Keep workaround only in HttpInListener

src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/AspNetCoreInstrumentationMeterProviderBuilderExtensions.cs

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ public static MeterProviderBuilder AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation(
 #if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
         return builder.ConfigureMeters();
 #else
-        if (Environment.Version.Major >= 8)
-        {
-            return builder.ConfigureMeters();
-        }
-
         // Note: Warm-up the status code and method mapping.
         _ = TelemetryHelper.BoxedStatusCodes;
         _ = RequestMethodHelper.KnownMethods;

src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/AspNetCoreInstrumentationTracerProviderBuilderExtensions.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
 using System.Diagnostics;
+#endif
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore;
@@ -99,11 +101,7 @@ private static void AddAspNetCoreInstrumentationSources(
         // For .NET7.0 onwards activity will be created using activitySource.
         // https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/blob/bf3352f2422bf16fa3ca49021f0e31961ce525eb/src/Hosting/Hosting/src/Internal/HostingApplicationDiagnostics.cs#L327
         // For .NET6.0 and below, we will continue to use legacy way.
-
-#if !NET7_0_OR_GREATER
-        if (HttpInListener.Net7OrGreater)
-        {
-#endif
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
         // TODO: Check with .NET team to see if this can be prevented
         // as this allows user to override the ActivitySource.
         var activitySourceService = serviceProvider?.GetService<ActivitySource>();
@@ -116,13 +114,9 @@ private static void AddAspNetCoreInstrumentationSources(
             // For users not using hosting package?
             builder.AddSource(HttpInListener.AspNetCoreActivitySourceName);
         }
-#if !NET7_0_OR_GREATER
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            builder.AddSource(HttpInListener.ActivitySourceName);
-            builder.AddLegacySource(HttpInListener.ActivityOperationName); // for the activities created by AspNetCore
-        }
+#else
+        builder.AddSource(HttpInListener.ActivitySourceName);
+        builder.AddLegacySource(HttpInListener.ActivityOperationName); // for the activities created by AspNetCore
 #endif
     }
 }

src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@
   instance obtained from `IHttpActivityFeature.Activity`.
   ([#5136](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5136))
 
-* Fixed metrics instrumentation when library targeting .NET 6 or .NET 7
-  was loaded by .NET 8.
-  Fixed traces instrumentation when library targeting .NET 6
-  was loaded by .NET 7 or .NET 8.
-  ([#5252](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/5252))
-
 * Fixed an issue where the `http.route` attribute was not set on either the
   `Activity` or `http.server.request.duration` metric generated from a
   request when an exception handling middleware is invoked. One caveat is that

src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs

@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ internal class HttpInListener : ListenerHandler
     internal static readonly Version Version = AssemblyName.Version;
     internal static readonly ActivitySource ActivitySource = new(ActivitySourceName, Version.ToString());
 
+    private const string DiagnosticSourceName = "Microsoft.AspNetCore";
+
 #if !NET7_0_OR_GREATER
-    internal static readonly bool Net7OrGreater = Environment.Version.Major >= 7;
+    private static readonly bool Net7OrGreater = Environment.Version.Major >= 7;
 #endif
 
-    private const string DiagnosticSourceName = "Microsoft.AspNetCore";
-
     private static readonly Func<HttpRequest, string, IEnumerable<string>> HttpRequestHeaderValuesGetter = (request, name) =>
     {
         if (request.Headers.TryGetValue(name, out var value))