diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/log_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/log_test.go
index dfba1b1de9..61d03c9873 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/log_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/log_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestStartupLog(t *testing.T) {
 		tp.Reset()
 		logStartup(tracer)
 		assert.Len(tp.Lines(), 2)
-		assert.Regexp(`Datadog Tracer v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ INFO: DATADOG TRACER CONFIGURATION {"date":"[^"]*","os_name":"[^"]*","os_version":"[^"]*","version":"[^"]*","lang":"Go","lang_version":"[^"]*","env":"","service":"tracer\.test","agent_url":"http://localhost:9/v0.4/traces","agent_error":"Post .*","debug":false,"analytics_enabled":false,"sample_rate":"NaN","sampling_rules":null,"sampling_rules_error":"","tags":{},"runtime_metrics_enabled":false,"health_metrics_enabled":false,"dd_version":"","architecture":"[^"]*","global_service":""}`, tp.Lines()[1])
+		assert.Regexp(`Datadog Tracer v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ INFO: DATADOG TRACER CONFIGURATION {"date":"[^"]*","os_name":"[^"]*","os_version":"[^"]*","version":"[^"]*","lang":"Go","lang_version":"[^"]*","env":"","service":"tracer\.test","agent_url":"http://localhost:9/v0.4/traces","agent_error":"Post .*","debug":false,"analytics_enabled":false,"sample_rate":"NaN","sampling_rules":null,"sampling_rules_error":"","tags":{"runtime-id":"[^"]*"},"runtime_metrics_enabled":false,"health_metrics_enabled":false,"dd_version":"","architecture":"[^"]*","global_service":""}`, tp.Lines()[1])
 	})
 
 	t.Run("configured", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestStartupLog(t *testing.T) {
 		tp.Reset()
 		logStartup(tracer)
 		assert.Len(tp.Lines(), 2)
-		assert.Regexp(`Datadog Tracer v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ INFO: DATADOG TRACER CONFIGURATION {"date":"[^"]*","os_name":"[^"]*","os_version":"[^"]*","version":"[^"]*","lang":"Go","lang_version":"[^"]*","env":"configuredEnv","service":"configured.service","agent_url":"http://localhost:9/v0.4/traces","agent_error":"Post .*","debug":true,"analytics_enabled":true,"sample_rate":"0\.123000","sampling_rules":\[{"service":"mysql","name":"","sample_rate":0\.75}\],"sampling_rules_error":"","tags":{"tag":"value","tag2":"NaN"},"runtime_metrics_enabled":true,"health_metrics_enabled":true,"dd_version":"2.3.4","architecture":"[^"]*","global_service":"configured.service"}`, tp.Lines()[1])
+		assert.Regexp(`Datadog Tracer v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ INFO: DATADOG TRACER CONFIGURATION {"date":"[^"]*","os_name":"[^"]*","os_version":"[^"]*","version":"[^"]*","lang":"Go","lang_version":"[^"]*","env":"configuredEnv","service":"configured.service","agent_url":"http://localhost:9/v0.4/traces","agent_error":"Post .*","debug":true,"analytics_enabled":true,"sample_rate":"0\.123000","sampling_rules":\[{"service":"mysql","name":"","sample_rate":0\.75}\],"sampling_rules_error":"","tags":{"runtime-id":"[^"]*","tag":"value","tag2":"NaN"},"runtime_metrics_enabled":true,"health_metrics_enabled":true,"dd_version":"2.3.4","architecture":"[^"]*","global_service":"configured.service"}`, tp.Lines()[1])
 	})
 
 	t.Run("errors", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestStartupLog(t *testing.T) {
 		tp.Reset()
 		logStartup(tracer)
 		assert.Len(tp.Lines(), 2)
-		assert.Regexp(`Datadog Tracer v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ INFO: DATADOG TRACER CONFIGURATION {"date":"[^"]*","os_name":"[^"]*","os_version":"[^"]*","version":"[^"]*","lang":"Go","lang_version":"[^"]*","env":"","service":"tracer\.test","agent_url":"http://localhost:9/v0.4/traces","agent_error":"Post .*","debug":false,"analytics_enabled":false,"sample_rate":"NaN","sampling_rules":\[{"service":"some.service","name":"","sample_rate":0\.234}\],"sampling_rules_error":"found errors:\\n\\tat index 1: rate not provided","tags":{},"runtime_metrics_enabled":false,"health_metrics_enabled":false,"dd_version":"","architecture":"[^"]*","global_service":""}`, tp.Lines()[1])
+		assert.Regexp(`Datadog Tracer v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ INFO: DATADOG TRACER CONFIGURATION {"date":"[^"]*","os_name":"[^"]*","os_version":"[^"]*","version":"[^"]*","lang":"Go","lang_version":"[^"]*","env":"","service":"tracer\.test","agent_url":"http://localhost:9/v0.4/traces","agent_error":"Post .*","debug":false,"analytics_enabled":false,"sample_rate":"NaN","sampling_rules":\[{"service":"some.service","name":"","sample_rate":0\.234}\],"sampling_rules_error":"found errors:\\n\\tat index 1: rate not provided","tags":{"runtime-id":"[^"]*"},"runtime_metrics_enabled":false,"health_metrics_enabled":false,"dd_version":"","architecture":"[^"]*","global_service":""}`, tp.Lines()[1])
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go
index 85827d8c3d..009d6c3acc 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go
@@ -253,12 +253,6 @@ func TestRuleEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 				// invalid rule ignored
 				value: `[{"service": "abcd", "sample_rate": 42.0}, {"service": "abcd", "sample_rate": 0.2}]`,
 				ruleN: 1,
-			}, {
-				value:  `[{"service": "abcd", "sample_rate": "all of them"}]`,
-				errStr: "found errors:\n\tat index 0: strconv.ParseFloat: parsing \"all of them\": invalid syntax",
-			}, {
-				value:  `[{"service": "abcd"}, {"service": "d", "sample_rate": "invalid"}]`,
-				errStr: "found errors:\n\tat index 0: rate not provided\n\tat index 1: strconv.ParseFloat: parsing \"invalid\": invalid syntax",
 			}, {
 				value:  `not JSON at all`,
 				errStr: `error unmarshalling JSON: invalid character 'o' in literal null (expecting 'u')`,