diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationMetricHelper.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationMetricHelper.cs
index 8476fa257..a6cda3279 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationMetricHelper.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationMetricHelper.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.Util;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.Configuration;
@@ -53,10 +52,7 @@ internal static class EnvironmentConfigurationMetricHelper
 #if NET462
         builder.AddAspNetInstrumentation();
 #elif NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
-        if (AssemblyDetector.IsAspNetCoreDetected)
-        {
-            builder.AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation();
-        }
+        builder.AddMeter("OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore");
 #endif
 
         return builder;
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationTracerHelper.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationTracerHelper.cs
index 47c350ece..ae683bcd0 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationTracerHelper.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Configuration/EnvironmentConfigurationTracerHelper.cs
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
-using OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.Util;
-#endif
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.Configuration;
@@ -66,10 +63,8 @@ internal static class EnvironmentConfigurationTracerHelper
 #if NET462
         builder.AddAspNetInstrumentation();
 #elif NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
-        if (AssemblyDetector.IsAspNetCoreDetected)
-        {
-            builder.AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation();
-        }
+        builder.AddSource("OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore");
+        builder.AddLegacySource("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.HttpRequestIn");
 #endif
 
         return builder;
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Instrumentation.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Instrumentation.cs
index ac4534ad1..ba240e93e 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Instrumentation.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Instrumentation.cs
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ public static class Instrumentation
                 //      and TracerSettings.EnabledInstrumentations would be passed as input
 #if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
 
+                if (TracerSettings.EnabledInstrumentations.Contains(TracerInstrumentation.AspNet))
+                {
+                    LazyInstrumentationLoader.Add(new AspNetCoreInitializer());
+                }
+
                 if (TracerSettings.EnabledInstrumentations.Contains(TracerInstrumentation.MySqlData))
                 {
                     LazyInstrumentationLoader.Add(new MySqlDataInitializer());
@@ -135,6 +140,14 @@ public static class Instrumentation
 
             if (MeterSettings.LoadMetricsAtStartup)
             {
+#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+
+                if (MeterSettings.EnabledInstrumentations.Contains(MeterInstrumentation.AspNet))
+                {
+                    LazyInstrumentationLoader.Add(new AspNetCoreMetricsInitializer());
+                }
+#endif
+
                 var builder = Sdk
                     .CreateMeterProviderBuilder()
                     .SetResourceBuilder(_resourceBuilder)
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Loading/AspNetCoreInitializer.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Loading/AspNetCoreInitializer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bec0cbc2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Loading/AspNetCoreInitializer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// <copyright file="AspNetCoreInitializer.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// 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.
+// </copyright>
+
+#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+
+using System;
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.Loading
+{
+    internal class AspNetCoreInitializer : InstrumentationInitializer
+    {
+        public AspNetCoreInitializer()
+            : base("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http")
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override void Initialize(ILifespanManager lifespanManager)
+        {
+            var instrumentationType = Type.GetType("OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreInstrumentation, OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore");
+            var httpInListenerType = Type.GetType("OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Implementation.HttpInListener, OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore");
+
+            var httpInListener = Activator.CreateInstance(httpInListenerType, args: new OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreInstrumentationOptions());
+            var instrumentation = Activator.CreateInstance(instrumentationType, args: httpInListener);
+
+            lifespanManager.Track(instrumentation);
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Loading/AspNetCoreMetricsInitializer.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Loading/AspNetCoreMetricsInitializer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d764816b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Loading/AspNetCoreMetricsInitializer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// <copyright file="AspNetCoreMetricsInitializer.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// 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.
+// </copyright>
+
+#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+
+using System;
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.Loading
+{
+    internal class AspNetCoreMetricsInitializer : InstrumentationInitializer
+    {
+        public AspNetCoreMetricsInitializer()
+            : base("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http")
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override void Initialize(ILifespanManager lifespanManager)
+        {
+            var metricsType = Type.GetType("OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.AspNetCoreMetrics, OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore");
+
+            var aspNetCoreMetrics = Activator.CreateInstance(metricsType);
+
+            lifespanManager.Track(aspNetCoreMetrics);
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Util/AssemblyDetector.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Util/AssemblyDetector.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b5e5e7502..000000000
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation/Util/AssemblyDetector.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// <copyright file="AssemblyDetector.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
-// 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.
-// </copyright>
-
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
-
-namespace OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.Util
-{
-    internal static class AssemblyDetector
-    {
-        private static bool? _isAspNetCoreDetected;
-
-        public static bool IsAspNetCoreDetected => _isAspNetCoreDetected ??= DetectAspNetCore();
-
-        private static bool DetectAspNetCore()
-        {
-            return Assembly.GetEntryAssembly()?
-                .GetReferencedAssemblies()
-                .Any(x => x.Name == "Microsoft.AspNetCore") ?? false;
-        }
-    }
-}