diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index 1abdb269513..9c2f2b1d917 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 * feat(configuration): set tracer provider exporter type from env variables [#6106](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6106) @maryliag
 * feat(configuration): set meter provider exporter type from env variable [#6105](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6105) @maryliag
 * refactor(configuration): throw warning and not error for invalid files [#6124](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6124) @maryliag
+* refactor(configuration): dont have a default value for node resource detectors [#x](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/x) @maryliag
 
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/experimental/packages/configuration/src/models/configModel.ts b/experimental/packages/configuration/src/models/configModel.ts
index 63450cf8d1b..dd323b9ba38 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/configuration/src/models/configModel.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/configuration/src/models/configModel.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ export function initializeDefaultConfiguration(): ConfigurationModel {
   const config: ConfigurationModel = {
     disabled: false,
     log_level: DiagLogLevel.INFO,
-    node_resource_detectors: ['all'],
     resource: {},
     attribute_limits: {
       attribute_count_limit: 128,
diff --git a/experimental/packages/configuration/test/ConfigFactory.test.ts b/experimental/packages/configuration/test/ConfigFactory.test.ts
index 1ddba57affc..dbd1e73fcea 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/configuration/test/ConfigFactory.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/configuration/test/ConfigFactory.test.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import {
 const defaultConfig: ConfigurationModel = {
   disabled: false,
   log_level: DiagLogLevel.INFO,
-  node_resource_detectors: ['all'],
   resource: {},
   attribute_limits: {
     attribute_count_limit: 128,
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ const defaultConfig: ConfigurationModel = {
 const configFromFile: ConfigurationModel = {
   disabled: false,
   log_level: DiagLogLevel.INFO,
-  node_resource_detectors: ['all'],
   resource: {
     schema_url: 'https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.16.0',
     attributes_list: 'service.namespace=my-namespace,service.version=1.0.0',
@@ -631,7 +629,6 @@ const configFromFile: ConfigurationModel = {
 const defaultConfigFromFileWithEnvVariables: ConfigurationModel = {
   disabled: false,
   log_level: DiagLogLevel.INFO,
-  node_resource_detectors: ['all'],
   resource: {
     attributes: [
       {