diff --git a/docker/telemetry/workload/benchmark.sh b/docker/telemetry/workload/benchmark.sh
index 1ef73755c9..954322f714 100755
--- a/docker/telemetry/workload/benchmark.sh
+++ b/docker/telemetry/workload/benchmark.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ enabled=1
 service_instance_id=bench-node-${i}
 endpoint=http://localhost:4318/v1/traces
 exporter=otlp_http
-sampling_ratio=1.0
 batch_size=512
 batch_delay_ms=2000
 max_queue_size=2048
diff --git a/docker/telemetry/workload/run-full-validation.sh b/docker/telemetry/workload/run-full-validation.sh
index 458bf70983..f32cca686b 100755
--- a/docker/telemetry/workload/run-full-validation.sh
+++ b/docker/telemetry/workload/run-full-validation.sh
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ enabled=1
 service_instance_id=validator-${i}
 endpoint=http://localhost:4318/v1/traces
 exporter=otlp_http
-sampling_ratio=1.0
 batch_size=512
 batch_delay_ms=2000
 max_queue_size=2048
diff --git a/docker/telemetry/workload/xrpld-validator.cfg.template b/docker/telemetry/workload/xrpld-validator.cfg.template
index 9ded7d28a5..0181ddd437 100644
--- a/docker/telemetry/workload/xrpld-validator.cfg.template
+++ b/docker/telemetry/workload/xrpld-validator.cfg.template
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ enabled=1
 service_instance_id=validator-{{NODE_INDEX}}
 endpoint={{OTEL_ENDPOINT}}
 exporter=otlp_http
-sampling_ratio=1.0
 batch_size=512
 batch_delay_ms=2000
 max_queue_size=2048