diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index f7958ad65f14..b0b30f602be7 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 
 ### Features Added
 
-- Default Resource Detector environment variable to allow for customization. Add App Service Resource Detector to Auto-Instrumentation.
+- Add App Service Resource Detector to Auto-Instrumentation.
     ([#33340](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/33340))
+- Remove VM Resource Detector while bug is investigated.
+    ([#33305](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/33305))
+    ([#33373](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/33373))
 
 ## 1.1.0 (2023-11-08)
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/README.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/README.md
index bef32797a7bb..1535c021da5f 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/README.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ You can configure further with [OpenTelemetry environment variables][ot_env_vars
 | `OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` | Specifies the distributed tracing export interval in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000. |
 | `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG` | Specifies the ratio of distributed tracing telemetry to be [sampled][application_insights_sampling]. Accepted values are in the range [0,1]. Defaults to 1.0, meaning no telemetry is sampled out. |
 | `OTEL_PYTHON_DISABLED_INSTRUMENTATIONS` | Specifies which of the supported instrumentations to disable. Disabled instrumentations will not be instrumented as part of `configure_azure_monitor`. However, they can still be manually instrumented with `instrument()` directly. Accepts a comma-separated list of lowercase [Library Names](#officially-supported-instrumentations). For example, set to `"psycopg2,fastapi"` to disable the Psycopg2 and FastAPI instrumentations. Defaults to an empty list, enabling all supported instrumentations. |
-| `OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS` | Specifies OpenTelemetry Resource Detectors to be used to generate Resource Attributes. Defaults to "azure_app_service,azure_vm" to enable the [Azure Resource Detectors][ot_resource_detector_azure] for Azure App Service and Azure VM. See the [OpenTelemetry Python Resource Detector Documentation][ot_python_resource_detectors] for more. |
 
 #### Azure monitor OpenTelemetry Exporter configurations
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
index 6dd2a8cbd558..f63e18e0e866 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     _ALL_SUPPORTED_INSTRUMENTED_LIBRARIES,
     _AZURE_APP_SERVICE_RESOURCE_DETECTOR_NAME,
     _AZURE_SDK_INSTRUMENTATION_NAME,
-    _AZURE_VM_RESOURCE_DETECTOR_NAME,
     DISABLE_LOGGING_ARG,
     DISABLE_METRICS_ARG,
     DISABLE_TRACING_ARG,
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@
 
 _SUPPORTED_RESOURCE_DETECTORS = (
     _AZURE_APP_SERVICE_RESOURCE_DETECTOR_NAME,
-    _AZURE_VM_RESOURCE_DETECTOR_NAME,
+    # _AZURE_VM_RESOURCE_DETECTOR_NAME,
 )
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
@@ -104,10 +103,11 @@ def configure_azure_monitor(**kwargs) -> None:
     _setup_instrumentations(configurations)
 
 def _setup_resources():
-    os.environ.setdefault(
-        OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS,
-        ",".join(_SUPPORTED_RESOURCE_DETECTORS)
-    )
+    detectors = os.environ.get(OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS, "")
+    if detectors:
+        detectors = detectors + ","
+    detectors += ",".join(_SUPPORTED_RESOURCE_DETECTORS)
+    os.environ[OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS] = detectors
 
 
 def _setup_tracing(configurations: Dict[str, ConfigurationValue]):
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py
index bc98f3f523c6..149da170475f 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/configuration/test_configure.py
@@ -199,23 +199,26 @@ def test_setup_resources(self):
         _setup_resources()
         self.assertEqual(
             os.environ["OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS"],
-            "azure_app_service,azure_vm"
+            # TODO: Change back to "azure_app_service,azure_vm" after VM Resource Detector fix for https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/33295
+            "azure_app_service"
         )
 
-    @patch.dict("os.environ", {"OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS": "test_detector"})
-    def test_setup_resources_existing_detectors(self):
+    @patch.dict("os.environ", {"OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS": ""})
+    def test_setup_resources_empty_string(self):
         _setup_resources()
         self.assertEqual(
             os.environ["OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS"],
-            "test_detector"
+            # TODO: Change back to "azure_app_service,azure_vm" after VM Resource Detector fix for https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/33295
+            "azure_app_service"
         )
 
-    @patch.dict("os.environ", {"OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS": "test_detector,azure_vm"})
-    def test_setup_resources_existing_with_azure_detectors(self):
+    @patch.dict("os.environ", {"OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS": "test_detector"})
+    def test_setup_resources_existing_detectors(self):
         _setup_resources()
         self.assertEqual(
             os.environ["OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS"],
-            "test_detector,azure_vm"
+            # TODO: Change back to "azure_app_service,azure_vm" after VM Resource Detector fix for https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/33295
+            "test_detector,azure_app_service"
         )
 
     @patch(