diff --git a/apis/v1beta1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go b/apis/v1beta1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
index 1428806502..12359203ca 100644
--- a/apis/v1beta1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1beta1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
@@ -255,17 +255,6 @@ type OpenTelemetryCollectorStatus struct {
 	// Image indicates the container image to use for the OpenTelemetry Collector.
 	// +optional
 	Image string `json:"image,omitempty"`
-
-	// Messages about actions performed by the operator on this resource.
-	// +optional
-	// +listType=atomic
-	// Deprecated: use Kubernetes events instead.
-	Messages []string `json:"messages,omitempty"`
-
-	// Replicas is currently not being set and might be removed in the next version.
-	// +optional
-	// Deprecated: use "OpenTelemetryCollector.Status.Scale.Replicas" instead.
-	Replicas int32 `json:"replicas,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ObservabilitySpec defines how telemetry data gets handled.
diff --git a/apis/v1beta1/targetallocator_types.go b/apis/v1beta1/targetallocator_types.go
index 05e06f7c23..1a75082303 100644
--- a/apis/v1beta1/targetallocator_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1beta1/targetallocator_types.go
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ type TargetAllocatorStatus struct {
 	// Image indicates the container image to use for the Target Allocator.
 	// +optional
 	Image string `json:"image,omitempty"`
-
-	// Messages about actions performed by the operator on this resource.
-	// +optional
-	// +listType=atomic
-	// Deprecated: use Kubernetes events instead.
-	Messages []string `json:"messages,omitempty"`
 }
 
 //+kubebuilder:object:root=true
diff --git a/apis/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 442bb72a57..832e4fd2ef 100644
--- a/apis/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (in *OpenTelemetryCollector) DeepCopyInto(out *OpenTelemetryCollector) {
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
 	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
 	in.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&out.Spec)
-	in.Status.DeepCopyInto(&out.Status)
+	out.Status = in.Status
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new OpenTelemetryCollector.
@@ -316,11 +316,6 @@ func (in *OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec) DeepCopy() *OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec {
 func (in *OpenTelemetryCollectorStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *OpenTelemetryCollectorStatus) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.Scale = in.Scale
-	if in.Messages != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Messages, &out.Messages
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new OpenTelemetryCollectorStatus.
@@ -600,7 +595,7 @@ func (in *TargetAllocator) DeepCopyInto(out *TargetAllocator) {
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
 	in.ObjectMeta.DeepCopyInto(&out.ObjectMeta)
 	in.Spec.DeepCopyInto(&out.Spec)
-	in.Status.DeepCopyInto(&out.Status)
+	out.Status = in.Status
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new TargetAllocator.
@@ -774,11 +769,6 @@ func (in *TargetAllocatorSpec) DeepCopy() *TargetAllocatorSpec {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *TargetAllocatorStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *TargetAllocatorStatus) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.Messages != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Messages, &out.Messages
-		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
-		copy(*out, *in)
-	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new TargetAllocatorStatus.