diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts
index 6ad382e226..6d4321f52b 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts
@@ -122,11 +122,7 @@ describe('Stackdriver Trace Exporter', () => {
           isRemote: true,
         },
         status: { code: types.CanonicalCode.OK },
-        resource: new Resource({
-          service: 'ui',
-          version: 1,
-          cost: 112.12,
-        }),
+        resource: Resource.empty(),
       };
 
       const result = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts
index 14f516dd14..bd0105e553 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ function getReadableSpan() {
     attributes: {},
     links: [],
     events: [],
-    resource: new Resource({
-      service: 'ui',
-      version: 1,
-      cost: 112.12,
-    }),
+    resource: Resource.empty(),
   };
   return readableSpan;
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts
index 44afabe534..4028564a4d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import {
   isTimeInput,
   timeInputToHrTime,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 import { ReadableSpan } from './export/ReadableSpan';
 import { Tracer } from './Tracer';
 import { SpanProcessor } from './SpanProcessor';
 import { TraceParams } from './types';
-import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 
 /**
  * This class represents a span.