diff --git a/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDependencyProcessor.java b/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDependencyProcessor.java
index 89e0792f3794..79fb94b1ee2f 100644
--- a/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDependencyProcessor.java
+++ b/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDependencyProcessor.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import static org.wildfly.extension.microprofile.telemetry.MicroProfileTelemetrySubsystemDefinition.EXPORTED_MODULES;
 
+import org.jboss.as.controller.ServiceNameFactory;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.Attachments;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentPhaseContext;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnit;
@@ -15,17 +16,18 @@
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.module.ModuleSpecification;
 import org.jboss.modules.Module;
 import org.jboss.modules.ModuleLoader;
-import org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceName;
 import org.wildfly.extension.opentelemetry.api.WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig;
-import org.wildfly.service.ServiceDependency;
 
 class MicroProfileTelemetryDependencyProcessor implements DeploymentUnitProcessor {
     @Override
     public void deploy(DeploymentPhaseContext phaseContext) {
         addDependencies(phaseContext.getDeploymentUnit());
 
-        // Ensure the OpenTelemetryConfig is available before the next phase DeploymentUnitPhaseService starts
-        phaseContext.requires(ServiceDependency.on(ServiceName.parse(WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig.SERVICE_DESCRIPTOR.getName())));
+        // Ensure the OpenTelemetryConfig is available to the Phase.POST_MODULE MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor
+        // TODO WFCORE-6491 the kernel should support an API such that an OSH can record this requirement without
+        // needing to involve a DUP like this one that is separate from the one that consumes the dependency.
+        phaseContext.addDeploymentDependency(ServiceNameFactory.resolveServiceName(WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig.SERVICE_DESCRIPTOR),
+                MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor.CONFIG_ATTACHMENT_KEY);
     }
 
     private void addDependencies(DeploymentUnit deploymentUnit) {
diff --git a/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor.java b/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor.java
index 838a81baaf70..88b1210c52a3 100644
--- a/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor.java
+++ b/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor.java
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.jboss.as.controller.capability.CapabilityServiceSupport;
 import org.jboss.as.ee.structure.DeploymentType;
 import org.jboss.as.ee.structure.DeploymentTypeMarker;
+import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.AttachmentKey;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.Attachments;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentPhaseContext;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnit;
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@
 import org.wildfly.extension.opentelemetry.api.WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig;
 
 public class MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor implements DeploymentUnitProcessor {
-    private final Supplier<WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig> configSupplier;
 
-    public MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor(Supplier<WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig> configSupplier) {
-        this.configSupplier = configSupplier;
-    }
+    static final AttachmentKey<WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig> CONFIG_ATTACHMENT_KEY = AttachmentKey.create(WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig.class);
 
     @Override
     public void deploy(DeploymentPhaseContext deploymentPhaseContext) throws DeploymentUnitProcessingException {
@@ -41,11 +38,12 @@ public void deploy(DeploymentPhaseContext deploymentPhaseContext) throws Deploym
         try {
             final CapabilityServiceSupport support = deploymentUnit.getAttachment(Attachments.CAPABILITY_SERVICE_SUPPORT);
             final WeldCapability weldCapability = support.getCapabilityRuntimeAPI(WELD_CAPABILITY_NAME, WeldCapability.class);
-            if (weldCapability != null && !weldCapability.isPartOfWeldDeployment(deploymentUnit)) {
+            if (weldCapability == null || !weldCapability.isPartOfWeldDeployment(deploymentUnit)) {
                 MPTEL_LOGGER.debug("The deployment does not have Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection enabled. " +
                         "Skipping MicroProfile Telemetry integration.");
             } else {
-                Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<>(configSupplier.get().properties());
+                WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig config = deploymentUnit.getAttachment(CONFIG_ATTACHMENT_KEY);
+                Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<>(config.properties());
                 if (!properties.containsKey("otel.service.name")) {
                     properties.put("otel.service.name", getServiceName(deploymentUnit));
                 }
diff --git a/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetrySubsystemAdd.java b/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetrySubsystemAdd.java
index 9a840ec86979..abc14432a2b2 100644
--- a/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetrySubsystemAdd.java
+++ b/microprofile/telemetry-smallrye/extension/src/main/java/org/wildfly/extension/microprofile/telemetry/MicroProfileTelemetrySubsystemAdd.java
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 import static org.wildfly.extension.microprofile.telemetry.MicroProfileTelemetryExtensionLogger.MPTEL_LOGGER;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
-
 import org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractBoottimeAddStepHandler;
 import org.jboss.as.controller.OperationContext;
 import org.jboss.as.controller.OperationFailedException;
@@ -16,12 +14,8 @@
 import org.jboss.as.server.DeploymentProcessorTarget;
 import org.jboss.as.server.deployment.Phase;
 import org.jboss.dmr.ModelNode;
-import org.wildfly.extension.opentelemetry.api.WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig;
-import org.wildfly.subsystem.service.ServiceDependency;
-import org.wildfly.subsystem.service.ServiceInstaller;
 
 public class MicroProfileTelemetrySubsystemAdd extends AbstractBoottimeAddStepHandler {
-    private final AtomicReference<WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig> openTelemetryConfig = new AtomicReference<>();
 
     MicroProfileTelemetrySubsystemAdd() {
         super();
@@ -36,12 +30,6 @@ protected void performBoottime(OperationContext context, ModelNode operation, Mo
 
         super.performBoottime(context, operation, model);
 
-        ServiceInstaller.builder(ServiceDependency.on(WildFlyOpenTelemetryConfig.SERVICE_DESCRIPTOR))
-                .withCaptor(openTelemetryConfig::set)
-                .build()
-                .install(context);
-
-
         context.addStep(new AbstractDeploymentChainStep() {
             @Override
             public void execute(DeploymentProcessorTarget processorTarget) {
@@ -55,7 +43,7 @@ public void execute(DeploymentProcessorTarget processorTarget) {
                         MicroProfileTelemetryExtension.SUBSYSTEM_NAME,
                         Phase.POST_MODULE,
                         Phase.POST_MODULE_MICROPROFILE_TELEMETRY,
-                        new MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor(openTelemetryConfig::get));
+                        new MicroProfileTelemetryDeploymentProcessor());
             }
         }, OperationContext.Stage.RUNTIME);
     }