diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java
index c5bbbbd9941..0f76d75745e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public final class ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
 
   public ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
+    super("kafka", "kafka-0.11");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
index e05c69cd525..e8b25c01277 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public final class KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.T
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
 
   public KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
+    super("kafka", "kafka-0.11");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java
index 3b47a29ddbb..3028c03de9c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public final class KafkaConsumerInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Traci
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
 
   public KafkaConsumerInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
+    super("kafka", "kafka-0.11");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java
index 9fb7ddf8ef1..3e5e42119f3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public final class KafkaProducerInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Traci
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
 
   public KafkaProducerInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
+    super("kafka", "kafka-0.11");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/MetadataInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/MetadataInstrumentation.java
index 07d557a4131..be39d61dd96 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/MetadataInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients/MetadataInstrumentation.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class MetadataInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Tracing
     implements Instrumenter.ForTypeHierarchy {
 
   public MetadataInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
+    super("kafka", "kafka-0.11");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java
index b155458081b..05fd44cd273 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
-import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
@@ -17,12 +16,7 @@ public final class ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
 
   public ConsumerCoordinatorInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabled() {
-    return super.isEnabled() && Config.get().isExperimentalKafkaEnabled();
+    super("kafka", "kafka-3.8");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
index d8b873ae8bb..832389b03a0 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
-import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription;
@@ -29,12 +28,7 @@ public final class KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.T
     implements Instrumenter.ForTypeHierarchy {
 
   public KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabled() {
-    return super.isEnabled() && Config.get().isExperimentalKafkaEnabled();
+    super("kafka", "kafka-3.8");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java
index ca3fedfc6e2..53d7bf6c989 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInstrumentation.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
-import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -24,12 +23,7 @@ public final class KafkaConsumerInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Traci
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
 
   public KafkaConsumerInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabled() {
-    return super.isEnabled() && Config.get().isExperimentalKafkaEnabled();
+    super("kafka", "kafka-3.8");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java
index 708476f8409..120c08ce19c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaProducerInstrumentation.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
-import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import java.util.Map;
 import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
 
@@ -20,12 +19,7 @@ public final class KafkaProducerInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Traci
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
 
   public KafkaProducerInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabled() {
-    return super.isEnabled() && Config.get().isExperimentalKafkaEnabled();
+    super("kafka", "kafka-3.8");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
index 7a64e285e8b..e430f3d6207 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
-import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription;
@@ -29,12 +28,7 @@ public final class LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation extends InstrumenterMo
     implements Instrumenter.ForTypeHierarchy {
 
   public LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabled() {
-    return super.isEnabled() && Config.get().isExperimentalKafkaEnabled();
+    super("kafka", "kafka-3.8");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/MetadataInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/MetadataInstrumentation.java
index fef52fa2282..b8757e50752 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/MetadataInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/MetadataInstrumentation.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
-import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import java.util.Map;
 import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription;
 import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
@@ -20,12 +19,7 @@ public class MetadataInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Tracing
     implements Instrumenter.ForTypeHierarchy {
 
   public MetadataInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabled() {
-    return super.isEnabled() && Config.get().isExperimentalKafkaEnabled();
+    super("kafka", "kafka-3.8");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/OffsetCommitCallbackInvokerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/OffsetCommitCallbackInvokerInstrumentation.java
index 1aebb37f1f2..83631de92b7 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/OffsetCommitCallbackInvokerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/OffsetCommitCallbackInvokerInstrumentation.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
 import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
-import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
 
 // new - this instrumentation is completely new.
@@ -14,12 +13,7 @@
 public class OffsetCommitCallbackInvokerInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Tracing
     implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType {
   public OffsetCommitCallbackInvokerInstrumentation() {
-    super("kafka");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabled() {
-    return super.isEnabled() && Config.get().isExperimentalKafkaEnabled();
+    super("kafka", "kafka-3.8");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientCustomPropagationConfigTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientCustomPropagationConfigTest.groovy
index 3270c6eb371..5db495e5904 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientCustomPropagationConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientCustomPropagationConfigTest.groovy
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class KafkaClientCustomPropagationConfigTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     super.configurePreAgent()
 
     injectSysConfig("dd.kafka.e2e.duration.enabled", "true")
-    injectSysConfig("dd.trace.experimental.kafka.enabled","true")
   }
 
   @Flaky
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientTestBase.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientTestBase.groovy
index 369e1c3c649..6476c47f84f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientTestBase.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-3.8/src/test/groovy/KafkaClientTestBase.groovy
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ abstract class KafkaClientTestBase extends VersionedNamingTestBase {
     super.configurePreAgent()
 
     injectSysConfig("dd.kafka.e2e.duration.enabled", "true")
-    injectSysConfig("dd.trace.experimental.kafka.enabled","true")
   }
 
   public static final LinkedHashMap<String, String> PRODUCER_PATHWAY_EDGE_TAGS
diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java
index 1936ab4fccd..0d81bf0ca85 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java
@@ -159,7 +159,5 @@ public final class TraceInstrumentationConfig {
   /** If set, the instrumentation will set its resource name on the local root too. */
   public static final String AXIS_PROMOTE_RESOURCE_NAME = "trace.axis.promote.resource-name";
 
-  public static final String EXPERIMENTAL_KAFKA_ENABLED = "trace.experimental.kafka.enabled";
-
   private TraceInstrumentationConfig() {}
 }
diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index 4a15cefcada..a67d0c519bb 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -414,8 +414,6 @@ public static String getHostName() {
   private final boolean kafkaClientPropagationEnabled;
   private final Set<String> kafkaClientPropagationDisabledTopics;
   private final boolean kafkaClientBase64DecodingEnabled;
-  // enable the Kafka-3.8 instrumentation manually until testing issues are resolved.
-  private final boolean experimentalKafkaEnabled;
 
   private final boolean jmsPropagationEnabled;
   private final Set<String> jmsPropagationDisabledTopics;
@@ -1569,7 +1567,6 @@ PROFILING_DATADOG_PROFILER_ENABLED, isDatadogProfilerSafeInCurrentEnvironment())
         tryMakeImmutableSet(configProvider.getList(KAFKA_CLIENT_PROPAGATION_DISABLED_TOPICS));
     kafkaClientBase64DecodingEnabled =
         configProvider.getBoolean(KAFKA_CLIENT_BASE64_DECODING_ENABLED, false);
-    experimentalKafkaEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(EXPERIMENTAL_KAFKA_ENABLED, false);
     jmsPropagationEnabled = isPropagationEnabled(true, "jms");
     jmsPropagationDisabledTopics =
         tryMakeImmutableSet(configProvider.getList(JMS_PROPAGATION_DISABLED_TOPICS));
@@ -3055,10 +3052,6 @@ public boolean isKafkaClientBase64DecodingEnabled() {
     return kafkaClientBase64DecodingEnabled;
   }
 
-  public boolean isExperimentalKafkaEnabled() {
-    return experimentalKafkaEnabled;
-  }
-
   public boolean isRabbitPropagationEnabled() {
     return rabbitPropagationEnabled;
   }