diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
index 0e477d3863..ff7147ef44 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ public final class OpenTelemetryInstaller {
       return true;
     }
 
-    String profile =
+    String mode =
         instrumentationConfig
             .getStructured("java", empty())
             .getStructured("agent", empty())
             .getString("instrumentation_mode", "default");
 
-    switch (profile) {
+    switch (mode) {
       case "none":
         return false;
       case "default":
         return true;
       default:
-        throw new ConfigurationException("Unknown instrumentation profile: " + profile);
+        throw new ConfigurationException("Unknown instrumentation mode: " + mode);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.java
index af34bc3727..c522bb4ecb 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstallerTest.java
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ class OpenTelemetryInstallerTest {
   })
   void defaultEnabledInDeclarativeConfigPropertiesBridge(
       String propertyValue, boolean expected, boolean fail) {
-    String profile = propertyValue == null ? "" : "instrumentation_mode: \"" + propertyValue + "\"";
+    String mode = propertyValue == null ? "" : "instrumentation_mode: \"" + propertyValue + "\"";
     String yaml =
         "file_format: \"1.0-rc.1\"\n"
             + "instrumentation/development:\n"
             + "  java:\n"
             + "    agent:\n"
             + "      "
-            + profile;
+            + mode;
 
     Supplier<ConfigProperties> configPropertiesSupplier =
         () ->
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class OpenTelemetryInstallerTest {
     if (fail) {
       assertThatCode(() -> configPropertiesSupplier.get())
           .isInstanceOf(ConfigurationException.class)
-          .hasMessage("Unknown instrumentation profile: invalid");
+          .hasMessage("Unknown instrumentation mode: invalid");
     } else {
       assertThat(
               configPropertiesSupplier
diff --git a/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/DeclarativeConfigurationSmokeTest.groovy b/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/DeclarativeConfigurationSmokeTest.groovy
index 54fd5c6563..0e111ceaa4 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/DeclarativeConfigurationSmokeTest.groovy
+++ b/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/DeclarativeConfigurationSmokeTest.groovy
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ class DeclarativeConfigurationSmokeTest extends SmokeTest {
     Collection<ExportTraceServiceRequest> traces = waitForTraces()
 
     then: "There is one trace"
-    traces.size() > 0
+    traces.size() == 1
+
+    then: "There is one span (io.opentelemetry.opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations-1.16 " +
+        "is not used, because instrumentation_mode=none)"
+    getSpanStream(traces).count() == 1
 
     then: "explicitly set attribute is present"
     hasResourceAttribute(traces, "service.name", "declarative-config-smoke-test")
diff --git a/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/declarative-config.yaml b/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/declarative-config.yaml
index ce39f4c3a8..86091dc4d3 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/declarative-config.yaml
+++ b/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/declarative-config.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ resource:
   attributes:
     - name: service.name
       value: declarative-config-smoke-test
+
+instrumentation/development:
+  java:
+    agent:
+      instrumentation_mode: none
+    tomcat:
+      enabled: true