diff --git a/adapters/faraday/test/test_helper.rb b/adapters/faraday/test/test_helper.rb
index 347cc5d90..ddf5e0567 100644
--- a/adapters/faraday/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/adapters/faraday/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@
 require 'webmock/minitest'
 
 # global opentelemetry-sdk setup:
-sdk = OpenTelemetry::SDK
-exporter = sdk::Trace::Export::InMemorySpanExporter.new
-span_processor = sdk::Trace::Export::SimpleSpanProcessor.new(exporter)
-OpenTelemetry.tracer_factory = sdk::Trace::TracerFactory.new.tap do |factory|
-  factory.add_span_processor(span_processor)
-end
+# global opentelemetry-sdk setup:
+EXPORTER = OpenTelemetry::SDK::Trace::Export::InMemorySpanExporter.new
+span_processor = OpenTelemetry::SDK::Trace::Export::SimpleSpanProcessor.new(EXPORTER)
 
-EXPORTER = exporter
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+OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure do |c|
+  c.add_span_processor span_processor
+end
diff --git a/adapters/sinatra/test/test_helper.rb b/adapters/sinatra/test/test_helper.rb
index 80d365eb7..91208e52f 100644
--- a/adapters/sinatra/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/adapters/sinatra/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@
 require 'rack/test'
 
 # global opentelemetry-sdk setup:
-sdk = OpenTelemetry::SDK
-exporter = sdk::Trace::Export::InMemorySpanExporter.new
-span_processor = sdk::Trace::Export::SimpleSpanProcessor.new(exporter)
-OpenTelemetry.tracer_factory = sdk::Trace::TracerFactory.new.tap do |factory|
-  factory.add_span_processor(span_processor)
-end
+EXPORTER = OpenTelemetry::SDK::Trace::Export::InMemorySpanExporter.new
+span_processor = OpenTelemetry::SDK::Trace::Export::SimpleSpanProcessor.new(EXPORTER)
 
-EXPORTER = exporter
+OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure do |c|
+  c.add_span_processor span_processor
+end