diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 865f98981..b0d088ac8 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ lazy val `kamon-spring` = (project in file("instrumentation/kamon-spring"))
   .settings(
     fork in (Test,run) := true,
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      // check that dependencies are shaded
       kanelaAgent % "provided",
       "org.springframework.boot" % "spring-boot-starter-web" % "2.4.2" % "provided",
       "org.springframework.boot" % "spring-boot-starter-webflux" % "2.4.2" % "provided",
diff --git a/instrumentation/kamon-spring/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/instrumentation/kamon-spring/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index ea2eb66e1..12bec1b99 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kamon-spring/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/instrumentation/kamon-spring/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ kanela {
     spring {
       name = "Spring instrumentation"
       description = "Provides tracing and context propagation for Spring framework components"
-      enabled = no
       instrumentations = [
         "kamon.instrumentation.spring.server.SpringMVCInstrumentation",
         "kamon.instrumentation.spring.client.SpringWebClientInstrumentation"