diff --git a/instrumentation/internal/internal-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/classloader/ClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/internal/internal-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/classloader/ClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java
index 24c2103cfc30..b544abcef43e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/internal/internal-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/classloader/ClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/internal/internal-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/classloader/ClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ public ClassLoaderInstrumentationModule() {
     super("internal-class-loader");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean defaultEnabled() {
+    // internal instrumentations are always enabled by default
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean isHelperClass(String className) {
     return className.equals("io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.Constants");
diff --git a/instrumentation/internal/internal-eclipse-osgi-3.6/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/osgi/EclipseOsgiInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/internal/internal-eclipse-osgi-3.6/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/osgi/EclipseOsgiInstrumentationModule.java
index 806653591bda..f5d7e8cd2291 100644
--- a/instrumentation/internal/internal-eclipse-osgi-3.6/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/osgi/EclipseOsgiInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/internal/internal-eclipse-osgi-3.6/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/osgi/EclipseOsgiInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ public EclipseOsgiInstrumentationModule() {
     super("internal-eclipse-osgi");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean defaultEnabled() {
+    // internal instrumentations are always enabled by default
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public List<TypeInstrumentation> typeInstrumentations() {
     return singletonList(new EclipseOsgiInstrumentation());
diff --git a/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/proxy/ProxyInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/proxy/ProxyInstrumentationModule.java
index 6cb26cae0c3d..347496a0a64b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/proxy/ProxyInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/internal/internal-proxy/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/proxy/ProxyInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ public ProxyInstrumentationModule() {
     super("internal-proxy");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean defaultEnabled() {
+    // internal instrumentations are always enabled by default
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public List<TypeInstrumentation> typeInstrumentations() {
     return singletonList(new ProxyInstrumentation());
diff --git a/instrumentation/internal/internal-url-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/urlclassloader/UrlClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/internal/internal-url-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/urlclassloader/UrlClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java
index ee300e582c0c..03f92be72deb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/internal/internal-url-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/urlclassloader/UrlClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/internal/internal-url-class-loader/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/internal/urlclassloader/UrlClassLoaderInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ public UrlClassLoaderInstrumentationModule() {
     super("internal-url-class-loader");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean defaultEnabled() {
+    // internal instrumentations are always enabled by default
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public List<TypeInstrumentation> typeInstrumentations() {
     return singletonList(new UrlClassLoaderInstrumentation());