diff --git a/OpenTelemetryIngest/Index.ts b/OpenTelemetryIngest/Index.ts
index 6a121d63d3..868639484c 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetryIngest/Index.ts
+++ b/OpenTelemetryIngest/Index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import logger from "Common/Server/Utils/Logger";
 import Realtime from "Common/Server/Utils/Realtime";
 import App from "Common/Server/Utils/StartServer";
 import Telemetry from "Common/Server/Utils/Telemetry";
-import ProcessTelemetryWorker from "./Jobs/TelemetryIngest/ProcessTelemetry";
+import "./Jobs/TelemetryIngest/ProcessTelemetry";
 import "ejs";
 
 const app: ExpressApplication = Express.getExpressApp();
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ const init: PromiseVoidFunction = async (): Promise<void> => {
 
     await Realtime.init();
 
-    // Initialize telemetry processing worker
-    logger.debug("Initializing telemetry processing worker...");
-    logger.debug(
-      `Telemetry worker initialized: ${ProcessTelemetryWorker ? "success" : "failed"}`,
-    );
-
     // add default routes
     await App.addDefaultRoutes();
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/OpenTelemetryIngest/Jobs/TelemetryIngest/ProcessTelemetry.ts b/OpenTelemetryIngest/Jobs/TelemetryIngest/ProcessTelemetry.ts
index e43cdd4bc0..0de447c24e 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetryIngest/Jobs/TelemetryIngest/ProcessTelemetry.ts
+++ b/OpenTelemetryIngest/Jobs/TelemetryIngest/ProcessTelemetry.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import logger from "Common/Server/Utils/Logger";
 import { QueueJob, QueueName } from "Common/Server/Infrastructure/Queue";
 import QueueWorker from "Common/Server/Infrastructure/QueueWorker";
 import ObjectID from "Common/Types/ObjectID";
-import { Worker } from "bullmq";
 
 // Set up the unified worker for processing telemetry queue
-const worker: Worker = QueueWorker.getWorker(
+QueueWorker.getWorker(
   QueueName.Telemetry,
   async (job: QueueJob): Promise<void> => {
     logger.debug(`Processing telemetry ingestion job: ${job.name}`);
@@ -63,5 +62,3 @@ const worker: Worker = QueueWorker.getWorker(
 );
 
 logger.debug("Unified telemetry worker initialized");
-
-export default worker;