diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6ef2e62feb..a71d3e69bea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
 
-- Remove `configunmarshaler.Unmarshaler` interface, per deprecation comment )#5348)
+- Remove `configunmarshaler.Unmarshaler` interface, per deprecation comment (#5348)
 - Remove deprecated pdata funcs/structs from v0.50.0 (#5345)
 
 ### 🚩 Deprecations 🚩
 
+- Deprecate `config.Config` and `config.Service`, use `service.Config*` (#4608)
+
 ### 💡 Enhancements 💡
 
 ### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
diff --git a/config/common.go b/config/common.go
index b2e582356c4..408fda6a1f1 100644
--- a/config/common.go
+++ b/config/common.go
@@ -14,6 +14,39 @@
 
 package config // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 
+// Type is the component type as it is used in the config.
+type Type string
+
+// validatable defines the interface for the configuration validation.
+type validatable interface {
+	// Validate validates the configuration and returns an error if invalid.
+	Validate() error
+}
+
+// Unmarshallable defines an optional interface for custom configuration unmarshaling.
+// A configuration struct can implement this interface to override the default unmarshaling.
+type Unmarshallable interface {
+	// Unmarshal is a function that unmarshals a config.Map into the unmarshable struct in a custom way.
+	// The config.Map for this specific component may be nil or empty if no config available.
+	Unmarshal(component *Map) error
+}
+
+// DataType is a special Type that represents the data types supported by the collector. We currently support
+// collecting metrics, traces and logs, this can expand in the future.
+type DataType = Type
+
+// Currently supported data types. Add new data types here when new types are supported in the future.
+const (
+	// TracesDataType is the data type tag for traces.
+	TracesDataType DataType = "traces"
+
+	// MetricsDataType is the data type tag for metrics.
+	MetricsDataType DataType = "metrics"
+
+	// LogsDataType is the data type tag for logs.
+	LogsDataType DataType = "logs"
+)
+
 func unmarshal(componentSection *Map, intoCfg interface{}) error {
 	if cu, ok := intoCfg.(Unmarshallable); ok {
 		return cu.Unmarshal(componentSection)
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/moved_config.go
similarity index 87%
rename from config/config.go
rename to config/moved_config.go
index eace63ab25f..cb441f23bcf 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/moved_config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // Config defines the configuration for the various elements of collector or agent.
+// Deprecated: [v0.52.0] Use service.Config
 type Config struct {
 	// Receivers is a map of ComponentID to Receivers.
 	Receivers map[ComponentID]Receiver
@@ -146,20 +147,3 @@ func (cfg *Config) validateService() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// Type is the component type as it is used in the config.
-type Type string
-
-// validatable defines the interface for the configuration validation.
-type validatable interface {
-	// Validate validates the configuration and returns an error if invalid.
-	Validate() error
-}
-
-// Unmarshallable defines an optional interface for custom configuration unmarshalling.
-// A configuration struct can implement this interface to override the default unmarshalling.
-type Unmarshallable interface {
-	// Unmarshal is a function that unmarshals a config.Map into the struct in a custom way.
-	// The config.Map for this specific component may be nil or empty if no config available.
-	Unmarshal(component *Map) error
-}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/moved_config_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from config/config_test.go
rename to config/moved_config_test.go
diff --git a/config/service.go b/config/moved_service.go
similarity index 87%
rename from config/service.go
rename to config/moved_service.go
index d53fcf7b14d..5355a7c9b5c 100644
--- a/config/service.go
+++ b/config/moved_service.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Service defines the configurable components of the service.
+// Deprecated: [v0.52.0] Use service.ConfigService
 type Service struct {
 	// Telemetry is the configuration for collector's own telemetry.
 	Telemetry ServiceTelemetry `mapstructure:"telemetry"`
@@ -29,10 +30,11 @@ type Service struct {
 	Extensions []ComponentID `mapstructure:"extensions"`
 
 	// Pipelines are the set of data pipelines configured for the service.
-	Pipelines Pipelines `mapstructure:"pipelines"`
+	Pipelines map[ComponentID]*Pipeline `mapstructure:"pipelines"`
 }
 
 // ServiceTelemetry defines the configurable settings for service telemetry.
+// Deprecated: [v0.52.0] Use service.ConfigServiceTelemetry
 type ServiceTelemetry struct {
 	Logs    ServiceTelemetryLogs    `mapstructure:"logs"`
 	Metrics ServiceTelemetryMetrics `mapstructure:"metrics"`
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ type ServiceTelemetry struct {
 // ServiceTelemetryLogs defines the configurable settings for service telemetry logs.
 // This MUST be compatible with zap.Config. Cannot use directly zap.Config because
 // the collector uses mapstructure and not yaml tags.
+// Deprecated: [v0.52.0] Use service.ConfigServiceTelemetryLogs
 type ServiceTelemetryLogs struct {
 	// Level is the minimum enabled logging level.
 	// (default = "INFO")
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ type ServiceTelemetryLogs struct {
 
 // ServiceTelemetryMetrics exposes the common Telemetry configuration for one component.
 // Experimental: *NOTE* this structure is subject to change or removal in the future.
+// Deprecated: [v0.52.0] Use service.ConfigServiceTelemetryMetrics
 type ServiceTelemetryMetrics struct {
 	// Level is the level of telemetry metrics, the possible values are:
 	//  - "none" indicates that no telemetry data should be collected;
@@ -110,28 +114,13 @@ type ServiceTelemetryMetrics struct {
 	Address string `mapstructure:"address"`
 }
 
-// DataType is a special Type that represents the data types supported by the collector. We currently support
-// collecting metrics, traces and logs, this can expand in the future.
-type DataType = Type
-
-// Currently supported data types. Add new data types here when new types are supported in the future.
-const (
-	// TracesDataType is the data type tag for traces.
-	TracesDataType DataType = "traces"
-
-	// MetricsDataType is the data type tag for metrics.
-	MetricsDataType DataType = "metrics"
-
-	// LogsDataType is the data type tag for logs.
-	LogsDataType DataType = "logs"
-)
-
 // Pipeline defines a single pipeline.
+// Deprecated: [v0.52.0] Use service.ConfigServicePipeline
 type Pipeline struct {
 	Receivers  []ComponentID `mapstructure:"receivers"`
 	Processors []ComponentID `mapstructure:"processors"`
 	Exporters  []ComponentID `mapstructure:"exporters"`
 }
 
-// Pipelines is a map of names to Pipelines.
-type Pipelines map[ComponentID]*Pipeline
+// Deprecated: will be removed soon.
+type Pipelines = map[ComponentID]*Pipeline
diff --git a/service/config.go b/service/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b659c8ff26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package service // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service"
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
+)
+
+type Config = config.Config
+
+type ConfigService = config.Service
+
+type ConfigServiceTelemetry = config.ServiceTelemetry
+
+type ConfigServiceTelemetryLogs = config.ServiceTelemetryLogs
+
+type ConfigServiceTelemetryMetrics = config.ServiceTelemetryMetrics
+
+type ConfigServicePipeline = config.Pipeline
diff --git a/service/config_provider.go b/service/config_provider.go
index 1e2b6e27858..712d2efb978 100644
--- a/service/config_provider.go
+++ b/service/config_provider.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type ConfigProvider interface {
 	// Get returns the service configuration, or error otherwise.
 	//
 	// Should never be called concurrently with itself, Watch or Shutdown.
-	Get(ctx context.Context, factories component.Factories) (*config.Config, error)
+	Get(ctx context.Context, factories component.Factories) (*Config, error)
 
 	// Watch blocks until any configuration change was detected or an unrecoverable error
 	// happened during monitoring the configuration changes.
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ func NewConfigProvider(set ConfigProviderSettings) (ConfigProvider, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (cm *configProvider) Get(ctx context.Context, factories component.Factories) (*config.Config, error) {
+func (cm *configProvider) Get(ctx context.Context, factories component.Factories) (*Config, error) {
 	retMap, err := cm.mapResolver.Resolve(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot resolve the configuration: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	var cfg *config.Config
+	var cfg *Config
 	if cfg, err = configunmarshaler.New().Unmarshal(retMap, factories); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal the configuration: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/service/service.go b/service/service.go
index 9df7477674d..1f2bac4b9e3 100644
--- a/service/service.go
+++ b/service/service.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/internal/builder"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/internal/extensions"
 )
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 // service represents the implementation of a component.Host.
 type service struct {
 	buildInfo component.BuildInfo
-	config    *config.Config
+	config    *Config
 	telemetry component.TelemetrySettings
 	host      *serviceHost
 }
diff --git a/service/servicetest/configprovider.go b/service/servicetest/configprovider.go
index 1d7196bf59b..5577ac2781d 100644
--- a/service/servicetest/configprovider.go
+++ b/service/servicetest/configprovider.go
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ package servicetest // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/servicetest
 
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/internal/configunmarshaler"
 )
 
 // LoadConfig loads a config.Config  from file, and does NOT validate the configuration.
-func LoadConfig(fileName string, factories component.Factories) (*config.Config, error) {
+func LoadConfig(fileName string, factories component.Factories) (*service.Config, error) {
 	// Read yaml config from file
 	cfgMap, err := configtest.LoadConfigMap(fileName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func LoadConfig(fileName string, factories component.Factories) (*config.Config,
 }
 
 // LoadConfigAndValidate loads a config from the file, and validates the configuration.
-func LoadConfigAndValidate(fileName string, factories component.Factories) (*config.Config, error) {
+func LoadConfigAndValidate(fileName string, factories component.Factories) (*service.Config, error) {
 	cfg, err := LoadConfig(fileName, factories)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/service/settings.go b/service/settings.go
index 9b70ac53c2e..749397e730a 100644
--- a/service/settings.go
+++ b/service/settings.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 )
 
 // svcSettings holds configuration for building a new service.
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ type svcSettings struct {
 	BuildInfo component.BuildInfo
 
 	// Config represents the configuration of the service.
-	Config *config.Config
+	Config *Config
 
 	// Telemetry represents the service configured telemetry for all the components.
 	Telemetry component.TelemetrySettings