diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index 2644effee3..2040874e36 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -185,11 +185,6 @@ def client_response_hook(span: Span, scope: dict[str, Any], message: dict[str, A
 Note:
     The environment variable names used to capture HTTP headers are still experimental, and thus are subject to change.
 
-Internal HTTP spans
-*****************************
-Internal HTTP send and receive spans are added by default. These can optionally be excluded by setting the boolean environment variables
-``OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_SEND_SPAN`` and ``OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_RECEIVE_SPAN`` to ``true``.
-
 API
 ---
 """
@@ -200,7 +195,6 @@ def client_response_hook(span: Span, scope: dict[str, Any], message: dict[str, A
 import typing
 import urllib
 from collections import defaultdict
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 from functools import wraps
 from timeit import default_timer
 from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, DefaultDict, Tuple
@@ -233,10 +227,6 @@ def client_response_hook(span: Span, scope: dict[str, Any], message: dict[str, A
     _set_http_user_agent,
     _set_status,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi.environment_variables import (
-    OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_RECEIVE_SPAN,
-    OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_SEND_SPAN,
-)
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi.types import (
     ClientRequestHook,
     ClientResponseHook,
@@ -666,12 +656,8 @@ def __init__(
             )
             or []
         )
-        self.exclude_receive_span = exclude_receive_span or strtobool(
-            os.getenv(OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_RECEIVE_SPAN, "false")
-        )
-        self.exclude_send_span = exclude_send_span or strtobool(
-            os.getenv(OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_SEND_SPAN, "false")
-        )
+        self.exclude_receive_span = exclude_receive_span
+        self.exclude_send_span = exclude_send_span
 
     # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
     async def __call__(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/environment_variables.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/environment_variables.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d9b435ce9..0000000000
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/environment_variables.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""
-Exclude the http send span from the tracing feature in Python.
-"""
-
-OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_SEND_SPAN = "OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_SEND_SPAN"
-
-"""
-Exclude the http receive span from the tracing feature in Python.
-"""
-OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_RECEIVE_SPAN = "OTEL_PYTHON_ASGI_EXCLUDE_RECEIVE_SPAN"