diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 6abc9d3d0b..a499f47f4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ the agent will now include the database name in the dependency, thus `mysql/my-d
 
 [float]
 ===== Bug fixes
-* Fix missing attributes in bridged OTel transactions {pull}2657[#2657]
+* Fix missing attributes in bridged OTel transactions - {pull}2657[#2657]
+* Fix `transaction.result` with bridged OTel transactions - {pull}2660[#2660]
 
 [[release-notes-1.x]]
 === Java Agent version 1.x
diff --git a/apm-agent-core/src/test/resources/specs/otel_bridge.feature b/apm-agent-core/src/test/resources/specs/otel_bridge.feature
index f19d8b9f77..901d93154e 100644
--- a/apm-agent-core/src/test/resources/specs/otel_bridge.feature
+++ b/apm-agent-core/src/test/resources/specs/otel_bridge.feature
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Feature: OpenTelemetry bridge
     And OTel span ends
     Then Elastic bridged object is a transaction
     Then Elastic bridged transaction outcome is "<outcome>"
+    Then Elastic bridged transaction result is not set
     Examples:
       | status | outcome |
       | unset  | unknown |
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/opentelemetry/sdk/OTelSpan.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/opentelemetry/sdk/OTelSpan.java
index b664ea2143..1e5206ff27 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/opentelemetry/sdk/OTelSpan.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/opentelemetry/sdk/OTelSpan.java
@@ -88,17 +88,6 @@ public Span addEvent(String name, Attributes attributes, long timestamp, TimeUni
 
     @Override
     public Span setStatus(StatusCode statusCode, String description) {
-        if (span instanceof Transaction) {
-            Transaction t = (Transaction) span;
-            switch (statusCode) {
-                case OK:
-                    t.withResultIfUnset("OK");
-                    break;
-                case ERROR:
-                    t.withResultIfUnset("Error");
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
         switch (statusCode) {
             case ERROR:
                 span.withUserOutcome(Outcome.FAILURE);
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/test/java/specs/OTelBridgeStepsDefinitions.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/test/java/specs/OTelBridgeStepsDefinitions.java
index 0abf5923b9..2a43d35e30 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/test/java/specs/OTelBridgeStepsDefinitions.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-opentelemetry/apm-opentelemetry-plugin/src/test/java/specs/OTelBridgeStepsDefinitions.java
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ public void bridgedObjectOutcome(String ignoredContextType, String outcome) {
 
     }
 
+    @Then("Elastic bridged transaction result is not set")
+    public void bridgedTransactionResultNull() {
+        assertThat(getBridgedTransaction().getResult()).isNull();
+    }
+
     @Then("Elastic bridged span service target type is {string} and name is {string}")
     public void bridgedSpanTargetServiceType(String type, String name) {
         ServiceTarget serviceTarget = getBridgedSpan().getContext().getServiceTarget();