diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/.env b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/.env
index f690e1a606..4aed67503a 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/.env
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/.env
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=opentelemetry-python-openai
 # Change to 'false' to disable logging
 OTEL_PYTHON_LOGGING_AUTO_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED=true
 # Change to 'console' if your OTLP endpoint doesn't support logs
+# TODO: this should not be necessary once https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3042 is released
 OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp
 # Change to 'false' to hide prompt and completion content
 OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT=true
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
index 25dfe2526f..ad61f01ca7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.environment_variables import (
     OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER,
     OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER,
-    OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER
 )
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.distro import BaseDistro
 from opentelemetry.sdk._configuration import _OTelSDKConfigurator
@@ -38,5 +37,4 @@ class OpenTelemetryDistro(BaseDistro):
     def _configure(self, **kwargs):
         os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "otlp")
         os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, "otlp")
-        os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER, "otlp")
         os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL, "grpc")