diff --git a/java/build-layer.sh b/java/build-layer.sh
index 8e4d01d..013f658 100755
--- a/java/build-layer.sh
+++ b/java/build-layer.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ echo "Preparing Splunk layer"
 cd $DISTRO_DIR
 unzip -qo opentelemetry-java-wrapper.zip
 rm opentelemetry-java-wrapper.zip
-mv otel-handler otel-handler-upstream
-mv otel-stream-handler otel-stream-handler-upstream
-mv otel-proxy-handler otel-proxy-handler-upstream
+sed -i '2isource /opt/splunk-default-config' otel-handler
+sed -i '2isource /opt/splunk-default-config' otel-stream-handler
+sed -i '2isource /opt/splunk-default-config' otel-proxy-handler
+sed -i '3isource /opt/splunk-java-config' otel-handler
+sed -i '3isource /opt/splunk-java-config' otel-stream-handler
+sed -i '3isource /opt/splunk-java-config' otel-proxy-handler
+# proxy handler has one more special change
+sed -i 's/io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.awslambdaevents.v2_2.TracingRequestApiGatewayWrapper/com.splunk.support.lambda.TracingRequestApiGatewayWrapper/g' otel-proxy-handler
+
 popd
 
 # copy Splunk scripts (delegating to OTEL ones)
diff --git a/java/scripts/otel-handler b/java/scripts/otel-handler
deleted file mode 100755
index 306c911..0000000
--- a/java/scripts/otel-handler
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-source /opt/splunk-default-config
-source /opt/splunk-java-config
-
-export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_HANDLER="$_HANDLER"
-export _HANDLER="io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.awslambdaevents.v2_2.TracingRequestWrapper"
-
-if [[ $OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != *"service.name="* ]]; then
-  export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME},${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}"
-fi
-
-exec "$@"
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diff --git a/java/scripts/otel-proxy-handler b/java/scripts/otel-proxy-handler
deleted file mode 100755
index 2054ab5..0000000
--- a/java/scripts/otel-proxy-handler
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-source /opt/splunk-default-config
-source /opt/splunk-java-config
-
-export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_HANDLER="$_HANDLER"
-export _HANDLER="com.splunk.support.lambda.TracingRequestApiGatewayWrapper"
-
-if [[ $OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != *"service.name="* ]]; then
-  export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME},${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}"
-fi
-
-exec "$@"
diff --git a/java/scripts/otel-stream-handler b/java/scripts/otel-stream-handler
deleted file mode 100755
index c8ec6c0..0000000
--- a/java/scripts/otel-stream-handler
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-source /opt/splunk-default-config
-source /opt/splunk-java-config
-
-export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_HANDLER="$_HANDLER"
-export _HANDLER="io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.awslambdacore.v1_0.TracingRequestStreamWrapper"
-
-if [[ $OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != *"service.name="* ]]; then
-  export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME},${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}"
-fi
-
-exec "$@"
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diff --git a/nodejs/nodejs-otel-handler b/nodejs/nodejs-otel-handler
index 93e29f6..2604db0 100755
--- a/nodejs/nodejs-otel-handler
+++ b/nodejs/nodejs-otel-handler
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER="${OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER:-otlp}"
-
 source /opt/splunk-default-config
 
 export NODE_OPTIONS="${NODE_OPTIONS} --require /opt/wrapper.js"
diff --git a/scripts/splunk-default-config b/scripts/splunk-default-config
index de9f510..c263b8c 100755
--- a/scripts/splunk-default-config
+++ b/scripts/splunk-default-config
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# specifically unset these so language-level instrumentations won't talk directly to ingest
+unset SPLUNK_REALM
+unset SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN
 
 # no otel metrics
 export OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=none
@@ -14,42 +17,5 @@ export OTEL_PROPAGATORS="${OTEL_PROPAGATORS:-tracecontext,baggage}"
 # no sampling
 export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER="${OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER:-always_on}"
 
-# splunk token header if OLTP
-if [[ -n "$SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN" && "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" = "otlp" ]]
-then
-    HEADER="X-SF-TOKEN=$SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN,"
-    export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS="$HEADER""${OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS}"
-fi
-
 # default flush timeout if not set
 export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT="${OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT:-30000}"
-
-# splunk REALM support
-if [ -n "$SPLUNK_REALM" ]
-then
-
-    if [ -z "$SPLUNK_METRICS_ENDPOINT" ]
-    then
-        export SPLUNK_METRICS_ENDPOINT="https://ingest.${SPLUNK_REALM}.signalfx.com"
-    fi
-
-    if [[ "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" = *"otlp"* && -z "$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT" ]]
-    then
-        export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT="https://ingest.${SPLUNK_REALM}.signalfx.com/v2/trace/otlp"
-    elif [[ "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" = *"jaeger"* && -z "$OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT" ]]
-    then
-        export OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT="https://ingest.${SPLUNK_REALM}.signalfx.com/v2/trace"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# validation - realm must have token
-if [[ -n "$SPLUNK_REALM" && -z "$SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN" ]]
-then
-    echo "[ERROR] SPLUNK_REALM is set, but SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN is not set. To export data to Splunk Observability Cloud, define a Splunk Access Token"
-fi
-
-# validation - either realm or relevant exporter endpoint
-if [[ -z "$SPLUNK_REALM" && ( "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" = *"otlp"* && -z "$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT" || "$OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" = *"jaeger"* && -z "$OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT" ) ]]
-then
-    echo "[ERROR] Exporter endpoint must be set when SPLUNK_REALM is not set. To export data, either set a realm and access token or a custom exporter endpoint."
-fi
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