diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/TracerInstaller.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/TracerInstaller.java
index 610a423171..bd6bcd6a04 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/TracerInstaller.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/TracerInstaller.java
@@ -93,9 +93,8 @@ public class TracerInstaller {
       if (metricExporterFactory
           .getClass()
           .getSimpleName()
-          .replace("_", "")
           .toLowerCase()
-          .startsWith(exporterName.toLowerCase())) {
+          .startsWith(exporterName(exporterName).toLowerCase())) {
         return metricExporterFactory;
       }
     }
@@ -110,9 +109,8 @@ public class TracerInstaller {
       if (metricServer
           .getClass()
           .getSimpleName()
-          .replace("_", "")
           .toLowerCase()
-          .startsWith(exporterName.toLowerCase())) {
+          .startsWith(exporterName(exporterName).toLowerCase())) {
         return metricServer;
       }
     }
@@ -127,15 +125,18 @@ public class TracerInstaller {
       if (spanExporterFactory
           .getClass()
           .getSimpleName()
-          .replace("_", "")
           .toLowerCase()
-          .startsWith(exporterName.toLowerCase())) {
+          .startsWith(exporterName(exporterName).toLowerCase())) {
         return spanExporterFactory;
       }
     }
     return null;
   }
 
+  private static String exporterName(String exporterName) {
+    return exporterName.replace("otlp_span", "otlpspan").replace("otlp_metric", "otlpmetric");
+  }
+
   private static synchronized void installExportersFromJar(String exporterJar, Properties config) {
     URL url;
     try {