentelemetrybot
-git config user.email 107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com
-
-BRANCH=dependabot/dependabot-prs/`date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S'`
-git checkout -b $BRANCH
-
-IFS=$'\n'
-requests=($( gh pr list --search "author:app/dependabot" --json title --jq '.[].title' ))
-message=""
-dirs=(`find . -type f -name "go.mod" -exec dirname {} \; | sort | egrep  '^./'`)
-
-declare -A mods
-
-for line in $requests; do
-    echo $line
-    if [[ $line != build* ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    module=$(echo $line | cut -f 3 -d " ")
-    if [[ $module == go.opentelemetry.io/otel* ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    version=$(echo $line | cut -f 7 -d " ")
-
-    mods[$module]=$version
-    message+=$line
-    message+=$'\n'
-done
-
-for module version in ${(kv)mods}; do
-    topdir=`pwd`
-    for dir in $dirs; do
-        echo "checking $dir"
-        cd $dir && if grep -q "$module " go.mod; then go get "$module"@v"$version"; fi
-        cd $topdir
-    done
-done
-
-make go-mod-tidy golangci-lint-fix build
-
-git add go.sum go.mod
-git add "**/go.sum" "**/go.mod"
-git commit -m "dependabot updates `date`
-$message"
-git push origin $BRANCH
-
-gh pr create --title "[chore] dependabot updates `date`" --body "$message"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca2f0ad037c..a9845a88f63 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ TIMEOUT = 60
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := precommit
 
 .PHONY: precommit ci
-precommit: generate dependabot-generate license-check misspell go-mod-tidy golangci-lint-fix verify-readmes test-default
-ci: generate dependabot-check license-check lint vanity-import-check verify-readmes build test-default check-clean-work-tree test-coverage
+precommit: generate license-check misspell go-mod-tidy golangci-lint-fix verify-readmes test-default
+ci: generate license-check lint vanity-import-check verify-readmes build test-default check-clean-work-tree test-coverage
 
 # Tools
 
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ $(TOOLS)/crosslink: PACKAGE=go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink
 SEMCONVKIT = $(TOOLS)/semconvkit
 $(TOOLS)/semconvkit: PACKAGE=go.opentelemetry.io/otel/$(TOOLS_MOD_DIR)/semconvkit
 
-DBOTCONF = $(TOOLS)/dbotconf
-$(TOOLS)/dbotconf: PACKAGE=go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/dbotconf
-
 GOLANGCI_LINT = $(TOOLS)/golangci-lint
 $(TOOLS)/golangci-lint: PACKAGE=github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint
 
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ GOVULNCHECK = $(TOOLS)/govulncheck
 $(TOOLS)/govulncheck: PACKAGE=golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck
 
 .PHONY: tools
-tools: $(CROSSLINK) $(DBOTCONF) $(GOLANGCI_LINT) $(MISSPELL) $(GOCOVMERGE) $(STRINGER) $(PORTO) $(GOJQ) $(SEMCONVGEN) $(MULTIMOD) $(SEMCONVKIT) $(GOTMPL) $(GORELEASE)
+tools: $(CROSSLINK) $(GOLANGCI_LINT) $(MISSPELL) $(GOCOVMERGE) $(STRINGER) $(PORTO) $(GOJQ) $(SEMCONVGEN) $(MULTIMOD) $(SEMCONVKIT) $(GOTMPL) $(GORELEASE)
 
 # Virtualized python tools via docker
 
@@ -252,15 +249,6 @@ license-check:
 	           exit 1; \
 	   fi
 
-DEPENDABOT_CONFIG = .github/dependabot.yml
-.PHONY: dependabot-check
-dependabot-check: $(DBOTCONF)
-	@$(DBOTCONF) verify $(DEPENDABOT_CONFIG) || ( echo "(run: make dependabot-generate)"; exit 1 )
-
-.PHONY: dependabot-generate
-dependabot-generate: $(DBOTCONF)
-	@$(DBOTCONF) generate > $(DEPENDABOT_CONFIG)
-
 .PHONY: check-clean-work-tree
 check-clean-work-tree:
 	@if ! git diff --quiet; then \
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index ab06b91dab7..85868fb1b53 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/jcchavezs/porto v0.6.0
 	github.com/wadey/gocovmerge v0.0.0-20160331181800-b5bfa59ec0ad
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink v0.13.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/dbotconf v0.13.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/gotmpl v0.13.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/multimod v0.13.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/semconvgen v0.13.0
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 61712ba6853..628ed750c4f 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -480,8 +480,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools v0.13.0 h1:0I3jJQ2zcJU8k4ZjyHNqUBX2Len1UvBIOzVP4
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:PEtg5iWjNI9WAlKXP/xll/hgbq/Cp4Ma4T1ssKB2T0Q=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink v0.13.0 h1:R0V89bTYzoJpasiOIYiQo6txL/ZTzMdEuthJ4gLUTF8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink v0.13.0/go.mod h1:aYIwOj9b3Nmgm6nIZZk28tF/JjpicI8xenEVUeoVNp0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/dbotconf v0.13.0 h1:yu/2zZn96+wfdEY/rg/LPH+ScodwAhPylQKQO0YpWmk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/dbotconf v0.13.0/go.mod h1:5qJOERSYF2p4tOXoV02oBsdspvax2OCWGbUqgnYoB+8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/gotmpl v0.13.0 h1:JSNKw7dg2RNTxVREYL0nlmdL6eH22xKGj6s1V2gAC+Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/gotmpl v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oNosRsW9ExQDrRd2YTd4U20Jt5AD9CG+Ef3EPyjOTE4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/multimod v0.13.0 h1:HGAP3zCM8vOTNJSQbjQ5VbKZSctIZxppPBxRTzye7ic=
diff --git a/internal/tools/tools.go b/internal/tools/tools.go
index 9ec96441287..8e2b3dad7c4 100644
--- a/internal/tools/tools.go
+++ b/internal/tools/tools.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/jcchavezs/porto/cmd/porto"
 	_ "github.com/wadey/gocovmerge"
 	_ "go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink"
-	_ "go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/dbotconf"
 	_ "go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/gotmpl"
 	_ "go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/multimod"
 	_ "go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/semconvgen"