diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
index 39210fdf3e2..5878f375d79 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def get_aggregated_resources(
     :param timeout: Number of seconds to wait for each detector to return
     :return:
     """
-    detectors_merged_resource = initial_resource or _EMPTY_RESOURCE
+    detectors_merged_resource = initial_resource or Resource.create()
 
     with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as executor:
         futures = [executor.submit(detector.detect) for detector in detectors]
@@ -312,4 +312,4 @@ def get_aggregated_resources(
                     detected_resource
                 )
 
-    return Resource.create().merge(detectors_merged_resource)
+    return detectors_merged_resource
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
index a3b5044360f..25e8ddb8674 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
@@ -239,18 +239,16 @@ def test_aggregated_resources_no_detectors(self):
             ),
         )
 
-    def test_aggregated_resources_with_static_resource(self):
+    def test_aggregated_resources_with_default_destroying_static_resource(
+        self,
+    ):
         static_resource = resources.Resource({"static_key": "static_value"})
 
         self.assertEqual(
             resources.get_aggregated_resources(
                 [], initial_resource=static_resource
             ),
-            resources._DEFAULT_RESOURCE.merge(
-                resources.Resource(
-                    {resources.SERVICE_NAME: "unknown_service"}, ""
-                )
-            ).merge(static_resource),
+            static_resource,
         )
 
         resource_detector = mock.Mock(spec=resources.ResourceDetector)
@@ -261,17 +259,11 @@ def test_aggregated_resources_with_static_resource(self):
             resources.get_aggregated_resources(
                 [resource_detector], initial_resource=static_resource
             ),
-            resources._DEFAULT_RESOURCE.merge(
-                resources.Resource(
-                    {resources.SERVICE_NAME: "unknown_service"}, ""
-                )
-            ).merge(
-                resources.Resource(
-                    {
-                        "static_key": "try_to_overwrite_existing_value",
-                        "key": "value",
-                    }
-                )
+            resources.Resource(
+                {
+                    "static_key": "try_to_overwrite_existing_value",
+                    "key": "value",
+                }
             ),
         )