diff --git a/examples/kafka-go/consumer/go.mod b/examples/kafka-go/consumer/go.mod
index 923e551a1..2ccfa7feb 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-go/consumer/go.mod
+++ b/examples/kafka-go/consumer/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 require (
 	github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.4.47
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -13,5 +14,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/examples/kafka-go/consumer/main.go b/examples/kafka-go/consumer/main.go
index b67996b1a..cacab5eb9 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-go/consumer/main.go
+++ b/examples/kafka-go/consumer/main.go
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ import (
 	kafka "github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-var tracer = otel.Tracer("trace-example")
+var tracer = otel.Tracer("trace-example-kafka-go", trace.WithInstrumentationVersion("v1.0.0-test"))
 
 func getKafkaReader() *kafka.Reader {
 	return kafka.NewReader(kafka.ReaderConfig{
diff --git a/examples/kafka-go/go.mod b/examples/kafka-go/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 76248e188..000000000
--- a/examples/kafka-go/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-module go.opentelemetry.io/auto/examples/kafka-go
-
-go 1.22.0
-
-require (
-	github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.4.47
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.27.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.27.0
-)
-
-require (
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
-	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.27.0 // indirect
-)
diff --git a/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.mod b/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.mod
index f2ec4be1e..e65a5ddad 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.mod
+++ b/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.mod
@@ -4,16 +4,9 @@ go 1.22.0
 
 require github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.4.47
 
-require (
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 // indirect
-)
+require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 // indirect
 
 require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0
 )
diff --git a/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.sum b/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.sum
index 16d7af47f..69d3d500d 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.sum
+++ b/examples/kafka-go/producer/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
-github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
-github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 h1:wKRjX6JRtDdrE9qwa4b/Cip7ACOshUI4smpCQanqjSY=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9/go.mod h1:PhcZ0MbTNciWF3rruxRgKxI5NkcHHrHUDtV4Yw2GlzU=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 h1:MO0/ucJhngq7299dKLwIMtgTfbkoSPF6AoMYDd8Q4q0=
@@ -27,12 +22,6 @@ github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2/go.mod h1:RT/sEzTbU5y00aCK8UOx6R7YryM0iF1N2MOmC3k
 github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.4 h1:XLI/Ng3O1Atzq0oBs3TWm+5ZVgkq2aqdlvP9JtoZ6c8=
 github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.4/go.mod h1:mPGuuIYwz7CmR2bT9j4GbQqutWS1zV24gijq1dTyGkM=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 h1:/SqNcYk+idO0CxKEUOtKQClMK/MimZihKYMruSMViUo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0/go.mod h1:q68ijF8Fc8CnMHKyzqL6akLO46ePnjkgfIMIjUIX9z4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 h1:f0HGvSl1KRAU1DLgLGFjrwVyismPlnuU6JD6bOeuA5Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0/go.mod h1:Fb1eVBFZmLVTMb6PPohq3TO9IIhUisDsbJoL/+uQW4s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 h1:GhQ9cUuQGmNDd5BTCP2dAvv75RdMxEfTmYejp+lkx9g=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0/go.mod h1:jPyXzNPg6da9+38HEwElrQiHlVMTnVfM3/yv2OlIHaI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0/go.mod h1:MVFd36DqK4CsrnJYDkBA3VC4m2GkXAM0PvzMCn4JQf4=
diff --git a/examples/kafka-go/producer/main.go b/examples/kafka-go/producer/main.go
index e8a8a85a1..7bae20aca 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-go/producer/main.go
+++ b/examples/kafka-go/producer/main.go
@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	kafka "github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-var tracer = otel.Tracer("trace-example-kafka-go", trace.WithInstrumentationVersion("v1.0.0-test"))
-
 type server struct {
 	kafkaWriter *kafka.Writer
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller.go b/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller.go
index 04e391688..0c22df668 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package opentelemetry
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"