diff --git a/llama_index/callbacks/arize_phoenix_callback.py b/llama_index/callbacks/arize_phoenix_callback.py
index 7d51c839b4451..549ec5635ec4a 100644
--- a/llama_index/callbacks/arize_phoenix_callback.py
+++ b/llama_index/callbacks/arize_phoenix_callback.py
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@
 
 def arize_phoenix_callback_handler(**kwargs: Any) -> BaseCallbackHandler:
     try:
-        from phoenix.trace.exporter import HttpExporter
         from phoenix.trace.llama_index import OpenInferenceTraceCallbackHandler
     except ImportError:
         raise ImportError(
             "Please install Arize Phoenix with `pip install -q arize-phoenix`"
         )
-    if "exporter" not in kwargs:
-        kwargs = {"exporter": HttpExporter(), **kwargs}
     return OpenInferenceTraceCallbackHandler(**kwargs)