diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/TracingRequestHandler.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/TracingRequestHandler.java
index 8f9be7fc60..cf3d3d8763 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/TracingRequestHandler.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/TracingRequestHandler.java
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ public class TracingRequestHandler extends RequestHandler2 {
   /** {@inheritDoc} */
   @Override
   public void beforeRequest(final Request<?> request) {
+    // Note: not setting Component tag here because it is always set by SpanDecorator
     final Tracer.SpanBuilder spanBuilder =
-        tracer
-            .buildSpan("aws.command")
-            .withTag(Tags.COMPONENT.getKey(), "aws-sdk")
-            .withTag(Tags.SPAN_KIND.getKey(), Tags.SPAN_KIND_CLIENT);
+        tracer.buildSpan("aws.command").withTag(Tags.SPAN_KIND.getKey(), Tags.SPAN_KIND_CLIENT);
 
     if (parentContext != null) {
       spanBuilder.asChildOf(parentContext);