diff --git a/src/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php b/src/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
index 66ce09c32..ae3fbb5eb 100644
--- a/src/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
+++ b/src/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactory.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 use OpenTelemetry\Config\SDK\Configuration\Internal\EnvSubstitutionNormalization;
 use OpenTelemetry\Config\SDK\Configuration\Internal\ResourceCollection;
 use OpenTelemetry\Config\SDK\Configuration\Internal\TrackingEnvReader;
-use OpenTelemetry\Config\SDK\Configuration\Internal\TreatNullAsUnsetNormalization;
 use OpenTelemetry\Config\SDK\Configuration\Loader\YamlExtensionFileLoader;
 use OpenTelemetry\Config\SDK\Configuration\Loader\YamlSymfonyFileLoader;
 use function serialize;
@@ -134,8 +133,6 @@ private function compileFactory(): CompiledConfigurationFactory
         $envReader = new TrackingEnvReader($this->envReader);
         // Parse MUST perform environment variable substitution.
         (new EnvSubstitutionNormalization($envReader))->apply($root);
-        // Parse MUST interpret null as equivalent to unset.
-        (new TreatNullAsUnsetNormalization())->apply($root);
 
         $node = $root->getNode(forceRootNode: true);
 
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Config/configurations/kitchen-sink.yaml b/tests/Integration/Config/configurations/kitchen-sink.yaml
index c1302a5b6..04809061e 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Config/configurations/kitchen-sink.yaml
+++ b/tests/Integration/Config/configurations/kitchen-sink.yaml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ logger_provider:
         # Configure exporter.
         exporter:
           # Configure exporter to be console.
-          console: {}
+          console:
   # Configure log record limits. See also attribute_limits.
   limits:
     # Configure max attribute value size. Overrides .attribute_limits.attribute_value_length_limit.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ meter_provider:
       pull:
         # Configure exporter.
         exporter:
-          console: {}
+          console:
         # Configure metric producers.
         producers:
           - # Configure metric producer to be opencensus.
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ meter_provider:
         # Configure exporter.
         exporter:
           # Configure exporter to be console.
-          console: {}
+          console:
   # Configure views. Each view has a selector which determines the instrument(s) it applies to, and a configuration for the resulting stream(s).
   views:
     - # Configure view selector. Selection criteria is additive as described in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/sdk.md#instrument-selection-criteria.
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ tracer_provider:
         # Configure exporter.
         exporter:
           # Configure exporter to be console.
-          console: {}
+          console:
   # Configure span limits. See also attribute_limits.
   limits:
     # Configure max attribute value size. Overrides .attribute_limits.attribute_value_length_limit.
@@ -348,24 +348,24 @@ tracer_provider:
           ratio: 0.0001
       # Configure remote_parent_sampled sampler.
       # If omitted or null, always_on is used.
-     # remote_parent_sampled:
-     #   # Configure sampler to be always_on.
-     #   always_on:
+      remote_parent_sampled:
+        # Configure sampler to be always_on.
+        always_on:
       # Configure remote_parent_not_sampled sampler.
       # If omitted or null, always_off is used.
-     # remote_parent_not_sampled:
-     #   # Configure sampler to be always_off.
-     #   always_off:
+      remote_parent_not_sampled:
+        # Configure sampler to be always_off.
+        always_off:
       # Configure local_parent_sampled sampler.
       # If omitted or null, always_on is used.
-     # local_parent_sampled:
-     #   # Configure sampler to be always_on.
-     #   always_on:
+      local_parent_sampled:
+        # Configure sampler to be always_on.
+        always_on:
       # Configure local_parent_not_sampled sampler.
       # If omitted or null, always_off is used.
-     # local_parent_not_sampled:
-     #   # Configure sampler to be always_off.
-     #   always_off:
+      local_parent_not_sampled:
+        # Configure sampler to be always_off.
+        always_off:
 # Configure resource for all signals.
 # If omitted, the default resource is used.
 resource:
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php b/tests/Unit/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php
index 04302026d..da705d392 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Config/SDK/Configuration/ConfigurationFactoryTest.php
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ public function getConfig(ComponentProviderRegistry $registry): ArrayNodeDefinit
                 float_key: 1.1                                 # Interpreted as type float, tag URI tag:yaml.org,2002:float
                 combo_string_key: foo value 1.1                # Interpreted as type string, tag URI tag:yaml.org,2002:str
                 string_key_with_default: fallback              # Interpreted as type string, tag URI tag:yaml.org,2002:str
-                # undefined_key removed as null is treated as unset
-                # undefined_key:                               # Interpreted as type null, tag URI tag:yaml.org,2002:null
+                undefined_key:                                 # Interpreted as type null, tag URI tag:yaml.org,2002:null
                 ${STRING_VALUE}: value                         # Interpreted as type string, tag URI tag:yaml.org,2002:str
                 YAML),
             self::getPropertiesFromPlugin($parsed),
@@ -167,19 +166,6 @@ public function test_env_substitution_non_string(): void
         $this->assertSame(2048, self::getPropertiesFromPlugin($parsed)['attribute_limits']['attribute_value_length_limit']);
     }
 
-    public function test_treat_null_as_unset(): void
-    {
-        $parsed = self::factory()->process([[
-            'file_format' => '0.1',
-            'attribute_limits' => [
-                'attribute_count_limit' => null,
-            ],
-        ]]);
-
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(ComponentPlugin::class, $parsed);
-        $this->assertSame(128, self::getPropertiesFromPlugin($parsed)['attribute_limits']['attribute_count_limit']);
-    }
-
     /**
      * @psalm-suppress UndefinedThisPropertyFetch,PossiblyNullFunctionCall
      */