diff --git a/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go b/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go
index 25e45cc4f1cb9..e84341fd82978 100644
--- a/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport"
@@ -124,6 +125,14 @@ func (c *Config) CheckAndSetDefaults() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Config) Endpoint() string {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(c.ExporterURL, c.exporterURL.Scheme) {
+		return c.ExporterURL
+	}
+
+	return c.ExporterURL[len(c.exporterURL.Scheme)+3:]
+}
+
 var _ otlptrace.Client = (*noopClient)(nil)
 
 type noopClient struct{}
@@ -195,10 +204,10 @@ func NewClient(cfg Config) (otlptrace.Client, error) {
 	var traceClient otlptrace.Client
 	switch cfg.exporterURL.Scheme {
 	case "http", "https":
-		httpOptions = append(httpOptions, otlptracehttp.WithEndpoint(cfg.ExporterURL[len(cfg.exporterURL.Scheme)+3:]))
+		httpOptions = append(httpOptions, otlptracehttp.WithEndpoint(cfg.Endpoint()))
 		traceClient = otlptracehttp.NewClient(httpOptions...)
 	case "grpc":
-		grpcOptions = append(grpcOptions, otlptracegrpc.WithEndpoint(cfg.ExporterURL[len(cfg.exporterURL.Scheme)+3:]))
+		grpcOptions = append(grpcOptions, otlptracegrpc.WithEndpoint(cfg.Endpoint()))
 		traceClient = otlptracegrpc.NewClient(grpcOptions...)
 	default:
 		return nil, trace.BadParameter("unsupported exporter scheme: %q", cfg.exporterURL.Scheme)
@@ -308,11 +317,9 @@ func NewTraceProvider(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) (*Provider, error) {
 
 	res, err := resource.New(ctx,
 		resource.WithFromEnv(),
-		resource.WithProcess(),
 		resource.WithProcessPID(),
 		resource.WithProcessExecutableName(),
 		resource.WithProcessExecutablePath(),
-		resource.WithProcessOwner(),
 		resource.WithProcessRuntimeName(),
 		resource.WithProcessRuntimeVersion(),
 		resource.WithProcessRuntimeDescription(),
diff --git a/lib/observability/tracing/tracing_test.go b/lib/observability/tracing/tracing_test.go
index 03f2392bd0786..a5c3cd785c944 100644
--- a/lib/observability/tracing/tracing_test.go
+++ b/lib/observability/tracing/tracing_test.go
@@ -493,3 +493,55 @@ func TestConfig_CheckAndSetDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConfig_Endpoint(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		cfg      Config
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "with http scheme",
+			cfg: Config{
+				Service:     "test",
+				ExporterURL: "http://localhost:8080",
+			},
+			expected: "localhost:8080",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with https scheme",
+			cfg: Config{
+				Service:     "test",
+				ExporterURL: "https://localhost:8080/custom",
+			},
+			expected: "localhost:8080/custom",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with grpc scheme",
+			cfg: Config{
+				Service:      "test",
+				ExporterURL:  "grpc://collector.opentelemetry.svc:4317",
+				SamplingRate: 1.0,
+				DialTimeout:  time.Millisecond,
+			},
+			expected: "collector.opentelemetry.svc:4317",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "without a scheme",
+			cfg: Config{
+				Service:      "test",
+				ExporterURL:  "collector.opentelemetry.svc:4317",
+				SamplingRate: 1.0,
+				DialTimeout:  time.Millisecond,
+			},
+			expected: "collector.opentelemetry.svc:4317",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range cases {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.NoError(t, tt.cfg.CheckAndSetDefaults())
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, tt.cfg.Endpoint())
+		})
+	}
+}