diff --git a/config/newrelic.yml b/config/newrelic.yml
index 13399ae57ab..aab5bb3032a 100644
--- a/config/newrelic.yml
+++ b/config/newrelic.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 common: &default_settings
   code_level_metrics:
     enabled: false
+  distributed_tracing:
+    enabled: false
   application_logging:
     forwarding:
       enabled: false