diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
index f99bf1546ba8..ae3acb310bb9 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
+- The sdkversion should only show the exporter/distro version which emits the sdkstats. Removed the AZURE_MONITOR_DISTRO_VERSION variable
+  ([#46963](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/46963))
 
 ### Other Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_constants.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_constants.py
index 218340e3a13d..9135aad5ba0e 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_constants.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_constants.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 _APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_METRIC_NAMESPACE_OPT_IN = "APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_METRIC_NAMESPACE_OPT_IN"
 
 # SDK version
-_AZURE_MONITOR_DISTRO_VERSION = "AZURE_MONITOR_DISTRO_VERSION"
 _MICROSOFT_OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION = "MICROSOFT_OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION"
 
 _APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_METRICS_TO_LOGANALYTICS_ENABLED = "APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_METRICS_TO_LOGANALYTICS_ENABLED"
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_utils.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_utils.py
index db99edde2c7c..ba8a9da77513 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_utils.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_utils.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._connection_string_parser import ConnectionStringParser
 from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._constants import (
     _AKS_ARM_NAMESPACE_ID,
-    _AZURE_MONITOR_DISTRO_VERSION,
     _DEFAULT_AAD_SCOPE,
     _FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME,
     _INSTRUMENTATIONS_BIT_MAP,
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ def _get_sdk_version_prefix():
 
 def _get_sdk_version():
     prefix = _get_sdk_version_prefix()
-    distro_version = environ.get(_AZURE_MONITOR_DISTRO_VERSION)
     ms_otel_version = environ.get(_MICROSOFT_OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION)
     if ms_otel_version:
         return "{}py{}:otel{}:mot{}".format(
@@ -129,13 +127,6 @@ def _get_sdk_version():
             opentelemetry_version,
             ms_otel_version,
         )
-    if distro_version:
-        return "{}py{}:otel{}:dst{}".format(
-            prefix,
-            platform.python_version(),
-            opentelemetry_version,
-            distro_version,
-        )
     return "{}py{}:otel{}:ext{}".format(
         prefix,
         platform.python_version(),
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/test_utils.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/test_utils.py
index d471e8bca8b5..51946fe820ba 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ def test_is_synthetic_source_test(self):
     )
     @patch.dict(
         "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._utils.environ",
-        {},
         clear=True,
     )
     def test_get_sdk_version_default(self, mock_python_version, mock_prefix):
@@ -829,12 +828,11 @@ def test_get_sdk_version_default(self, mock_python_version, mock_prefix):
     )
     @patch.dict(
         "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._utils.environ",
-        {"AZURE_MONITOR_DISTRO_VERSION": "1.8.8"},
         clear=True,
     )
     def test_get_sdk_version_distro(self, mock_python_version, mock_prefix):
         result = _utils._get_sdk_version()
-        self.assertEqual(result, "uum_py3.11.0:otel1.20.0:dst1.8.8")
+        self.assertEqual(result, "uum_py3.11.0:otel1.20.0:ext{}".format(_utils.ext_version))
 
     @patch(
         "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._utils._get_sdk_version_prefix",
@@ -872,7 +870,6 @@ def test_get_sdk_version_microsoft_opentelemetry(self, mock_python_version, mock
     @patch.dict(
         "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._utils.environ",
         {
-            "AZURE_MONITOR_DISTRO_VERSION": "1.8.8",
             "MICROSOFT_OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION": "2.0.0",
         },
         clear=True,