diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java b/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java
index f815ea0ac54..8e5072d197d 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.CollectionRegistration;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.exporter.httpserver.HTTPServer;
-import io.prometheus.metrics.exporter.httpserver.MetricsHandler;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.registry.PrometheusRegistry;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ public static PrometheusHttpServerBuilder builder() {
               .port(port)
               .executorService(executor)
               .registry(prometheusRegistry)
-              .defaultHandler(new MetricsHandler(prometheusRegistry))
               .buildAndStart();
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new UncheckedIOException("Could not create Prometheus HTTP server", e);
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java b/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java
index 449cc4c5c4c..0c91ab7ea72 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void fetchOpenMetrics() {
   void fetchFiltered() {
     AggregatedHttpResponse response =
         client
-            .get("/?name[]=grpc_name_unit_total&name[]=bears_total&name[]=target_info")
+            .get("/metrics?name[]=grpc_name_unit_total&name[]=bears_total&name[]=target_info")
             .aggregate()
             .join();
     assertThat(response.status()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void fetchPrometheusCompressed() throws IOException {
   @SuppressWarnings("resource")
   @Test
   void fetchHead() {
-    AggregatedHttpResponse response = client.head("/").aggregate().join();
+    AggregatedHttpResponse response = client.head("/metrics").aggregate().join();
     assertThat(response.status()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
     assertThat(response.headers().get(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE))
         .isEqualTo("text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8");