diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiopg/wrappers.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiopg/wrappers.py
index d49b675cc..cb976e85c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiopg/wrappers.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiopg/wrappers.py
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ Usage
 
     from opentelemetry import trace
     from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiopg import trace_integration
-    from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
-
-    trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
 
     trace_integration(aiopg.connection, "_connect", "postgresql", "sql")