diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/config.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/config.ts
index 38c869cfa7..042427d04a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/config.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 
 const env = getEnv();
 const FALLBACK_OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER = TracesSamplerValues.AlwaysOn;
+const DEFAULT_RATIO = 1;
 
 /**
  * Default configuration. For fields with primitive values, any user-provided
@@ -79,8 +80,6 @@ export function buildSamplerFromEnv(
   }
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_RATIO = 1;
-
 function getSamplerProbabilityFromEnv(
   env: Required<ENVIRONMENT>
 ): number | undefined {