diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccde93fb14e..5f054841350 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- `opentelemetry-api`: Optimize `LogRecord` memory by removing direct storage of the `Context` object.
+  ([#4957](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/4957))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk`: Add file configuration support with YAML/JSON loading, environment variable substitution, and schema validation against the vendored OTel config JSON schema
   ([#4898](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4898))
 - Fix intermittent CI failures in `getting-started` and `tracecontext` jobs caused by GitHub git CDN SHA propagation lag by installing contrib packages from the already-checked-out local copy instead of a second git clone
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index bbcfcddc846..46f16b75f31 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ def __init__(
         if observed_timestamp is None:
             observed_timestamp = time_ns()
         self.observed_timestamp = observed_timestamp
-        self.context = context
         self.trace_id = trace_id or span_context.trace_id
         self.span_id = span_id or span_context.span_id
         self.trace_flags = trace_flags or span_context.trace_flags
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
index 37de01508eb..385f4c90799 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ def test_log_record_trace_correlation(self):
                     record.log_record.severity_number,
                     SeverityNumber.FATAL,
                 )
-                self.assertEqual(record.log_record.context, mock_context)
                 span_context = span.get_span_context()
                 self.assertEqual(
                     record.log_record.trace_id, span_context.trace_id
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py
index 3f9c4763018..de54fab4b60 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_log_record.py
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ def test_log_record_from_api_log_record(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(record.log_record.timestamp, 1)
         self.assertEqual(record.log_record.observed_timestamp, 2)
-        self.assertEqual(record.log_record.context, get_current())
         # trace_id, span_id, and trace_flags come from the context's span
         self.assertEqual(record.log_record.trace_id, 0)
         self.assertEqual(record.log_record.span_id, 0)
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
index 6a9c95685cd..71fb0c89f66 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ def test_can_emit_api_logrecord(self):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(log_record, LogRecord))
         self.assertEqual(log_record.timestamp, None)
         self.assertEqual(log_record.observed_timestamp, 0)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(log_record.context)
         self.assertEqual(log_record.severity_number, None)
         self.assertEqual(log_record.severity_text, None)
         self.assertEqual(log_record.body, "a log line")
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ def test_can_emit_with_keywords_arguments(self):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(result_log_record, LogRecord))
         self.assertEqual(result_log_record.timestamp, 100)
         self.assertEqual(result_log_record.observed_timestamp, 101)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(result_log_record.context)
         self.assertEqual(
             result_log_record.severity_number, SeverityNumber.WARN
         )