diff --git a/src/checkoutservice/go.mod b/src/checkoutservice/go.mod
index d540476fd1..5e46db02ef 100644
--- a/src/checkoutservice/go.mod
+++ b/src/checkoutservice/go.mod
@@ -53,5 +53,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe // indirect
 )
-
-replace github.com/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-demo/src/productcatalogservice => ../productcatalogservice