diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/collector.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/collector.go
index 415ef203bb17..1b64b02ac4fe 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/collector.go
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/collector.go
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ package fluentforwardreceiver // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/plog"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverhelper"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 // Collector acts as an aggregator of LogRecords so that we don't have to
@@ -20,18 +19,20 @@ import (
 // instances from several Forward events into one to hopefully reduce
 // allocations and GC overhead.
 type Collector struct {
-	nextConsumer consumer.Logs
-	eventCh      <-chan Event
-	logger       *zap.Logger
-	obsrecv      *receiverhelper.ObsReport
+	nextConsumer     consumer.Logs
+	eventCh          <-chan Event
+	logger           *zap.Logger
+	obsrecv          *receiverhelper.ObsReport
+	telemetryBuilder *metadata.TelemetryBuilder
 }
 
-func newCollector(eventCh <-chan Event, next consumer.Logs, logger *zap.Logger, obsrecv *receiverhelper.ObsReport) *Collector {
+func newCollector(eventCh <-chan Event, next consumer.Logs, logger *zap.Logger, obsrecv *receiverhelper.ObsReport, telemetryBuilder *metadata.TelemetryBuilder) *Collector {
 	return &Collector{
-		nextConsumer: next,
-		eventCh:      eventCh,
-		logger:       logger,
-		obsrecv:      obsrecv,
+		nextConsumer:     next,
+		eventCh:          eventCh,
+		logger:           logger,
+		obsrecv:          obsrecv,
+		telemetryBuilder: telemetryBuilder,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (c *Collector) processEvents(ctx context.Context) {
 			c.fillBufferUntilChanEmpty(logSlice)
 
 			logRecordCount := out.LogRecordCount()
-			stats.Record(context.Background(), observ.RecordsGenerated.M(int64(logRecordCount)))
+			c.telemetryBuilder.FluentRecordsGenerated.Add(ctx, int64(logRecordCount))
 			obsCtx := c.obsrecv.StartLogsOp(ctx)
 			err := c.nextConsumer.ConsumeLogs(obsCtx, out)
 			c.obsrecv.EndLogsOp(obsCtx, "fluent", logRecordCount, err)
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/documentation.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c818d59149bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/documentation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[comment]: <> (Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.)
+
+# fluentforward
+
+## Internal Telemetry
+
+The following telemetry is emitted by this component.
+
+### fluent_closed_connections
+
+Number of connections closed to the fluentforward receiver
+
+| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Monotonic |
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- |
+| 1 | Sum | Int | false |
+
+### fluent_events_parsed
+
+Number of Fluent events parsed successfully
+
+| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Monotonic |
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- |
+| 1 | Sum | Int | false |
+
+### fluent_opened_connections
+
+Number of connections opened to the fluentforward receiver
+
+| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Monotonic |
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- |
+| 1 | Sum | Int | false |
+
+### fluent_parse_failures
+
+Number of times Fluent messages failed to be decoded
+
+| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Monotonic |
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- |
+| 1 | Sum | Int | false |
+
+### fluent_records_generated
+
+Number of log records generated from Fluent forward input
+
+| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Monotonic |
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- |
+| 1 | Sum | Int | false |
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/generated_component_telemetry_test.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/generated_component_telemetry_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caaef77063e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/generated_component_telemetry_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package fluentforwardreceiver
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	sdkmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata/metricdatatest"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest"
+)
+
+type componentTestTelemetry struct {
+	reader        *sdkmetric.ManualReader
+	meterProvider *sdkmetric.MeterProvider
+}
+
+func (tt *componentTestTelemetry) NewSettings() receiver.Settings {
+	settings := receivertest.NewNopSettings()
+	settings.MeterProvider = tt.meterProvider
+	settings.ID = component.NewID(component.MustNewType("fluentforward"))
+
+	return settings
+}
+
+func setupTestTelemetry() componentTestTelemetry {
+	reader := sdkmetric.NewManualReader()
+	return componentTestTelemetry{
+		reader:        reader,
+		meterProvider: sdkmetric.NewMeterProvider(sdkmetric.WithReader(reader)),
+	}
+}
+
+func (tt *componentTestTelemetry) assertMetrics(t *testing.T, expected []metricdata.Metrics) {
+	var md metricdata.ResourceMetrics
+	require.NoError(t, tt.reader.Collect(context.Background(), &md))
+	// ensure all required metrics are present
+	for _, want := range expected {
+		got := tt.getMetric(want.Name, md)
+		metricdatatest.AssertEqual(t, want, got, metricdatatest.IgnoreTimestamp())
+	}
+
+	// ensure no additional metrics are emitted
+	require.Equal(t, len(expected), tt.len(md))
+}
+
+func (tt *componentTestTelemetry) getMetric(name string, got metricdata.ResourceMetrics) metricdata.Metrics {
+	for _, sm := range got.ScopeMetrics {
+		for _, m := range sm.Metrics {
+			if m.Name == name {
+				return m
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return metricdata.Metrics{}
+}
+
+func (tt *componentTestTelemetry) len(got metricdata.ResourceMetrics) int {
+	metricsCount := 0
+	for _, sm := range got.ScopeMetrics {
+		metricsCount += len(sm.Metrics)
+	}
+
+	return metricsCount
+}
+
+func (tt *componentTestTelemetry) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return tt.meterProvider.Shutdown(ctx)
+}
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/generated_package_test.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/generated_package_test.go
index ac53612840ef..77add4d7fa4c 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/generated_package_test.go
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/generated_package_test.go
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m, goleak.IgnoreTopFunction("go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start"))
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m)
 }
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.mod
index 04b7286642e6..c9f9fe41baee 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.mod
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatatest v0.102.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.9
-	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.102.2-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.102.2-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.102.2-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.102.2-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.9.1-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.102.2-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.27.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.27.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.27.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.0.0-alpha.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.1 // indirect
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.54.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.102.2-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.102.2-0.20240611143128-7dfb57b9ad1c // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.27.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.49.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.27.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.27.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.sum
index 408b50dcaa1c..06445571c429 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/go.sum
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
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-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
-github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
-github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
-github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
@@ -23,30 +14,9 @@ github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.0.0-alpha.1 h1:TQcrn6Wq+sKGkpyPvppOz99zsM
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-github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
-github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
-github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l8iNU+DwB5epxmsaqB+rhGL0m5jtYqE=
-github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
-github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
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-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
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@@ -78,7 +48,6 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
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-github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
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@@ -88,20 +57,13 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.0/go.mod h1:Y0RJ/Y5g5wJpkTisOtqwDSo4HwhGmLB4V
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-go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
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diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go
index 4dcb7ad77cce..baf38f6ec9d3 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 package metadata
 
 import (
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"errors"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/noop"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry"
 )
 
 func Meter(settings component.TelemetrySettings) metric.Meter {
@@ -15,3 +20,71 @@ func Meter(settings component.TelemetrySettings) metric.Meter {
 func Tracer(settings component.TelemetrySettings) trace.Tracer {
 	return settings.TracerProvider.Tracer("otelcol/fluentforwardreceiver")
 }
+
+// TelemetryBuilder provides an interface for components to report telemetry
+// as defined in metadata and user config.
+type TelemetryBuilder struct {
+	meter                   metric.Meter
+	FluentClosedConnections metric.Int64UpDownCounter
+	FluentEventsParsed      metric.Int64UpDownCounter
+	FluentOpenedConnections metric.Int64UpDownCounter
+	FluentParseFailures     metric.Int64UpDownCounter
+	FluentRecordsGenerated  metric.Int64UpDownCounter
+	level                   configtelemetry.Level
+}
+
+// telemetryBuilderOption applies changes to default builder.
+type telemetryBuilderOption func(*TelemetryBuilder)
+
+// WithLevel sets the current telemetry level for the component.
+func WithLevel(lvl configtelemetry.Level) telemetryBuilderOption {
+	return func(builder *TelemetryBuilder) {
+		builder.level = lvl
+	}
+}
+
+// NewTelemetryBuilder provides a struct with methods to update all internal telemetry
+// for a component
+func NewTelemetryBuilder(settings component.TelemetrySettings, options ...telemetryBuilderOption) (*TelemetryBuilder, error) {
+	builder := TelemetryBuilder{level: configtelemetry.LevelBasic}
+	for _, op := range options {
+		op(&builder)
+	}
+	var err, errs error
+	if builder.level >= configtelemetry.LevelBasic {
+		builder.meter = Meter(settings)
+	} else {
+		builder.meter = noop.Meter{}
+	}
+	builder.FluentClosedConnections, err = builder.meter.Int64UpDownCounter(
+		"fluent_closed_connections",
+		metric.WithDescription("Number of connections closed to the fluentforward receiver"),
+		metric.WithUnit("1"),
+	)
+	errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
+	builder.FluentEventsParsed, err = builder.meter.Int64UpDownCounter(
+		"fluent_events_parsed",
+		metric.WithDescription("Number of Fluent events parsed successfully"),
+		metric.WithUnit("1"),
+	)
+	errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
+	builder.FluentOpenedConnections, err = builder.meter.Int64UpDownCounter(
+		"fluent_opened_connections",
+		metric.WithDescription("Number of connections opened to the fluentforward receiver"),
+		metric.WithUnit("1"),
+	)
+	errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
+	builder.FluentParseFailures, err = builder.meter.Int64UpDownCounter(
+		"fluent_parse_failures",
+		metric.WithDescription("Number of times Fluent messages failed to be decoded"),
+		metric.WithUnit("1"),
+	)
+	errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
+	builder.FluentRecordsGenerated, err = builder.meter.Int64UpDownCounter(
+		"fluent_records_generated",
+		metric.WithDescription("Number of log records generated from Fluent forward input"),
+		metric.WithUnit("1"),
+	)
+	errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
+	return &builder, errs
+}
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry_test.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry_test.go
index 47e2eea9da21..f29f97cf95bf 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry_test.go
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry_test.go
@@ -61,3 +61,16 @@ func TestProviders(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Fail(t, "returned Meter not mockTracer")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNewTelemetryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
+	set := component.TelemetrySettings{
+		MeterProvider:  mockMeterProvider{},
+		TracerProvider: mockTracerProvider{},
+	}
+	applied := false
+	_, err := NewTelemetryBuilder(set, func(b *TelemetryBuilder) {
+		applied = true
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, applied)
+}
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 957bd71d9f0d..74e5ec10145d 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,41 @@ status:
 
 tests:
   config:
-  goleak:
-    ignore:
-      top:
-        # See https://github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-go/issues/1191 for more information.
-        - "go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start"
+
+telemetry:
+  metrics:
+    fluent_opened_connections:
+      enabled: true
+      description: Number of connections opened to the fluentforward receiver
+      unit: "1"
+      sum:
+        value_type: int
+        monotonic:
+    fluent_closed_connections:
+      enabled: true
+      description: Number of connections closed to the fluentforward receiver
+      unit: "1"
+      sum:
+        value_type: int
+        monotonic:
+    fluent_events_parsed:
+      enabled: true
+      description: Number of Fluent events parsed successfully
+      unit: "1"
+      sum:
+        value_type: int
+        monotonic:
+    fluent_parse_failures:
+      enabled: true
+      description: Number of times Fluent messages failed to be decoded
+      unit: "1"
+      sum:
+        value_type: int
+        monotonic:
+    fluent_records_generated:
+      enabled: true
+      description: Number of log records generated from Fluent forward input
+      unit: "1"
+      sum:
+        value_type: int
+        monotonic:
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/metrics.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/metrics.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5ceeaf5abb..000000000000
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/metrics.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-// Package observ contains logic pertaining to the internal observation
-// of the fluent forward receiver.
-package observ // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ"
-
-import (
-	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
-	"go.opencensus.io/stats/view"
-)
-
-var (
-	// ConnectionsOpened measure for number of connections opened to the fluentforward receiver.
-	ConnectionsOpened = stats.Int64(
-		"fluent_opened_connections",
-		"Number of connections opened to the fluentforward receiver",
-		stats.UnitDimensionless)
-	connectionsOpenedView = &view.View{
-		Name:        ConnectionsOpened.Name(),
-		Measure:     ConnectionsOpened,
-		Description: ConnectionsOpened.Description(),
-		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
-	}
-
-	// ConnectionsClosed measure for number of connections closed to the fluentforward receiver.
-	ConnectionsClosed = stats.Int64(
-		"fluent_closed_connections",
-		"Number of connections closed to the fluentforward receiver",
-		stats.UnitDimensionless)
-	connectionsClosedView = &view.View{
-		Name:        ConnectionsClosed.Name(),
-		Measure:     ConnectionsClosed,
-		Description: ConnectionsClosed.Description(),
-		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
-	}
-
-	// EventsParsed measure for number of Fluent events parsed successfully.
-	EventsParsed = stats.Int64(
-		"fluent_events_parsed",
-		"Number of Fluent events parsed successfully",
-		stats.UnitDimensionless)
-	eventsParsedView = &view.View{
-		Name:        EventsParsed.Name(),
-		Measure:     EventsParsed,
-		Description: EventsParsed.Description(),
-		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
-	}
-
-	// FailedToParse measure for number of times Fluent messages failed to be decoded.
-	FailedToParse = stats.Int64(
-		"fluent_parse_failures",
-		"Number of times Fluent messages failed to be decoded",
-		stats.UnitDimensionless)
-	failedToParseView = &view.View{
-		Name:        FailedToParse.Name(),
-		Measure:     FailedToParse,
-		Description: FailedToParse.Description(),
-		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
-	}
-
-	// RecordsGenerated measure for number of log records generated from Fluent forward input.
-	RecordsGenerated = stats.Int64(
-		"fluent_records_generated",
-		"Number of log records generated from Fluent forward input",
-		stats.UnitDimensionless)
-	recordsGeneratedView = &view.View{
-		Name:        RecordsGenerated.Name(),
-		Measure:     RecordsGenerated,
-		Description: RecordsGenerated.Description(),
-		Aggregation: view.Sum(),
-	}
-)
-
-func MetricViews() []*view.View {
-	return []*view.View{
-		connectionsOpenedView,
-		connectionsClosedView,
-		eventsParsedView,
-		failedToParseView,
-		recordsGeneratedView,
-	}
-}
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/metrics_test.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/metrics_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index af0ae986b1d2..000000000000
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/metrics_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package observ
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-func TestViews(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, len(MetricViews()), 5)
-}
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/package_test.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/package_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 01617213407d..000000000000
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ/package_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package observ
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"go.uber.org/goleak"
-)
-
-// The IgnoreTopFunction call prevents catching the leak generated by opencensus
-// defaultWorker.Start which at this time is part of the package's init call.
-// See https://github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-go/issues/1191 for more information.
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m, goleak.IgnoreTopFunction("go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start"))
-}
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/receiver.go
index 4ef0df2bdd50..0bf086d8436a 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverhelper"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 // Give the event channel a bit of buffer to help reduce backpressure on
@@ -37,10 +39,16 @@ func newFluentReceiver(set receiver.Settings, conf *Config, next consumer.Logs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	telemetryBuilder, err := metadata.NewTelemetryBuilder(set.TelemetrySettings)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	eventCh := make(chan Event, eventChannelLength)
-	collector := newCollector(eventCh, next, set.Logger, obsrecv)
+	collector := newCollector(eventCh, next, set.Logger, obsrecv, telemetryBuilder)
 
-	server := newServer(eventCh, set.Logger)
+	server := newServer(eventCh, set.Logger, telemetryBuilder)
 
 	return &fluentReceiver{
 		collector: collector,
diff --git a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/server.go b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/server.go
index ad981ad2116f..9b4bfd482a12 100644
--- a/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/server.go
+++ b/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/server.go
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/tinylib/msgp/msgp"
-	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/observ"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 // The initial size of the read buffer. Messages can come in that are bigger
@@ -24,14 +23,16 @@ import (
 const readBufferSize = 10 * 1024
 
 type server struct {
-	outCh  chan<- Event
-	logger *zap.Logger
+	outCh            chan<- Event
+	logger           *zap.Logger
+	telemetryBuilder *metadata.TelemetryBuilder
 }
 
-func newServer(outCh chan<- Event, logger *zap.Logger) *server {
+func newServer(outCh chan<- Event, logger *zap.Logger, telemetryBuilder *metadata.TelemetryBuilder) *server {
 	return &server{
-		outCh:  outCh,
-		logger: logger,
+		outCh:            outCh,
+		logger:           logger,
+		telemetryBuilder: telemetryBuilder,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -63,12 +64,13 @@ func (s *server) handleConnections(ctx context.Context, listener net.Listener) {
 				continue
 			}
 		}
-		stats.Record(ctx, observ.ConnectionsOpened.M(1))
+
+		s.telemetryBuilder.FluentOpenedConnections.Add(ctx, 1)
 
 		s.logger.Debug("Got connection", zap.String("remoteAddr", conn.RemoteAddr().String()))
 
 		go func() {
-			defer stats.Record(ctx, observ.ConnectionsClosed.M(1))
+			defer s.telemetryBuilder.FluentClosedConnections.Add(ctx, 1)
 
 			err := s.handleConn(ctx, conn)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -109,12 +111,12 @@ func (s *server) handleConn(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn) error {
 		err = event.DecodeMsg(reader)
 		if err != nil {
 			if !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-				stats.Record(ctx, observ.FailedToParse.M(1))
+				s.telemetryBuilder.FluentParseFailures.Add(ctx, 1)
 			}
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse %s mode event: %w", mode.String(), err)
 		}
 
-		stats.Record(ctx, observ.EventsParsed.M(1))
+		s.telemetryBuilder.FluentEventsParsed.Add(ctx, 1)
 
 		s.outCh <- event