diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/ObservationAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/ObservationAutoConfiguration.java
index df97d94641..a00a6080c6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/ObservationAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/ObservationAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class ObservationAutoConfiguration {
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(MeterObservationHandler.class)
 	static class MeterObservationHandlerConfiguration {
 
-		@ConditionalOnMissingBean(Tracer.class)
+		@ConditionalOnMissingBean(type = "io.micrometer.tracing.Tracer")
 		@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 		static class OnlyMetricsMeterObservationHandlerConfiguration {