diff --git a/.chloggen/stable-localhost.yaml b/.chloggen/stable-localhost.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c1cd1fd2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/stable-localhost.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# 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. otlpreceiver)
+component: config
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Mark UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate as stable
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [11235]
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/config/configgrpc/configgrpc_test.go b/config/configgrpc/configgrpc_test.go
index 585b0c6d7c1..e46c8a546d3 100644
--- a/config/configgrpc/configgrpc_test.go
+++ b/config/configgrpc/configgrpc_test.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth/authtest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace/ptraceotlp"
 )
 
@@ -533,13 +531,6 @@ func TestUseSecure(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGRPCServerWarning(t *testing.T) {
-	prev := globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate.IsEnabled()
-	require.NoError(t, featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID, false))
-	defer func() {
-		// Restore previous value.
-		require.NoError(t, featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID, prev))
-	}()
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		settings ServerConfig
diff --git a/config/configgrpc/go.mod b/config/configgrpc/go.mod
index 671db7dba4d..f3776d78bab 100644
--- a/config/configgrpc/go.mod
+++ b/config/configgrpc/go.mod
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.15.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.109.1-0.20240916143658-74729e731d3b
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.109.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.15.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates v0.109.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.15.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.109.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.55.0
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
@@ -77,8 +74,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension => ../../extension
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../../extension/auth
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
@@ -89,8 +84,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../consumer
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal => ../../internal/globalsignal
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
diff --git a/config/configgrpc/go.sum b/config/configgrpc/go.sum
index b5f8e6cb3b3..8f3f30fa9e1 100644
--- a/config/configgrpc/go.sum
+++ b/config/configgrpc/go.sum
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
index aaaef2bb501..7d16eb12ef3 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth/authtest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates"
 )
 
 type customRoundTripper struct {
@@ -520,13 +518,6 @@ func TestHTTPServerSettingsError(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHTTPServerWarning(t *testing.T) {
-	prev := globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate.IsEnabled()
-	require.NoError(t, featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID, false))
-	defer func() {
-		// Restore previous value.
-		require.NoError(t, featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID, prev))
-	}()
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		settings ServerConfig
diff --git a/config/confighttp/go.mod b/config/confighttp/go.mod
index ef5cd086c7a..48e3a0c1054 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/go.mod
+++ b/config/confighttp/go.mod
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.15.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.109.1-0.20240916143658-74729e731d3b
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.109.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.15.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates v0.109.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.55.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.30.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.30.0
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
@@ -68,8 +65,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension => ../../extension
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../../extension/auth
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
@@ -82,8 +77,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal => ../../internal/globalsignal
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
diff --git a/config/confighttp/go.sum b/config/confighttp/go.sum
index 3a725581531..4b711f32c32 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/go.sum
+++ b/config/confighttp/go.sum
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
diff --git a/config/internal/go.mod b/config/internal/go.mod
index 8fad43d6125..789a39e4a7f 100644
--- a/config/internal/go.mod
+++ b/config/internal/go.mod
@@ -4,21 +4,16 @@ go 1.22.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates v0.109.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.15.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
diff --git a/config/internal/go.sum b/config/internal/go.sum
index 9e6446c034d..fa6db793021 100644
--- a/config/internal/go.sum
+++ b/config/internal/go.sum
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
+github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
+github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e/go.mod h1:pJLUxLENpZxwdsKMEsNbx1VGcRFpLqf3715MtcvvzbA=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 h1:exVL4IDcn6na9z1rAb56Vxr+CgyK3nn3O+epU5NdKM8=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0/go.mod h1:E+RYuTGaKKdloAfM02xzb0FW3Paa99yedzYV+kq4uf4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
diff --git a/config/internal/warning.go b/config/internal/warning.go
index 26eca49a7bb..0f5f6363431 100644
--- a/config/internal/warning.go
+++ b/config/internal/warning.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates"
 )
 
 func shouldWarn(endpoint string) bool {
@@ -38,14 +36,13 @@ func shouldWarn(endpoint string) bool {
 
 // WarnOnUnspecifiedHost emits a warning if an endpoint has an unspecified host.
 func WarnOnUnspecifiedHost(logger *zap.Logger, endpoint string) {
-	if !globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate.IsEnabled() && shouldWarn(endpoint) {
+	if shouldWarn(endpoint) {
 		logger.Warn(
-			"Using the 0.0.0.0 address exposes this server to every network interface, which may facilitate Denial of Service attacks. Enable the feature gate to change the default and remove this warning.",
+			"Using the 0.0.0.0 address exposes this server to every network interface, which may facilitate Denial of Service attacks.",
 			zap.String(
 				"documentation",
 				"https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/security-best-practices.md#safeguards-against-denial-of-service-attacks",
 			),
-			zap.String("feature gate ID", globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID),
 		)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
index f6e155db78a..4202bf6f8c1 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.1 // indirect
@@ -57,8 +56,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.109.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.15.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
@@ -77,8 +74,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression => ../../config/configcompression
@@ -105,8 +100,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../../extension/auth
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage => ../../extension/experimental/storage
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
@@ -119,11 +112,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../consumer
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
 
-retract (
-	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
-	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
-)
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/configtelemetry
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry => ../../config/configretry
@@ -132,16 +120,21 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consume
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../../consumer/consumertest
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus => ../../component/componentstatus
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles => ../../receiver/receiverprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../exporterprofiles
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal => ../../internal/globalsignal
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentprofiles => ../../component/componentprofiles
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../..
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus => ../../component/componentstatus
+
+retract (
+	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
+	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
+)
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum
index 54f9125b5cb..b14b38d289a 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
index 3dd1b9fd665..915299fc3c2 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.1 // indirect
@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.109.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.15.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
@@ -104,8 +101,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../../extension/auth
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage => ../../extension/experimental/storage
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
@@ -116,11 +111,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver => ../../receiver
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../consumer
 
-retract (
-	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
-	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
-)
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry => ../../config/configretry
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consumer/consumerprofiles
@@ -135,10 +125,13 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles => ../../receive
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../exporterprofiles
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal => ../../internal/globalsignal
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentprofiles => ../../component/componentprofiles
+
+retract (
+	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
+	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
+)
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.sum b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.sum
index ccdfca7a8ba..2043c09ab5d 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.sum
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
diff --git a/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod b/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
index 0d39331c4a3..94f9bb61947 100644
--- a/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/confmap v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.15.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.109.1-0.20240916143658-74729e731d3b // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.109.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.15.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.15.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
@@ -71,17 +68,10 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension => ../
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../consumer
 
-retract (
-	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
-	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
-)
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/configtelemetry
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
@@ -110,8 +100,11 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus => ../../component/componentstatus
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal => ../../internal/globalsignal
+
+retract (
+	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
+	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
+)
diff --git a/extension/zpagesextension/go.sum b/extension/zpagesextension/go.sum
index 9e98e8064a1..c10ef762d05 100644
--- a/extension/zpagesextension/go.sum
+++ b/extension/zpagesextension/go.sum
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
diff --git a/internal/globalgates/globalgates.go b/internal/globalgates/globalgates.go
index 3a44f1fdb61..d018e9dd842 100644
--- a/internal/globalgates/globalgates.go
+++ b/internal/globalgates/globalgates.go
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ const UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID = "component.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHost"
 
 // UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate is the feature gate that controls whether
 // server-like receivers and extensions such as the OTLP receiver use localhost as the default host for their endpoints.
-var UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate = mustRegisterOrLoad(
+var _ = mustRegisterOrLoad(
 	featuregate.GlobalRegistry(),
 	UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID,
-	featuregate.StageBeta,
+	featuregate.StageStable,
+	featuregate.WithRegisterToVersion("v0.110.0"),
 	featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("controls whether server-like receivers and extensions such as the OTLP receiver use localhost as the default host for their endpoints"),
 )
 
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go
index 465dd7dc676..12fc5eb1d20 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package otlpreceiver // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlprecei
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configgrpc"
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/sharedcomponent"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver/internal/metadata"
@@ -21,9 +19,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	grpcPort = 4317
-	httpPort = 4318
-
 	defaultTracesURLPath   = "/v1/traces"
 	defaultMetricsURLPath  = "/v1/metrics"
 	defaultLogsURLPath     = "/v1/logs"
@@ -48,7 +43,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 		Protocols: Protocols{
 			GRPC: &configgrpc.ServerConfig{
 				NetAddr: confignet.AddrConfig{
-					Endpoint:  endpointForPort(globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate.IsEnabled(), grpcPort),
+					Endpoint:  "localhost:4317",
 					Transport: confignet.TransportTypeTCP,
 				},
 				// We almost write 0 bytes, so no need to tune WriteBufferSize.
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 			},
 			HTTP: &HTTPConfig{
 				ServerConfig: &confighttp.ServerConfig{
-					Endpoint: endpointForPort(globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate.IsEnabled(), httpPort),
+					Endpoint: "localhost:4318",
 				},
 				TracesURLPath:  defaultTracesURLPath,
 				MetricsURLPath: defaultMetricsURLPath,
@@ -165,12 +160,3 @@ func createProfiles(
 // When the receiver is shutdown it should be removed from this map so the same configuration
 // can be recreated successfully.
 var receivers = sharedcomponent.NewMap[*Config, *otlpReceiver]()
-
-// endpointForPort gets the endpoint for a given port using localhost or 0.0.0.0 depending on the feature gate.
-func endpointForPort(useLocalHostAsDefault bool, port int) string {
-	host := "localhost"
-	if !useLocalHostAsDefault {
-		host = "0.0.0.0"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", host, port)
-}
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go
index c77b19514b0..301c9e09de9 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/factory_test.go
@@ -430,38 +430,3 @@ func TestCreateProfilesReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestEndpointForPort(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		port     int
-		enabled  bool
-		endpoint string
-	}{
-		{
-			port:     4317,
-			enabled:  false,
-			endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4317",
-		},
-		{
-			port:     4317,
-			enabled:  true,
-			endpoint: "localhost:4317",
-		},
-		{
-			port:     0,
-			enabled:  false,
-			endpoint: "0.0.0.0:0",
-		},
-		{
-			port:     0,
-			enabled:  true,
-			endpoint: "localhost:0",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.endpoint, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equal(t, endpointForPort(tt.enabled, tt.port), tt.endpoint)
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
index 066f20662cd..aa948c3668f 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.109.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.109.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.109.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates v0.109.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.15.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.109.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.109.0
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/confmap v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.109.1-0.20240916143658-74729e731d3b // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.109.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.109.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.15.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.0.0-20240923154032-388e56cdb156 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.55.0 // indirect
@@ -105,10 +102,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension => ../../extension
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../../extension/auth
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
@@ -129,13 +122,13 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus => ../../compone
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles => ../receiverprofiles
 
-retract (
-	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
-	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
-)
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalsignal => ../../internal/globalsignal
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentprofiles => ../../component/componentprofiles
+
+retract (
+	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
+	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
+)
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.sum
index adff47b38ed..4f44455d26b 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
diff --git a/service/service.go b/service/service.go
index bf17b418398..83a8a12c848 100644
--- a/service/service.go
+++ b/service/service.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor"
@@ -233,7 +232,6 @@ func (srv *Service) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	srv.telemetrySettings.Logger.Info("Everything is ready. Begin running and processing data.")
-	logAboutUseLocalHostAsDefault(srv.telemetrySettings.Logger)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -350,13 +348,3 @@ func pdataFromSdk(res *sdkresource.Resource) pcommon.Resource {
 	}
 	return pcommonRes
 }
-
-// logAboutUseLocalHostAsDefault logs about the upcoming change from 0.0.0.0 to localhost on server-like components.
-func logAboutUseLocalHostAsDefault(logger *zap.Logger) {
-	if globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostfeatureGate.IsEnabled() {
-		logger.Info(
-			"The default endpoints for all servers in components have changed to use localhost instead of 0.0.0.0. Disable the feature gate to temporarily revert to the previous default.",
-			zap.String("feature gate ID", globalgates.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHostID),
-		)
-	}
-}