diff --git a/aws-opentelemetry-distro/src/amazon/opentelemetry/distro/aws_opentelemetry_configurator.py b/aws-opentelemetry-distro/src/amazon/opentelemetry/distro/aws_opentelemetry_configurator.py
index c62dc4dbc..d87fc3af6 100644
--- a/aws-opentelemetry-distro/src/amazon/opentelemetry/distro/aws_opentelemetry_configurator.py
+++ b/aws-opentelemetry-distro/src/amazon/opentelemetry/distro/aws_opentelemetry_configurator.py
@@ -90,22 +90,7 @@ def _initialize_components(auto_instrumentation_version):
     # populate version if using auto-instrumentation
     if auto_instrumentation_version:
         auto_resource[ResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_AUTO_VERSION] = auto_instrumentation_version
-    default_resource = Resource.create(auto_resource)
-
-    print("HERE----------default_resource: !!!!!!!!!---------------------")
-    print(default_resource.to_json)
-
-    print("Integrating AwsEksResourceDetector--------------------")
-
-    resource=get_aggregated_resources(
-        [
-            # AwsEc2ResourceDetector(),
-            AwsEksResourceDetector(),
-        ]
-    ).merge(default_resource)
-
-    print("HERE----------resource: !!!!!!!!!---------------------")
-    print(resource.to_json)
+    resource = Resource.create(auto_resource)
 
     _init_tracing(
         exporters=trace_exporters,
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml
index bae30df43..dca4185f1 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4315"
             - name: OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER
               value: "none"
-            - name: OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER
-              value: "console"
             - name: OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER
               value: "always_on"
             - name: OTEL_PROPAGATORS
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml
index 4da8add4f..0f4deecd0 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/image-backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
             - name: OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER
               value: "none"
-            - name: OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER
-              value: "console"
             - name: OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER
               value: "always_on"
             - name: OTEL_PROPAGATORS