diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go
index 2eb7ebbc1673..104051a7144f 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter.go
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ func newEmfExporter(config *Config, set exporter.Settings) (*emfExporter, error)
 }
 
 func (emf *emfExporter) pushMetricsData(_ context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error {
-	rms := md.ResourceMetrics()
+	// the original resourceAttributes map is immutable, so we need to create a mutable copy of the resource metrics
+	// to remove the entity fields from the attributes
+	mutableMetrics := pmetric.NewMetrics()
+	md.CopyTo(mutableMetrics)
+	rms := mutableMetrics.ResourceMetrics()
 	labels := map[string]string{}
 	for i := 0; i < rms.Len(); i++ {
 		rm := rms.At(i)
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ func (emf *emfExporter) pushMetricsData(_ context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) e
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		rms.At(i).Resource().Attributes().RemoveIf(filterEntityAttributes())
 	}
 
 	for _, groupedMetric := range groupedMetrics {
@@ -176,6 +181,14 @@ func (emf *emfExporter) pushMetricsData(_ context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) e
 	return nil
 }
 
+func filterEntityAttributes() func(s string, _ pcommon.Value) bool {
+	return func(s string, _ pcommon.Value) bool {
+		_, containsKeyAttribute := keyAttributeEntityToShortNameMap[s]
+		_, containsAttribute := keyAttributeEntityToShortNameMap[s]
+		return containsKeyAttribute || containsAttribute
+	}
+}
+
 func (emf *emfExporter) getPusher(key cwlogs.StreamKey) cwlogs.Pusher {
 	var ok bool
 	hash := key.Hash()
@@ -192,11 +205,7 @@ func (emf *emfExporter) listPushers() []cwlogs.Pusher {
 	emf.pusherMapLock.Lock()
 	defer emf.pusherMapLock.Unlock()
 
-	var pushers []cwlogs.Pusher
-	for _, pusher := range emf.boundedPusherMap.ListAllPushers() {
-		pushers = append(pushers, pusher)
-	}
-	return pushers
+	return emf.boundedPusherMap.ListAllPushers()
 }
 
 func (emf *emfExporter) start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) error {
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go
index f6a66b4d67f5..b890dabafd97 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/emf_exporter_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,28 @@ func TestConsumeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, exp.shutdown(ctx))
 }
 
+func TestFilterEntities(t *testing.T) {
+	md := generateTestMetrics(testMetric{
+		metricNames:  []string{"metric_1", "metric_2"},
+		metricValues: [][]float64{{100}, {4}},
+		resourceAttributeMap: map[string]any{
+			"aws.ecs.cluster.name":                  "test-cluster-name",
+			"aws.ecs.task.id":                       "test-task-id",
+			keyAttributeEntityType:                  service,
+			keyAttributeEntityServiceName:           "myService",
+			keyAttributeEntityDeploymentEnvironment: "myEnvironment",
+		},
+	})
+
+	rms := md.ResourceMetrics()
+
+	for i := 0; i < rms.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.Equal(t, 5, rms.At(i).Resource().Attributes().Len())
+		rms.At(i).Resource().Attributes().RemoveIf(filterEntityAttributes())
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, rms.At(i).Resource().Attributes().Len())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConsumeMetricsWithNaNValues(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		testName     string
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
index 54614570dc5b..2733effbaaca 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
@@ -179,12 +179,7 @@ func (mt metricTranslator) translateOTelToGroupedMetric(rm pmetric.ResourceMetri
 			metricReceiver = containerInsightsReceiver
 		}
 	}
-	// the original resourceAttributes map is immutable, so we need to create a mutable copy of the resource metrics
-	// to remove the entity fields from the attributes
-	newResourceMetrics := pmetric.NewResourceMetrics()
-	rm.CopyTo(newResourceMetrics)
-	entity := fetchEntityFields(newResourceMetrics.Resource().Attributes())
-	rm = newResourceMetrics
+	entity := fetchEntityFields(rm.Resource().Attributes())
 
 	for j := 0; j < ilms.Len(); j++ {
 		ilm := ilms.At(j)
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
index 246b552b0c6f..54848f80780f 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
@@ -2599,10 +2599,8 @@ func TestFetchEntityFields(t *testing.T) {
 			workload:  aws.String("my-workload"),
 		},
 	}
-	assert.Equal(t, 7, resourceMetrics.Resource().Attributes().Len())
 	entity := fetchEntityFields(resourceMetrics.Resource().Attributes())
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedEntity, entity)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, resourceMetrics.Resource().Attributes().Len())
 
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/util.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/util.go
index 61e3fcfbb57d..12a6d46aeb38 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/util.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/util.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func processAttributes(entityMap map[string]string, targetMap map[string]*string
 			if strVal := val.Str(); strVal != "" {
 				targetMap[shortName] = aws.String(strVal)
 			}
-			mutableResourceAttributes.Remove(entityField)
+			//mutableResourceAttributes.Remove(entityField)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/util_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/util_test.go
index f52542e594d7..73e0ab9b6bae 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/util_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/util_test.go
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ func TestProcessAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 		entityMap          []map[string]string
 		resourceAttributes map[string]any
 		wantedAttributes   map[string]*string
-		leftoverAttributes map[string]any
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "key_attributes",
@@ -387,7 +386,6 @@ func TestProcessAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 				serviceName:           aws.String("my-service"),
 				deploymentEnvironment: aws.String("my-environment"),
 			},
-			leftoverAttributes: make(map[string]any),
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "non-key_attributes",
@@ -404,7 +402,6 @@ func TestProcessAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 				node:      aws.String("my-node"),
 				workload:  aws.String("my-workload"),
 			},
-			leftoverAttributes: make(map[string]any),
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "key_and_non_key_attributes",
@@ -425,7 +422,6 @@ func TestProcessAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 				node:                  aws.String("my-node"),
 				workload:              aws.String("my-workload"),
 			},
-			leftoverAttributes: make(map[string]any),
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "key_and_non_key_attributes_plus_extras",
@@ -447,9 +443,6 @@ func TestProcessAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 				node:                  aws.String("my-node"),
 				workload:              aws.String("my-workload"),
 			},
-			leftoverAttributes: map[string]any{
-				"extra_attribute": "extra_value",
-			},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -462,7 +455,6 @@ func TestProcessAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, entityMap := range tc.entityMap {
 				processAttributes(entityMap, targetMap, attrs)
 			}
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.leftoverAttributes, attrs.AsRaw())
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.wantedAttributes, targetMap)
 		})
 	}