diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
index c2ad4c2fd233..ca177c14e7fb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ public OpenTelemetry openTelemetry(
     return OpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
         .setTracerProvider(tracerProvider)
         .setPropagators(propagators)
-        .buildAndRegisterGlobal();
+        .build();
   }
 }