diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d56482c4a4..a3546cc73f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
 
+- Change`confighttp.ToClient` to accept a `component.Host` (#5737)
+
 ### 🚩 Deprecations 🚩
 
 ### 💡 Enhancements 💡
 
 - `ocb` now exits with an error if it fails to load the build configuration. (#5731)
+- Deprecate `HTTPClientSettings.ToClientWithHost` (#5737)
 
 ### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
 
diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
index 04f1d27880d..70e50e1a72e 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
@@ -99,8 +98,7 @@ func NewDefaultHTTPClientSettings() HTTPClientSettings {
 }
 
 // ToClient creates an HTTP client.
-// Deprecated: [v0.55.0] Use ToClientWithHost instead.
-func (hcs *HTTPClientSettings) ToClient(ext map[config.ComponentID]component.Extension, settings component.TelemetrySettings) (*http.Client, error) {
+func (hcs *HTTPClientSettings) ToClient(host component.Host, settings component.TelemetrySettings) (*http.Client, error) {
 	tlsCfg, err := hcs.TLSSetting.LoadTLSConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -156,6 +154,7 @@ func (hcs *HTTPClientSettings) ToClient(ext map[config.ComponentID]component.Ext
 	}
 
 	if hcs.Auth != nil {
+		ext := host.GetExtensions()
 		if ext == nil {
 			return nil, errors.New("extensions configuration not found")
 		}
@@ -184,9 +183,9 @@ func (hcs *HTTPClientSettings) ToClient(ext map[config.ComponentID]component.Ext
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// ToClientWithHost creates an HTTP client.
+// Deprecated: [v0.57.0] use ToClient.
 func (hcs *HTTPClientSettings) ToClientWithHost(host component.Host, settings component.TelemetrySettings) (*http.Client, error) {
-	return hcs.ToClient(host.GetExtensions(), settings)
+	return hcs.ToClient(host, settings)
 }
 
 // Custom RoundTripper that adds headers.
diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
index 85548a522b8..d37e50d4aba 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestAllHTTPClientSettings(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			tt := componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings()
 			tt.TracerProvider = nil
-			client, err := test.settings.ToClientWithHost(host, tt)
+			client, err := test.settings.ToClient(host, tt)
 			if test.shouldError {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func TestPartialHTTPClientSettings(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			tt := componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings()
 			tt.TracerProvider = nil
-			client, err := test.settings.ToClientWithHost(host, tt)
+			client, err := test.settings.ToClient(host, tt)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			transport := client.Transport.(*http.Transport)
 			assert.EqualValues(t, 1024, transport.ReadBufferSize)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientSettingsError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.err, func(t *testing.T) {
-			_, err := test.settings.ToClientWithHost(host, componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings())
+			_, err := test.settings.ToClient(host, componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings())
 			assert.Regexp(t, test.err, err)
 		})
 	}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func TestHTTPClientSettingWithAuthConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			client, err := test.settings.ToClientWithHost(test.host, componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings())
+			client, err := test.settings.ToClient(test.host, componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings())
 			if test.shouldErr {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func TestHttpReception(t *testing.T) {
 					return rt, nil
 				}
 			}
-			client, errClient := hcs.ToClientWithHost(componenttest.NewNopHost(), component.TelemetrySettings{})
+			client, errClient := hcs.ToClient(componenttest.NewNopHost(), component.TelemetrySettings{})
 			require.NoError(t, errClient)
 
 			resp, errResp := client.Get(hcs.Endpoint)
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ func TestHttpHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 					"header1": "value1",
 				},
 			}
-			client, _ := setting.ToClientWithHost(componenttest.NewNopHost(), componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings())
+			client, _ := setting.ToClient(componenttest.NewNopHost(), componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings())
 			req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", setting.Endpoint, nil)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			_, err = client.Do(req)
@@ -1048,12 +1048,12 @@ func BenchmarkHttpRequest(b *testing.B) {
 		b.Run(bb.name, func(b *testing.B) {
 			var c *http.Client
 			if !bb.clientPerThread {
-				c, err = hcs.ToClientWithHost(componenttest.NewNopHost(), component.TelemetrySettings{})
+				c, err = hcs.ToClient(componenttest.NewNopHost(), component.TelemetrySettings{})
 				require.NoError(b, err)
 			}
 			b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 				if c == nil {
-					c, err = hcs.ToClientWithHost(componenttest.NewNopHost(), component.TelemetrySettings{})
+					c, err = hcs.ToClient(componenttest.NewNopHost(), component.TelemetrySettings{})
 					require.NoError(b, err)
 				}
 				for pb.Next() {
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go
index 4498a80e632..e40fc0b3503 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/otlp.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func newExporter(cfg config.Exporter, set component.ExporterCreateSettings) (*ex
 // start actually creates the HTTP client. The client construction is deferred till this point as this
 // is the only place we get hold of Extensions which are required to construct auth round tripper.
 func (e *exporter) start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) error {
-	client, err := e.config.HTTPClientSettings.ToClient(host.GetExtensions(), e.settings)
+	client, err := e.config.HTTPClientSettings.ToClient(host, e.settings)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}