diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/payloadtags/JsonToTags.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/payloadtags/JsonToTags.java
index b9cc702f82e..506b1f4bc7d 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/payloadtags/JsonToTags.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/payloadtags/JsonToTags.java
@@ -4,19 +4,14 @@
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidJsonException;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.Option;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.ParseContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.PathNotFoundException;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonProvider;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.MappingProvider;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -82,31 +77,6 @@ public JsonToTags build() {
 
   private final ParseContext parseContext;
 
-  static {
-    // ensure that no default minidev json-smart provider is used
-    // this is necessary for graal native to prevent NoClassDefFoundError
-    Configuration.setDefaults(
-        new Configuration.Defaults() {
-          private final JsonProvider jsonProvider = new MoshiJsonProvider();
-          private final MappingProvider mappingProvider = new MoshiMappingProvider();
-
-          @Override
-          public JsonProvider jsonProvider() {
-            return jsonProvider;
-          }
-
-          @Override
-          public MappingProvider mappingProvider() {
-            return mappingProvider;
-          }
-
-          @Override
-          public Set<Option> options() {
-            return EnumSet.noneOf(Option.class);
-          }
-        });
-  }
-
   private JsonToTags(
       List<JsonPath> expansionRules,
       List<JsonPath> redactionRules,