diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
index c44521163f..21769d151f 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/sdk.ts
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ export class NodeSDK {
       resource: this._resource,
     });
 
-    this._tracerProvider = tracerProvider;
+    // this._tracerProvider = tracerProvider;
 
     if (this._tracerProviderConfig) {
       tracerProvider.addSpanProcessor(this._tracerProviderConfig.spanProcessor);