diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/config/internal/InstrumentationConfig.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/config/internal/InstrumentationConfig.java
index ab1bb761aa22..30457725773e 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/config/internal/InstrumentationConfig.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/config/internal/InstrumentationConfig.java
@@ -110,22 +110,16 @@ default List<String> getList(String name) {
    */
   Map<String, String> getMap(String name, Map<String, String> defaultValue);
 
-  /** Returns {@code true} if declarative configuration is used in this configuration. */
-  boolean isDeclarative();
-
   /**
    * Returns a {@link DeclarativeConfigProperties} for the given node name, which is usually an
    * instrumentation name
    *
-   * <p>Call {@link #isDeclarative()} first to check if declarative configuration is used.
-   *
    * <p>Declarative configuration is used to configure instrumentation properties in a declarative
    * way, such as through YAML or JSON files.
    *
    * @param node the name of the instrumentation (e.g. "log4j"), the vendor name (e.g. "google"), or
    *     "common" for common Java settings that don't apply to other languages.
    * @return the declarative configuration properties for the given node name
-   * @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #isDeclarative()} returns {@code false}
    */
   DeclarativeConfigProperties getDeclarativeConfig(String node);
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/properties/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/properties/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java
index dbabca731486..9217da71ab48 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/properties/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/properties/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ public Map<String, String> getMap(String name, Map<String, String> defaultValue)
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean isDeclarative() {
-    return configProvider != null;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public DeclarativeConfigProperties getDeclarativeConfig(String node) {
     DeclarativeConfigProperties config =
diff --git a/javaagent-extension-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/internal/EmptyInstrumentationConfig.java b/javaagent-extension-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/internal/EmptyInstrumentationConfig.java
index 56cd43580c17..2e2157beed18 100644
--- a/javaagent-extension-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/internal/EmptyInstrumentationConfig.java
+++ b/javaagent-extension-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/internal/EmptyInstrumentationConfig.java
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ public Map<String, String> getMap(String name, Map<String, String> defaultValue)
     return defaultValue;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean isDeclarative() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public DeclarativeConfigProperties getDeclarativeConfig(String node) {
     throw new IllegalStateException(
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/config/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/config/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java
index 5c7fe70d9f1d..d85a011a4620 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/config/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/config/ConfigPropertiesBridge.java
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ public Map<String, String> getMap(String name, Map<String, String> defaultValue)
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean isDeclarative() {
-    return configProvider != null;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public DeclarativeConfigProperties getDeclarativeConfig(String node) {
     DeclarativeConfigProperties config =
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/instrumentation/http/RegexUrlTemplateCustomizerInitializer.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/instrumentation/http/RegexUrlTemplateCustomizerInitializer.java
index 7b592c9d0b84..8734071ecce5 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/instrumentation/http/RegexUrlTemplateCustomizerInitializer.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/instrumentation/http/RegexUrlTemplateCustomizerInitializer.java
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.instrumentation.http;
 
-import static io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.config.DeclarativeConfigProperties.empty;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.config.DeclarativeConfigProperties;
-import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.incubator.config.internal.InstrumentationConfig;
-import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.internal.AgentInstrumentationConfig;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.incubator.config.internal.DeclarativeConfigUtil;
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.internal.AgentCommonConfig;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.BeforeAgentListener;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -26,16 +25,13 @@ public final class RegexUrlTemplateCustomizerInitializer implements BeforeAgentL
 
   @Override
   public void beforeAgent(AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk autoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk) {
-    InstrumentationConfig config = AgentInstrumentationConfig.get();
     // url template is emitted only when http client experimental telemetry is enabled
-    boolean urlTemplateEnabled =
-        config.getBoolean("otel.instrumentation.http.client.emit-experimental-telemetry", false);
-    if (!urlTemplateEnabled || !config.isDeclarative()) {
+    if (!AgentCommonConfig.get().shouldEmitExperimentalHttpClientTelemetry()) {
       return;
     }
-    DeclarativeConfigProperties configuration =
-        config.getDeclarativeConfig("http").getStructured("client", empty());
-    configuration
+    DeclarativeConfigUtil.get(GlobalOpenTelemetry.get())
+        .get("http")
+        .get("client")
         .getStructuredList("url_template_rules", emptyList())
         .forEach(
             rule -> {