diff --git a/sentry_sdk/client.py b/sentry_sdk/client.py
index 2c99394cd1..03ed439b71 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/client.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/client.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     VERSION,
     ClientConstructor,
 )
-from sentry_sdk.integrations import _DEFAULT_INTEGRATIONS, setup_integrations
+from sentry_sdk.integrations import setup_integrations
 from sentry_sdk.sessions import SessionFlusher
 from sentry_sdk.envelope import Envelope
 from sentry_sdk.profiler.continuous_profiler import setup_continuous_profiler
@@ -345,18 +345,6 @@ def _capture_envelope(envelope):
                     )
                 )
 
-            if self.options["_experiments"].get("otel_powered_performance", False):
-                logger.debug(
-                    "[OTel] Enabling experimental OTel-powered performance monitoring."
-                )
-                if (
-                    "sentry_sdk.integrations.opentelemetry.integration.OpenTelemetryIntegration"
-                    not in _DEFAULT_INTEGRATIONS
-                ):
-                    _DEFAULT_INTEGRATIONS.append(
-                        "sentry_sdk.integrations.opentelemetry.integration.OpenTelemetryIntegration",
-                    )
-
             self.integrations = setup_integrations(
                 self.options["integrations"],
                 with_defaults=self.options["default_integrations"],
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/__init__.py
index 35f809bde7..9fef954939 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/__init__.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def iter_default_integrations(with_auto_enabling_integrations):
     "sentry_sdk.integrations.excepthook.ExcepthookIntegration",
     "sentry_sdk.integrations.logging.LoggingIntegration",
     "sentry_sdk.integrations.modules.ModulesIntegration",
+    "sentry_sdk.integrations.opentelemetry.integration.OpenTelemetryIntegration",
     "sentry_sdk.integrations.stdlib.StdlibIntegration",
     "sentry_sdk.integrations.threading.ThreadingIntegration",
 ]