diff --git a/.chloggen/remove_misleading_jaegerremotesampling_endpoint.yaml b/.chloggen/remove_misleading_jaegerremotesampling_endpoint.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..629f91c8a3e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/remove_misleading_jaegerremotesampling_endpoint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: extension/jaegerremotesampling
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Remove misleading http endpoint from jaegerremotesampling extension.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [18058]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http.go b/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http.go
index 0a8d614b1c4a..8d7c23d2a14c 100644
--- a/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http.go
+++ b/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http.go
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ func NewHTTP(telemetry component.TelemetrySettings, settings confighttp.HTTPServ
 	}
 
 	srv.mux = http.NewServeMux()
-	// the legacy endpoint
-	srv.mux.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(srv.samplingStrategyHandler))
-
 	// the new endpoint -- not strictly necessary, as the previous one would match it
 	// already, but good to have it explicit here
 	srv.mux.Handle("/sampling", http.HandlerFunc(srv.samplingStrategyHandler))
diff --git a/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http_test.go b/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http_test.go
index c574c7943481..c4325aac9938 100644
--- a/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http_test.go
+++ b/extension/jaegerremotesampling/internal/http_test.go
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ func TestEndpointsAreWired(t *testing.T) {
 		desc     string
 		endpoint string
 	}{
-		{
-			desc:     "legacy",
-			endpoint: "/",
-		},
 		{
 			desc:     "new",
 			endpoint: "/sampling",