diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
index fe79e3faca..e0abadf5f9 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Kafka — activate with: --spring.profiles.active=kafka
 sentry.enable-queue-tracing=true
 
-spring.autoconfigure.exclude=
 spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers=localhost:9092
 spring.kafka.consumer.group-id=sentry-sample-group
 spring.kafka.consumer.auto-offset-reset=earliest
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
index ff8897ad68..a3a59d290b 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ spring.graphql.graphiql.enabled=true
 spring.graphql.websocket.path=/graphql
 spring.quartz.job-store-type=memory
 
-# Kafka is only active with the 'kafka' profile (--spring.profiles.active=kafka)
-spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaAutoConfiguration
-
 # Cache tracing
 sentry.enable-cache-tracing=true
 spring.cache.cache-names=todos
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
index fe79e3faca..e0abadf5f9 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Kafka — activate with: --spring.profiles.active=kafka
 sentry.enable-queue-tracing=true
 
-spring.autoconfigure.exclude=
 spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers=localhost:9092
 spring.kafka.consumer.group-id=sentry-sample-group
 spring.kafka.consumer.auto-offset-reset=earliest
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d19e874624..12a9ca1726 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ spring.graphql.graphiql.enabled=true
 spring.graphql.websocket.path=/graphql
 spring.quartz.job-store-type=memory
 
-# Kafka is only active with the 'kafka' profile (--spring.profiles.active=kafka)
-spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaAutoConfiguration
-
 # Cache tracing
 sentry.enable-cache-tracing=true
 spring.cache.cache-names=todos
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
index 71e517b82a..eaaa62af13 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Kafka — activate with: --spring.profiles.active=kafka
 sentry.enable-queue-tracing=true
 
-spring.autoconfigure.exclude=
 spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers=localhost:9092
 spring.kafka.consumer.group-id=sentry-sample-group
 spring.kafka.consumer.auto-offset-reset=earliest
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 6a3dfb063b..20f9463aab 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ spring.quartz.job-store-type=memory
 # Cache tracing
 sentry.enable-cache-tracing=true
 
-# Kafka is only active with the 'kafka' profile (--spring.profiles.active=kafka)
-spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaAutoConfiguration
-
 spring.cache.cache-names=todos
 spring.cache.caffeine.spec=maximumSize=500,expireAfterAccess=600s