diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/Resources/Http/Handler.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/Resources/Http/Handler.cs
index 9b629d3ac7..5c442689d2 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/Resources/Http/Handler.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Contrib.Extensions.AWSXRay/Resources/Http/Handler.cs
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ public static HttpClientHandler Create(string certificateFile)
         {
             try
             {
-                var clientHandler = new HttpClientHandler()
-                {
-                    ClientCertificateOptions = ClientCertificateOption.Manual,
-                };
-                clientHandler.ClientCertificates.Add(new X509Certificate2(certificateFile));
+                var clientHandler = new HttpClientHandler();
 
                 ServerCertificateValidationProvider serverCertificateValidationProvider =
                     ServerCertificateValidationProvider.FromCertificateFile(certificateFile);