diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d01260554..a85ad43256 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Make EKS resource detector don't warn when not running in EKS
+  ([#3074](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3074))
+
 ## Version 2.0.2 (2024-08-05)
 
 See [common CHANGELOG](../../CHANGELOG.md) for the changes in this and prior versions.
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/eks.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/eks.py
index c712e9875f..07f78b2d29 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/eks.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/src/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws/resource/eks.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import ssl
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@
 _CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH = 64
 _GET_METHOD = "GET"
 
+_TOKEN_PATH = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token"
+_CERT_PATH = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt"
+
 
 def _aws_http_request(method, path, cred_value):
     with urlopen(
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ def _aws_http_request(method, path, cred_value):
         ),
         timeout=5,
         context=ssl.create_default_context(
-            cafile="/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt"
+            cafile=_CERT_PATH,
         ),
     ) as response:
         return response.read().decode("utf-8")
@@ -47,10 +51,7 @@ def _aws_http_request(method, path, cred_value):
 
 def _get_k8s_cred_value():
     try:
-        with open(
-            "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token",
-            encoding="utf8",
-        ) as token_file:
+        with open(_TOKEN_PATH, encoding="utf8") as token_file:
             return "Bearer " + token_file.read()
     # pylint: disable=broad-except
     except Exception as exception:
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ def _get_container_id():
     return container_id
 
 
+def _is_k8s() -> bool:
+    return os.path.exists(_TOKEN_PATH) and os.path.exists(_CERT_PATH)
+
+
 class AwsEksResourceDetector(ResourceDetector):
     """Detects attribute values only available when the app is running on AWS
     Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and returns them in a Resource.
@@ -106,6 +111,10 @@ class AwsEksResourceDetector(ResourceDetector):
 
     def detect(self) -> "Resource":
         try:
+            # if we are not running on eks exit early without warnings
+            if not _is_k8s():
+                return Resource.get_empty()
+
             cred_value = _get_k8s_cred_value()
 
             if not _is_eks(cred_value):
diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_eks.py b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_eks.py
index a3819e6383..a2adcb3969 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_eks.py
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests/resource/test_eks.py
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class AwsEksResourceDetectorTest(unittest.TestCase):
         "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._is_eks",
         return_value=True,
     )
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._is_k8s",
+        return_value=True,
+    )
     @patch(
         "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._get_cluster_info",
         return_value=f"""{{
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ def test_simple_create(
         self,
         mock_open_function,
         mock_get_cluster_info,
+        mock_is_k8s,
         mock_is_eks,
         mock_get_k8_cred_value,
     ):
@@ -104,8 +109,32 @@ def test_simple_create(
         "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._is_eks",
         return_value=False,
     )
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._is_k8s",
+        return_value=True,
+    )
     def test_if_no_eks_env_var_and_should_raise(
-        self, mock_is_eks, mock_get_k8_cred_value
+        self, mock_is_k8s, mock_is_eks, mock_get_k8_cred_value
     ):
         with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
             AwsEksResourceDetector(raise_on_error=True).detect()
+
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._get_k8s_cred_value",
+        return_value="MOCK_TOKEN",
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._is_eks",
+        return_value=False,
+    )
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.sdk.extension.aws.resource.eks._is_k8s",
+        return_value=False,
+    )
+    def test_if_no_eks_paths_should_not_raise(
+        self, mock_is_k8s, mock_is_eks, mock_get_k8_cred_value
+    ):
+        try:
+            AwsEksResourceDetector(raise_on_error=True).detect()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            self.fail("Should not raise")