diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 8b42fcf4..e0941d6b 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "packageRules": [
     {
       // pin opentelemetry-api dependency to: avoid churn, for conservative api version requirement, and because opentelemetry-api is a compileOnly dependency
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api"],
       "matchCurrentVersion": "1.33.0",
       "enabled": false
     }
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5db72dd6..00000000
--- a/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "extends": [
-    "config:recommended"
-  ]
-}