diff --git a/internal/pkg/instrumentation/bpf/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/traceglobal/probe.go b/internal/pkg/instrumentation/bpf/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/traceglobal/probe.go
index 040b7ec9a..05c46ee02 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/instrumentation/bpf/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/traceglobal/probe.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/instrumentation/bpf/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/traceglobal/probe.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ func New(logger *slog.Logger) probe.Probe {
 				{
 					Sym:        "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global.(*tracer).newSpan",
 					EntryProbe: "uprobe_newStart",
+					Optional:   true,
 				},
 				{
 					Sym:         "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global.(*tracer).Start",
diff --git a/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.mod b/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.mod
index 571acb676..30459ed5d 100644
--- a/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.mod
+++ b/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,9 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/auto/internal/test/e2e/autosdk
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0
 )
 
-require (
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 // indirect
-)
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk => ../../../../sdk/
diff --git a/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.sum b/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.sum
index 0e10dfc31..d973fe064 100644
--- a/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.sum
+++ b/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
-github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
-github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -13,8 +8,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0 h1:/FerN9bax5LoK51X/sI0SVYrjSE0/yUL7DpxW4K3FWw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.33.0/go.mod h1:SUUkR6csvUQl+yjReHu5uM3EtVV7MBm5FHKRlNx4I8I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 h1:r+JOocAyeRVXD8lZpjdQjzMadVZp2M4WmQ+5WtEnklQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:L9+Fyctbp6HFTddIxClbQkjtubW6O9QS3Ann/M82u6M=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/main.go b/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/main.go
index 10d8b1ba8..31dd02886 100644
--- a/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/main.go
+++ b/internal/test/e2e/autosdk/main.go
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func main() {
 	// give time for auto-instrumentation to start up
 	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 
-	provider := otel.GetTracerProvider()
+	provider := sdk.TracerProvider()
 	tracer := provider.Tracer(
 		pkgName,
 		trace.WithInstrumentationVersion(pkgVer),
diff --git a/internal/test/e2e/otelglobal/traces.json b/internal/test/e2e/otelglobal/traces.json
index a72fcf9eb..4cc10aa30 100644
--- a/internal/test/e2e/otelglobal/traces.json
+++ b/internal/test/e2e/otelglobal/traces.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
                 }
               ],
               "flags": 256,
-              "kind": 3,
+              "kind": 1,
               "name": "child override",
               "parentSpanId": "xxxxx",
               "spanId": "xxxxx",
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
                 }
               ],
               "flags": 256,
-              "kind": 3,
+              "kind": 1,
               "name": "parent",
               "parentSpanId": "",
               "spanId": "xxxxx",