diff --git a/webflux6-micrometer/pom.xml b/webflux6-micrometer/pom.xml
index 7312723..043cc95 100644
--- a/webflux6-micrometer/pom.xml
+++ b/webflux6-micrometer/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
     <jre.version>21</jre.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
-    <spring-boot.version>3.3.0-M3</spring-boot.version>
-    <micrometer.version>1.3.0-RC1</micrometer.version>
+    <spring-boot.version>3.3.0-RC1</spring-boot.version>
+    <micrometer.version>1.3.0</micrometer.version>
   </properties>
 
   <!-- Temporary until Spring boot 3.3.0 -->
diff --git a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Backend.java b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Backend.java
index 790b0ad..c6ae232 100644
--- a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Backend.java
+++ b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Backend.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package brave.example;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
@@ -27,9 +31,8 @@ public Mono<String> printDate(@RequestHeader("user_name") Optional<String> usern
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
-    SpringApplication.run(Backend.class,
-        "--spring.application.name=backend",
-        "--server.port=9000"
-    );
+    new SpringApplicationBuilder(Backend.class)
+        .properties(ZipkinDiscoveryConfiguration.discoveryProperties())
+        .run("--spring.application.name=backend", "--server.port=9000");
   }
 }
diff --git a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Frontend.java b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Frontend.java
index 3e125df..883362c 100644
--- a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Frontend.java
+++ b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/Frontend.java
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ public class Frontend {
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
-    SpringApplication.run(Frontend.class,
-        "--spring.application.name=frontend",
-        "--server.port=8081"
-    );
+    new SpringApplicationBuilder(Frontend.class)
+        .properties(ZipkinDiscoveryConfiguration.discoveryProperties())
+        .run("--spring.application.name=frontend",
+            "--server.port=8081"
+        );
   }
 }
diff --git a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/ZipkinDiscoveryConfiguration.java b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/ZipkinDiscoveryConfiguration.java
index 70ac52a..e26846f 100644
--- a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/ZipkinDiscoveryConfiguration.java
+++ b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/java/brave/example/ZipkinDiscoveryConfiguration.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package brave.example;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.tracing.zipkin.ZipkinAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -10,9 +11,26 @@
 import zipkin2.reporter.HttpEndpointSupplier;
 import zipkin2.reporter.HttpEndpointSuppliers;
 
-// TODO: make this conditional on configuration, to prevent crashes looking up Eureka.
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+@ConditionalOnProperty("EUREKA_SERVICE_URL")
 public class ZipkinDiscoveryConfiguration {
+
+  /**
+   * It is very difficult to stop loadbalancer or discovery from initializing when starters are on
+   * the classpath. This is a workaround to disable it when EUREKA_SERVICE_URL is not set.
+   */
+  static Map<String, Object> discoveryProperties() {
+    Map<String, Object> properties = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    String eurekaServiceUrl = System.getenv("EUREKA_SERVICE_URL");
+    boolean eurekaEnabled = eurekaServiceUrl != null && !eurekaServiceUrl.isEmpty();
+    if (eurekaEnabled) {
+      properties.put("eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone", eurekaServiceUrl);
+    }
+    properties.put("spring.cloud.loadbalancer.enabled", eurekaEnabled);
+    properties.put("spring.cloud.discovery.enabled", eurekaEnabled);
+    return properties;
+  }
+
   @Bean HttpEndpointSupplier.Factory loadbalancerEndpoints(LoadBalancerClient loadBalancerClient) {
     LoadBalancerHttpEndpointSupplier.Factory httpEndpointSupplierFactory =
         new LoadBalancerHttpEndpointSupplier.Factory(loadBalancerClient);
diff --git a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index c34d8da..e3f0509 100644
--- a/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/webflux6-micrometer/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ management:
     tracing:
       # Note: There is no property to bind ${brave.localServiceName:${spring.application.name}}
       endpoint: ${zipkin.baseUrl:http://127.0.0.1:9411}/api/v2/spans
-eureka:
-  client:
-    serviceUrl:
-      defaultZone: http://localhost:8761/eureka/
 spring:
   cloud:
     compatibilityVerifier: