diff --git a/component/componenterror/errors.go b/component/componenterror/errors.go
index c4b7f4ddfbea..ecc8c6a1f1f7 100644
--- a/component/componenterror/errors.go
+++ b/component/componenterror/errors.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package componenterror
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
 )
@@ -38,27 +36,5 @@ var (
 // CombineErrors converts a list of errors into one error.
 // Deprecated: use consumererror.CombineErrors instead.
 func CombineErrors(errs []error) error {
-	numErrors := len(errs)
-	if numErrors == 0 {
-		// No errors
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if numErrors == 1 {
-		return errs[0]
-	}
-
-	errMsgs := make([]string, 0, numErrors)
-	permanent := false
-	for _, err := range errs {
-		if !permanent && consumererror.IsPermanent(err) {
-			permanent = true
-		}
-		errMsgs = append(errMsgs, err.Error())
-	}
-	err := fmt.Errorf("[%s]", strings.Join(errMsgs, "; "))
-	if permanent {
-		err = consumererror.Permanent(err)
-	}
-	return err
+	return consumererror.CombineErrors(errs)
 }
diff --git a/component/componenterror/errors_test.go b/component/componenterror/errors_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c0c7b8e7bd85..000000000000
--- a/component/componenterror/errors_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-// 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 componenterror_test
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenterror"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
-)
-
-func TestCombineErrors(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		errors            []error
-		expected          string
-		expectNil         bool
-		expectedPermanent bool
-	}{
-		{
-			errors:    []error{},
-			expectNil: true,
-		},
-		{
-			errors: []error{
-				fmt.Errorf("foo"),
-			},
-			expected: "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			errors: []error{
-				fmt.Errorf("foo"),
-				fmt.Errorf("bar"),
-			},
-			expected: "[foo; bar]",
-		},
-		{
-			errors: []error{
-				fmt.Errorf("foo"),
-				fmt.Errorf("bar"),
-				consumererror.Permanent(fmt.Errorf("permanent"))},
-			expected: "Permanent error: [foo; bar; Permanent error: permanent]",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		got := componenterror.CombineErrors(tc.errors)
-		if (got == nil) != tc.expectNil {
-			t.Errorf("CombineErrors(%v) == nil? Got: %t. Want: %t", tc.errors, got == nil, tc.expectNil)
-		}
-		if got != nil && tc.expected != got.Error() {
-			t.Errorf("CombineErrors(%v) = %q. Want: %q", tc.errors, got, tc.expected)
-		}
-		if tc.expectedPermanent && !consumererror.IsPermanent(got) {
-			t.Errorf("CombineErrors(%v) = %q. Want: consumererror.permanent", tc.errors, got)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/consumer/consumererror/combineerrors.go b/consumer/consumererror/combineerrors.go
index 54bbf86f5af1..1010c07d60c8 100644
--- a/consumer/consumererror/combineerrors.go
+++ b/consumer/consumererror/combineerrors.go
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CombineErrors converts a list of errors into one error.
-//
-// TODO: deprecate componenterror.CombineErrors in favor of this function.
 func CombineErrors(errs []error) error {
 	numErrors := len(errs)
 	if numErrors == 0 {