diff --git a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go
index 6d0285fc6ae2..0ffed84e67a8 100644
--- a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/factory.go
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
 package stackdriverexporter
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configerror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configmodels"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	//"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -45,13 +48,20 @@ func (f *Factory) CreateDefaultConfig() configmodels.Exporter {
 }
 
 // CreateTraceExporter creates a trace exporter based on this config.
-func (f *Factory) CreateTraceExporter(logger *zap.Logger, cfg configmodels.Exporter) (component.TraceExporter, error) {
+func (f *Factory) CreateTraceExporter(
+	_ context.Context,
+	_ component.ExporterCreateParams,
+	cfg configmodels.Exporter) (component.TraceExporter, error) {
 	eCfg := cfg.(*Config)
 	return newStackdriverTraceExporter(eCfg)
 }
 
 // CreateMetricsExporter creates a metrics exporter based on this config.
-func (f *Factory) CreateMetricsExporter(logger *zap.Logger, cfg configmodels.Exporter) (component.MetricsExporterOld, error) {
-	eCfg := cfg.(*Config)
-	return newStackdriverMetricsExporter(eCfg)
+func (f *Factory) CreateMetricsExporter(
+	_ context.Context,
+	_ component.ExporterCreateParams,
+	cfg configmodels.Exporter) (component.MetricsExporter, error) {
+	// eCfg := cfg.(*Config)
+	// return newStackdriverMetricsExporter(eCfg)
+	return nil, configerror.ErrDataTypeIsNotSupported
 }
diff --git a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/spandata.go b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/spandata.go
index 37e5e6f8e55b..20b06cda6ce9 100644
--- a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/spandata.go
+++ b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/spandata.go
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ func pdataSpanToOTSpanData(
 	resource pdata.Resource, 
 	il pdata.InstrumentationLibrary,
 ) (*export.SpanData, error) {
+	if span.IsNil() {
+		return nil, errNilSpan
+	}
 	sc := apitrace.SpanContext{}
 	copy(sc.TraceID[:], span.TraceID())
 	copy(sc.SpanID[:], span.SpanID())
@@ -104,10 +107,7 @@ func pdataSpanToOTSpanData(
 	startTime := time.Unix(0, int64(span.StartTime()))
 	endTime := time.Unix(0, int64(span.EndTime()))
 	status := span.Status()
-	instrumentationLibrary := instrumentation.Library{
-		Name: il.Name(),
-		Version: il.Version(),
-	}
+	
 	sd := &export.SpanData{
 		SpanContext:     sc,
 		ParentSpanID:    parentSpanID,
@@ -126,7 +126,12 @@ func pdataSpanToOTSpanData(
 		DroppedAttributeCount: int(span.DroppedAttributesCount()),
 		DroppedMessageEventCount: int(span.DroppedEventsCount()),
 		DroppedLinkCount: int(span.DroppedLinksCount()),
-		InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentationLibrary,
+	}
+	if !il.IsNil() {
+		sd.InstrumentationLibrary = instrumentation.Library{
+			Name: il.Name(),
+			Version: il.Version(),
+		}
 	}
 
 	return sd, nil
diff --git a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go
index c9af7c452a10..bb970f52654a 100644
--- a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go
+++ b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/stackdriver.go
@@ -192,6 +192,6 @@ func (se *stackdriverExporter) newPushTraceData(ctx context.Context, td pdata.Tr
 		se.texporter.ExportSpan(ctx, span)
 		goodSpans++
 	}
-
+	fmt.Println("Good spans:", goodSpans)
 	return numSpans - goodSpans, componenterror.CombineErrors(errs)
 }
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