diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/includes/includes.go b/libbeat/publisher/includes/includes.go
index ccb69d8e475f..50395e554c2a 100644
--- a/libbeat/publisher/includes/includes.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/includes/includes.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/outputs/kafka"
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/outputs/logstash"
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/outputs/redis"
+	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer"
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/publisher/queue/diskqueue"
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/publisher/queue/memqueue"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/benchmark_test.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/benchmark_test.go
similarity index 64%
rename from x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/benchmark_test.go
rename to libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/benchmark_test.go
index e28cb702c1cf..4df9699df6fb 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/benchmark_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
-// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you 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 otelconsumer
 
diff --git a/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/config.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8281c1aedbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you 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 otelconsumer
+
+import (
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
+)
+
+type otelConsumerConfig struct {
+	Queue config.Namespace `config:"queue"`
+}
+
+func defaultConfig() otelConsumerConfig {
+	return otelConsumerConfig{}
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/otelconsumer.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/otelconsumer.go
similarity index 90%
rename from x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/otelconsumer.go
rename to libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/otelconsumer.go
index 9d90131356aa..5dba8a1d5ef2 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/otelconsumer.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/otelconsumer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
-// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you 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 otelconsumer
 
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/otelconsumer_test.go b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/otelconsumer_test.go
similarity index 94%
rename from x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/otelconsumer_test.go
rename to libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/otelconsumer_test.go
index 16a629db4f00..29e5d2f25fc1 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/otelconsumer_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/publisher/pipeline/otelconsumer/otelconsumer_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
-// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you 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 otelconsumer
 
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/include/include.go b/x-pack/libbeat/include/include.go
index 7e95f9474656..bf61ff599d92 100644
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/include/include.go
+++ b/x-pack/libbeat/include/include.go
@@ -16,7 +16,4 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/libbeat/autodiscover/providers/aws/ec2"
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/libbeat/autodiscover/providers/aws/elb"
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/libbeat/autodiscover/providers/nomad"
-
-	// register outputs
-	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer"
 )
diff --git a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/config.go b/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/config.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 37fed24167a0..000000000000
--- a/x-pack/libbeat/outputs/otelconsumer/config.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-// or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
-
-package otelconsumer
-
-import (
-	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
-)
-
-type otelConsumerConfig struct {
-	Queue config.Namespace `config:"queue"`
-}
-
-func defaultConfig() otelConsumerConfig {
-	return otelConsumerConfig{}
-}