diff --git a/comp/core/agenttelemetry/impl/config.go b/comp/core/agenttelemetry/impl/config.go
index a6cb70ae43ce46..8d28d460de6b92 100644
--- a/comp/core/agenttelemetry/impl/config.go
+++ b/comp/core/agenttelemetry/impl/config.go
@@ -187,9 +187,7 @@ var defaultProfiles = `
         - name: logs.decoded
         - name: logs.dropped
         - name: logs.encoded_bytes_sent
-        - name: logs.processed
         - name: logs.sender_latency
-        - name: logs.sent
         - name: point.sent
         - name: point.dropped
         - name: transactions.input_count
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/agent-tel-remove-unused-3642aaa41394e6f1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/agent-tel-remove-unused-3642aaa41394e6f1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..edff5068d67ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/agent-tel-remove-unused-3642aaa41394e6f1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Each section from every release note are combined when the
+# CHANGELOG.rst is rendered. So the text needs to be worded so that
+# it does not depend on any information only available in another
+# section. This may mean repeating some details, but each section
+# must be readable independently of the other.
+#
+# Each section note must be formatted as reStructuredText.
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    `logs.processed` and `logs.sent` metrics are no longer emitted by the Agent