diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/util/ConfigUtils.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/util/ConfigUtils.java
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--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/util/ConfigUtils.java
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-package datadog.trace.common.util;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-
-@Slf4j
-public class ConfigUtils {
-
-  private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper(new YAMLFactory());
-
-  public static <A> A loadConfigFromResource(
-      final String resourceName, final Class<A> targetClass) {
-    A config = null;
-
-    // Try loading both suffixes
-    if (!resourceName.endsWith(".yaml") && !resourceName.endsWith(".yml")) {
-      config = loadConfigFromResource(resourceName + ".yaml", targetClass);
-      if (config == null) {
-        config = loadConfigFromResource(resourceName + ".yml", targetClass);
-      }
-      if (config != null) {
-        return config;
-      }
-    }
-
-    try {
-      final ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
-      final URL resource = classLoader.getResource(resourceName);
-      if (resource != null) {
-        log.info("Loading config from resource " + resource);
-        config = objectMapper.readValue(resource.openStream(), targetClass);
-      }
-    } catch (final IOException e) {
-      log.warn("Could not load configuration file {}.", resourceName);
-      log.error("Error when loading config file", e);
-    }
-    return config;
-  }
-}