diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go
index 8f5425993a49..211573243c9c 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter.go
@@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ func newSignalFxExporter(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	sampledLogger := translation.CreateSampledLogger(createSettings.Logger)
 	converter, err := translation.NewMetricsConverter(
-		sampledLogger,
+		createSettings.TelemetrySettings.Logger,
 		metricTranslator,
 		config.ExcludeMetrics,
 		config.IncludeMetrics,
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/converter.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/converter.go
index 1e7646b877d2..7f704d9f8893 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/converter.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/converter.go
@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ package translation // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 	"unicode"
 
 	sfxpb "github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf/model"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/splunk"
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ type datapointValidator struct {
 }
 
 func newDatapointValidator(logger *zap.Logger, nonAlphanumericDimChars string) *datapointValidator {
-	return &datapointValidator{logger: CreateSampledLogger(logger), nonAlphanumericDimChars: nonAlphanumericDimChars}
+	return &datapointValidator{logger: logger, nonAlphanumericDimChars: nonAlphanumericDimChars}
 }
 
 // sanitizeDataPoints sanitizes datapoints prior to dispatching them to the backend.
@@ -277,23 +275,3 @@ func (dpv *datapointValidator) isValidDimensionValue(value, name string) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
-
-// CreateSampledLogger was copied from https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/v0.26.0/exporter/exporterhelper/queued_retry.go#L108
-func CreateSampledLogger(logger *zap.Logger) *zap.Logger {
-	if logger.Core().Enabled(zapcore.DebugLevel) {
-		// Debugging is enabled. Don't do any sampling.
-		return logger
-	}
-
-	// Create a logger that samples all messages to 1 per 10 seconds initially,
-	// and 1/10000 of messages after that.
-	opts := zap.WrapCore(func(core zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
-		return zapcore.NewSamplerWithOptions(
-			core,
-			10*time.Second,
-			1,
-			10000,
-		)
-	})
-	return logger.WithOptions(opts)
-}