diff --git a/tests/contrib/falcon/test_suite.py b/tests/contrib/falcon/test_suite.py
index 3371c47732d..4934acbf11c 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/falcon/test_suite.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/falcon/test_suite.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def test_inferred_spans_api_gateway_default(self):
                                 status_code=test_endpoint["status"],
                                 url="local/",
                                 start=1736973768.0,
-                                is_distributed=test_headers == distributed_headers,
+                                is_distributed=False,
                                 distributed_trace_id=1,
                                 distributed_parent_id=2,
                                 distributed_sampling_decision=True,
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ def test_inferred_spans_api_gateway_distributed(self):
                                 status_code=test_endpoint["status"],
                                 url="local/",
                                 start=1736973768.0,
-                                is_distributed=test_headers == distributed_headers,
+                                is_distributed=True,
                                 distributed_trace_id=1,
                                 distributed_parent_id=2,
                                 distributed_sampling_decision=True,