diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bc8867ae4ed4..fae6bd4360f9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ staging-deploy-gateway-eks:
 staging-deploy-ds-gateway-eks:
   !!merge <<: *staging-deploy
   variables:
-    SCRIPT: ./ci/scripts/ci-deploy-ds-gateway.sh
+    SCRIPT: ./ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh
+    NAMESPACE: otel-ds-gateway
+    NODE_GROUP: ng-6
+    MODE: deployment
+    REPLICA_COUNT: 3
+    CLUSTER_ROLE: opentelemetry-collector-ds-gateway
 
 # DEPLOY COLLECTOR PROD 
 prod-deploy-demo-eks:
diff --git a/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-ds-gateway.sh b/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-ds-gateway.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f65ea3500b4..000000000000
--- a/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-ds-gateway.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# This script is used to deploy collector on demo account cluster
-
-set -euo pipefail
-IFS=$'\n\t'
-set -x
-
-install_collector() {
-	# Set the namespace and release name
-	release_name="opentelemetry-collector"
-	release_name_gateway="opentelemetry-collector-gateway"
-	namespace="otel-ds-gateway"
-
-	# if repo already exists, helm 3+ will skip
-	helm --debug repo add open-telemetry https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts
-
-	# --install will run `helm install` if not already present.
-    # gateway with DD exporter
-	helm --debug upgrade "${release_name_gateway}" -n "${namespace}" open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector --install \
-		-f ./ci/values.yaml \
-		-f ./ci/values-ds-gateway.yaml \
-		--set-string image.tag="otelcolcontrib-v$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" \
-		--set-string image.repository="601427279990.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/otel-collector-contrib"
-
-    # daemonset with otlp exporter
-	helm --debug upgrade "${release_name}" -n "${namespace}" open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector --install \
-		-f ./ci/values.yaml \
-		-f ./ci/values-otlp-col.yaml \
-		--set-string image.tag="otelcolcontrib-v$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" \
-		--set-string image.repository="601427279990.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/otel-collector-contrib"
-
-}
-
-###########################################################################################################
-clusterName="dd-otel"
-clusterArn="arn:aws:eks:us-east-1:601427279990:cluster/${clusterName}"
-
-aws eks --region us-east-1 update-kubeconfig --name "${clusterName}"
-kubectl config use-context "${clusterArn}"
-
-install_collector
diff --git a/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh b/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh
index 7f1f3cb6f277..914efaec19f6 100644
--- a/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/ci-deploy-staging.sh
@@ -33,12 +33,24 @@ install_collector() {
 		--set clusterRole.clusterRoleBinding.name="${clusterRole}"
 
 
-	# only deploy jmx deployment for otel-staging
-	if [ "$namespace" == "otel-staging" ]; then
-		install_deployment
+	# only deploy otlp col for otel-ds-gateway
+	if [ "$namespace" == "otel-ds-gateway" ]; then
+		install_ds_otlp
 	fi
 }
 
+install_ds_otlp() {
+	release_name="opentelemetry-collector-ds"
+
+	# daemonset with otlp exporter
+	helm --debug upgrade "${release_name}" -n "${namespace}" open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector --install \
+		-f ./ci/values.yaml \
+		-f ./ci/values-otlp-col.yaml \
+		--set-string image.tag="otelcolcontrib-v$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" \
+		--set-string image.repository="601427279990.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/otel-collector-contrib"
+}
+
+
 install_deployment() {
 	release_name_deployment="opentelemetry-collector-deployment"
 
diff --git a/ci/values-ds-gateway.yaml b/ci/values-ds-gateway.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1371b3da79c1..000000000000
--- a/ci/values-ds-gateway.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-mode: deployment
-replicaCount: 3
-nodeSelector:
-  alpha.eksctl.io/nodegroup-name: ng-6
-clusterRole:
-  name: "opentelemetry-collector-ds-gateway"
-  clusterRoleBinding:
-    name: opentelemetry-collector-ds-gateway