diff --git a/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/exporter.go b/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/exporter.go
index f44ab4650498..2e886e65823c 100644
--- a/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/exporter.go
+++ b/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/exporter.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type exporter interface {
 	export(plog.Logs) error
 }
 
-func newExporter(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (exporter, error) {
+func newExporter(cfg *Config) (exporter, error) {
 
 	// Exporter with HTTP
 	if cfg.UseHTTP {
diff --git a/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/logs.go b/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/logs.go
index 0906851d9f04..b4349021425f 100644
--- a/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/logs.go
+++ b/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/logs/logs.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package logs
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ func Start(cfg *Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	e, err := newExporter(context.Background(), cfg)
+	e, err := newExporter(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}