diff --git a/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer.go b/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer.go
index a5e18bb25eeb..714100ac4d57 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (s *priorityContextInferrer) infer(statements []string) (string, error) {
 
 		statementPaths, statementFunctions, statementEnums := s.getParsedStatementHints(parsed)
 		for _, p := range statementPaths {
-			candidate := s.getContextCandidate(p)
+			candidate := p.Context
 			candidatePriority, ok := s.contextPriority[candidate]
 			if !ok {
 				candidatePriority = math.MaxInt
@@ -172,26 +172,6 @@ func (s *priorityContextInferrer) inferFromLowerContexts(
 	return ""
 }
 
-// When a path has no dots separators (e.g.: resource), the grammar extracts it into the
-// path.Fields slice, letting the path.Context empty. This function returns either the
-// path.Context string or, if it's eligible and meets certain conditions, the first
-// path.Fields name.
-func (s *priorityContextInferrer) getContextCandidate(p path) string {
-	if p.Context != "" {
-		return p.Context
-	}
-	// If it has multiple fields or keys, it means the path has at least one dot on it,
-	// and isn't a context access.
-	if len(p.Fields) != 1 || len(p.Fields[0].Keys) > 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	_, ok := s.contextPriority[p.Fields[0].Name]
-	if ok {
-		return p.Fields[0].Name
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // sortContextCandidates sorts the slice candidates using the priorityContextInferrer.contextsPriority order.
 func (s *priorityContextInferrer) sortContextCandidates(candidates []string) {
 	slices.SortFunc(candidates, func(l, r string) int {
diff --git a/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer_test.go b/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer_test.go
index 6e441a202982..9cec76503451 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/context_inferrer_test.go
@@ -89,33 +89,6 @@ func Test_NewPriorityContextInferrer_Infer(t *testing.T) {
 			statements: []string{"set(span.foo, true) where span.bar == true"},
 			expected:   "span",
 		},
-		{
-			name:     "with statement context root object",
-			priority: []string{"resource", "foo"},
-			candidates: map[string]*priorityContextInferrerCandidate{
-				"resource": defaultDummyPriorityContextInferrerCandidate,
-			},
-			statements: []string{"set(foo.attributes[\"body\"], resource)"},
-			expected:   "resource",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "with non-eligible statement context root object",
-			priority: []string{"resource", "foo"},
-			candidates: map[string]*priorityContextInferrerCandidate{
-				"foo": defaultDummyPriorityContextInferrerCandidate,
-			},
-			statements: []string{"set(foo.attributes[\"body\"], resource[\"foo\"])"},
-			expected:   "foo",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "with non-prioritized statement context root object",
-			priority: []string{"foo"},
-			candidates: map[string]*priorityContextInferrerCandidate{
-				"bar": defaultDummyPriorityContextInferrerCandidate,
-			},
-			statements: []string{"set(resource, bar.attributes[\"body\"])"},
-			expected:   "bar",
-		},
 		{
 			name:       "inferred path context with missing function",
 			priority:   []string{"foo", "datapoint", "metric"},
diff --git a/pkg/ottl/functions.go b/pkg/ottl/functions.go
index 3b11b8fd7fd3..4ff92123c7e6 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/functions.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/functions.go
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ func (p *Parser[K]) parsePathContext(path *path) (string, []field, error) {
 	}
 
 	if hasPathContextNames {
-		if ok, contextName := p.isPathToContextRootData(path); ok {
-			return contextName, []field{{}}, nil
-		}
 		originalText := buildOriginalText(path)
 		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf(`missing context name for path "%s", possibly valid options are: %s`, originalText, p.buildPathContextNamesText(originalText))
 	}
@@ -113,20 +110,6 @@ func (p *Parser[K]) parsePathContext(path *path) (string, []field, error) {
 	return "", path.Fields, nil
 }
 
-// When a path has no dots separators (e.g.: resource), the grammar extracts it into the
-// path.Fields slice, letting the path.Context empty. This function verifies if a given
-// path is accessing any configured (ottl.WithPathContextNames) object root, returning
-// true and the resolved context name.
-func (p *Parser[K]) isPathToContextRootData(pat *path) (bool, string) {
-	// If the context value is filled, or it has multiple fields, it means the path
-	// has at least one dot on it.
-	if pat.Context != "" || len(pat.Fields) != 1 || len(pat.Fields[0].Keys) > 0 {
-		return false, ""
-	}
-	_, ok := p.pathContextNames[pat.Fields[0].Name]
-	return ok, pat.Fields[0].Name
-}
-
 func (p *Parser[K]) buildPathContextNamesText(path string) string {
 	var builder strings.Builder
 	var suffix string
diff --git a/pkg/ottl/functions_test.go b/pkg/ottl/functions_test.go
index 358f61e94f0b..a7bd4aef87c7 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/functions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/functions_test.go
@@ -2504,21 +2504,6 @@ func Test_newPath_WithPathContextNames(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_newPath_withPathNameEqualsToContextName(t *testing.T) {
-	ps, _ := NewParser[any](
-		defaultFunctionsForTests(),
-		testParsePath[any],
-		componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings(),
-		WithEnumParser[any](testParseEnum),
-		WithPathContextNames[any]([]string{"resource"}),
-	)
-
-	rs, err := ps.newPath(&path{Context: "", Fields: []field{{Name: "resource"}}})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "resource", rs.Context())
-	assert.Empty(t, rs.Name())
-}
-
 func Test_baseKey_String(t *testing.T) {
 	bp := baseKey[any]{
 		s: ottltest.Strp("test"),
diff --git a/pkg/ottl/parser.go b/pkg/ottl/parser.go
index e162c8b57888..fade87d2982d 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/parser.go
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@ func (p *Parser[K]) prependContextToStatementPaths(context string, statement str
 	var missingContextOffsets []int
 	for _, it := range paths {
 		if _, ok := p.pathContextNames[it.Context]; !ok {
-			if skip, _ := p.isPathToContextRootData(&it); !skip {
-				missingContextOffsets = append(missingContextOffsets, it.Pos.Offset)
-			}
+			missingContextOffsets = append(missingContextOffsets, it.Pos.Offset)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/ottl/parser_test.go b/pkg/ottl/parser_test.go
index b416d8239cd1..726f531bfb81 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/parser_test.go
@@ -2832,13 +2832,6 @@ func Test_prependContextToStatementPaths_Success(t *testing.T) {
 			pathContextNames: []string{"log", "resource"},
 			expected:         `set(log.attributes["test"], "pass") where IsMatch(resource.name, "operation[AC]")`,
 		},
-		{
-			name:             "path to context root object",
-			statement:        `set(attributes["test"], resource)`,
-			context:          "log",
-			pathContextNames: []string{"log", "resource"},
-			expected:         `set(log.attributes["test"], resource)`,
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {