diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/faraday/middleware_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/faraday/middleware_spec.rb
index 22097bdf1a0..b563384b426 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/faraday/middleware_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/faraday/middleware_spec.rb
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@
   let(:middleware_options) { {} }
   let(:configuration_options) { {} }
   let(:response_headers) { {} }
-  let(:non_billing_mode) { false }
 
   before do
     Datadog.configure do |c|
       c.tracing.instrument :faraday, configuration_options
-      c.tracing.apm.enabled = !non_billing_mode
     end
   end
 
@@ -415,15 +413,19 @@
   context 'when non-billing mode is enabled' do
     subject(:response) { client.get('/success') }
 
-    let(:non_billing_mode) { true }
+    before do
+      Datadog.configure do |c|
+        c.tracing.apm.enabled = false
+      end
+      # This cannot happen in actual apps but we do this to
+      # verify that sampling priority is set to 0 through distributed tracing without mocking an agent
+      allow(Datadog::Tracing::Distributed::Helpers).to receive(:should_skip_distributed_tracing?).and_return(false)
+    end
+
     let(:headers) { response.env.request_headers }
 
     it do
-      expect(headers).to include(
-        'x-datadog-trace-id' => low_order_trace_id(span.trace_id).to_s,
-        'x-datadog-parent-id' => span.id.to_s,
-        'x-datadog-sampling-priority' => '0'
-      )
+      expect(headers).to include('x-datadog-sampling-priority' => '0')
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client_spec.rb
index 6f9fc7c802a..395bf881f6f 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client_spec.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
       end
 
       context 'with non-billing mode' do
+        # We cannot get the trace as it is sent and flushed.
+        # But we can verify non-billing mode through distributed tracing
+
         # Not sure why, putting a before block here has no effect
         let(:tracing_apm_enabled) { false }
         let(:force_execute_distributed_tracing) { true }