diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
index 0ff3e0960415..9b185d45dcd8 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
+
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.OpenTelemetrySdkAccess;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk;
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ public static AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk installOpenTelemetrySdk(
         AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
             .setResultAsGlobal(true)
             .setServiceClassLoader(extensionClassLoader)
+            // disable the logs exporter by default for the time being
+            // FIXME remove this in the 2.x branch
+            .addPropertiesSupplier(() -> singletonMap("otel.logs.exporter", "none"))
             .build();
     OpenTelemetrySdk sdk = autoConfiguredSdk.getOpenTelemetrySdk();
 
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.groovy b/javaagent-tooling/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.groovy
index 4a16e5940cdd..abd588a679b2 100755
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.groovy
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.groovy
@@ -27,11 +27,20 @@ class OpenTelemetryInstallerTest extends Specification {
 
   def "should initialize GlobalOpenTelemetry"() {
     when:
-    def otelInstaller = OpenTelemetryInstaller.installOpenTelemetrySdk(OpenTelemetryInstaller.classLoader)
+    def autoConfiguredSdk = OpenTelemetryInstaller.installOpenTelemetrySdk(OpenTelemetryInstaller.classLoader)
 
     then:
-    otelInstaller != null
-    GlobalOpenTelemetry.getTracerProvider() != OpenTelemetry.noop().getTracerProvider()
+    autoConfiguredSdk != null
+    GlobalOpenTelemetry.get() != OpenTelemetry.noop()
+  }
+
+  def "should disable the logs exporter by default"() {
+    when:
+    def autoConfiguredSdk = OpenTelemetryInstaller.installOpenTelemetrySdk(OpenTelemetryInstaller.classLoader)
+
+    then:
+    autoConfiguredSdk != null
+    autoConfiguredSdk.config.getString("otel.logs.exporter") == "none"
   }
 
 }