diff --git a/distro/config.go b/distro/config.go
index c13d6a58f..d891dc3c1 100644
--- a/distro/config.go
+++ b/distro/config.go
@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws/xray"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 )
@@ -59,7 +55,6 @@ const (
 // Default configuration values.
 const (
 	defaultAccessToken   = ""
-	defaultPropagator    = "tracecontext,baggage"
 	defaultTraceExporter = "otlp"
 	defaultLogLevel      = "info"
 
@@ -100,7 +95,7 @@ func newConfig(opts ...Option) *config {
 
 	// Apply default field values if they were not set.
 	if c.Propagator == nil {
-		c.setPropagator(envOr(otelPropagatorsKey, defaultPropagator))
+		c.Propagator = autoprop.NewTextMapPropagator()
 	}
 	if c.TraceExporterFunc == nil {
 		key := envOr(otelTracesExporterKey, defaultTraceExporter)
@@ -117,83 +112,6 @@ func newConfig(opts ...Option) *config {
 	return c
 }
 
-type nonePropagatorType struct{ propagation.TextMapPropagator }
-
-// nonePropagator signals the disablement of setting a global
-// TextMapPropagator.
-var nonePropagator = nonePropagatorType{}
-
-// propagators maps environment variable values to TextMapPropagator creation
-// functions.
-var propagators = map[string]func() propagation.TextMapPropagator{
-	// W3C Trace Context.
-	"tracecontext": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return propagation.TraceContext{}
-	},
-	// W3C Baggage
-	"baggage": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return propagation.Baggage{}
-	},
-	// B3 Single
-	"b3": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return b3.New(b3.WithInjectEncoding(b3.B3SingleHeader))
-	},
-	// B3 Multi
-	"b3multi": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return b3.New(b3.WithInjectEncoding(b3.B3MultipleHeader))
-	},
-	// Jaeger
-	"jaeger": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return jaeger.Jaeger{}
-	},
-	// AWS X-Ray.
-	"xray": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return xray.Propagator{}
-	},
-	// OpenTracing Trace
-	"ottrace": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return ot.OT{}
-	},
-	// None, explicitly do not set a global propagator.
-	"none": func() propagation.TextMapPropagator {
-		return nonePropagator
-	},
-}
-
-func (c *config) setPropagator(name string) {
-	var props []propagation.TextMapPropagator
-	for _, part := range strings.Split(name, ",") {
-		factory, ok := propagators[part]
-		if !ok {
-			// Skip invalid data.
-			c.Logger.Info("invalid propagator name", "name", part)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		p := factory()
-		if p == nonePropagator {
-			// Make sure the disablement of the global propagator does not get
-			// lost as a composite below.
-			c.Propagator = p
-			return
-		}
-		props = append(props, p)
-	}
-
-	switch len(props) {
-	case 0:
-		// Default to "tracecontext,baggage".
-		c.Propagator = propagation.NewCompositeTextMapPropagator(
-			propagation.TraceContext{},
-			propagation.Baggage{},
-		)
-	case 1:
-		c.Propagator = props[0]
-	default:
-		c.Propagator = propagation.NewCompositeTextMapPropagator(props...)
-	}
-}
-
 // envOr returns the environment variable value associated with key if it
 // exists, otherwise it returns alt.
 func envOr(key, alt string) string {
diff --git a/distro/config_test.go b/distro/config_test.go
index 3fb3a428d..1b666d65c 100644
--- a/distro/config_test.go
+++ b/distro/config_test.go
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ package distro
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	testr "github.com/go-logr/logr/testing"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws/xray"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 )
 
@@ -101,39 +96,3 @@ func testEnvironmentOverrides(t *testing.T, tc *configFieldTest) {
 		}(ev.Key, ev.Value)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestSetPropagatorComposite(t *testing.T) {
-	c := config{Logger: logr.Discard()}
-	c.setPropagator("tracecontext,baggage,b3,b3multi,jaeger,xray,ottrace,garbage")
-	assert.Equal(t, propagation.NewCompositeTextMapPropagator(
-		propagation.TraceContext{},
-		propagation.Baggage{},
-		b3.New(b3.WithInjectEncoding(b3.B3SingleHeader)),
-		b3.New(b3.WithInjectEncoding(b3.B3MultipleHeader)),
-		jaeger.Jaeger{},
-		xray.Propagator{},
-		ot.OT{},
-	), c.Propagator)
-}
-
-func TestSetPropagatorDefault(t *testing.T) {
-	c := config{Logger: logr.Discard()}
-	c.setPropagator("")
-	assert.Equal(t, propagation.NewCompositeTextMapPropagator(
-		propagation.TraceContext{},
-		propagation.Baggage{},
-	), c.Propagator)
-}
-
-func TestSetPropagatorCompositeWithNone(t *testing.T) {
-	// Assumes specification as stated:
-	//
-	//   "none": No automatically configured propagator.
-	//
-	// means if "none" is included in the value, no propagator should be
-	// configured. Therefore, setPropagator needs to return just the
-	// nonePropagator value to signal this behavior.
-	c := config{Logger: logr.Discard()}
-	c.setPropagator("tracecontext,baggage,none")
-	assert.Equal(t, nonePropagator, c.Propagator)
-}
diff --git a/distro/go.mod b/distro/go.mod
index fa2700396..d0cd449b8 100644
--- a/distro/go.mod
+++ b/distro/go.mod
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-go v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/tonglil/buflogr v0.0.0-20220114010534-d490b3990d7e
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.8.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.8.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.8.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot v1.8.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.33.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.8.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger v1.8.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.8.0
@@ -29,6 +26,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.8.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.8.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.8.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/retry v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/distro/go.sum b/distro/go.sum
index 004f25a8a..549aa07d4 100644
--- a/distro/go.sum
+++ b/distro/go.sum
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.33.0 h1:vYrciMtw1n9n7OeZ3OF51fORYEGjfHXt7JSbSmgxJsg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.33.0/go.mod h1:m1BVaXLEU1iSomaBqQ0tGcEfAQVMD6FI7yGLq5h4rIA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.8.0 h1:Ky4pY6IKdGPPSEv/ffkA1/LRBIpz4ohhuOhrk545YQk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.8.0/go.mod h1:0ptHDgrpjxekjXayHNG0fTUdFnehgJVQlDk4P7hfDKM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.8.0 h1:l6+IOjo7VzRWuYeKM/uDUkKOQvG22jDV3l8zs9+f1w0=
diff --git a/distro/otel.go b/distro/otel.go
index 76692aa23..befb2e55e 100644
--- a/distro/otel.go
+++ b/distro/otel.go
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ func Run(opts ...Option) (SDK, error) {
 		c.Logger.Info("SPLUNK_METRICS_ENDPOINT set; not supported by this distro")
 	}
 
-	if c.Propagator != nil && c.Propagator != nonePropagator {
-		otel.SetTextMapPropagator(c.Propagator)
-	}
+	otel.SetTextMapPropagator(c.Propagator)
 
 	if c.TraceExporterFunc == nil {
 		c.Logger.V(1).Info("OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER set to none/nil: Tracing disabled")
diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 4e11cfbd2..364cffa95 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-go v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.33.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index ab39b47dd..355f5a60e 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux v0.33
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux v0.33.0/go.mod h1:sqJmmInWWqMCphq1GXR9yUMZs5u7aRw/ZM3CKTrpUOw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.33.0 h1:Z0lVKLXU+jxGf3ANoh+UWx9Ai5bjpQVnZXI1zEzvqS0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.33.0/go.mod h1:U5rUt7Rw6zuORsWNfpMRy8XMNKLrmIlv/4HgLVW/d5M=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.33.0 h1:vYrciMtw1n9n7OeZ3OF51fORYEGjfHXt7JSbSmgxJsg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.33.0/go.mod h1:m1BVaXLEU1iSomaBqQ0tGcEfAQVMD6FI7yGLq5h4rIA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.8.0 h1:Ky4pY6IKdGPPSEv/ffkA1/LRBIpz4ohhuOhrk545YQk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.8.0/go.mod h1:0ptHDgrpjxekjXayHNG0fTUdFnehgJVQlDk4P7hfDKM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.8.0 h1:l6+IOjo7VzRWuYeKM/uDUkKOQvG22jDV3l8zs9+f1w0=