diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d564007e..ff1f57902 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,20 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-### Changed
-
-- Deprecate `stackable_operator::logging::initialize_logging()`. It's recommended to use `stackable-telemetry` instead ([#950]).
-
-[#950]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/950
-
 ## [0.87.4] - 2025-03-17
 
-### Changed
-
-- Bump `kube` to 0.99.0 and `json-patch` to 4.0.0 ([#982]).
-
-[#982]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/982
-
 ## [0.87.3] - 2025-03-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs b/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
index 71a14045a..861edfa51 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ impl Default for TracingTarget {
 ///
 /// Log output can be copied to a file by setting `{env}_DIRECTORY` (e.g. `FOOBAR_OPERATOR_DIRECTORY`)
 /// to a directory path. This file will be rotated regularly.
-#[deprecated(note = "Use stackable-telemetry instead, use OTLP instead of Jaeger protocol")]
 pub fn initialize_logging(env: &str, app_name: &str, tracing_target: TracingTarget) {
     let filter = match EnvFilter::try_from_env(env) {
         Ok(env_filter) => env_filter,
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ mod tests {
     //      NOT_SET=debug cargo test default_tracing -- --nocapture
     // to see them all.
     #[test]
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn default_tracing_level_is_set_to_info() {
         super::initialize_logging("NOT_SET", "test", TracingTarget::None);