diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-cli-telemetry-disable-sends-no-data.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-cli-telemetry-disable-sends-no-data.integtest.ts
index 46c1a7cc6..0401d56d0 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-cli-telemetry-disable-sends-no-data.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-cli-telemetry-disable-sends-no-data.integtest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT } from './constants';
 import { integTest, withDefaultFixture } from '../../lib';
 
 jest.setTimeout(2 * 60 * 60_000); // Includes the time to acquire locks, worst-case single-threaded runtime
@@ -6,7 +5,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(2 * 60 * 60_000); // Includes the time to acquire locks, worst-c
 integTest(
   'CLI Telemetry --disable does not send to endpoint',
   withDefaultFixture(async (fixture) => {
-    const output = await fixture.cdk(['cli-telemetry', '--disable'], { verboseLevel: 3, modEnv: { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT: TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT } });
+    const output = await fixture.cdk(['cli-telemetry', '--disable'], { verboseLevel: 3 });
 
     // Check the trace that telemetry was not executed successfully
     expect(output).not.toContain('Telemetry Sent Successfully');
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-deploy-telemetry.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-deploy-telemetry.integtest.ts
index 0b684bbd2..8a223b5a6 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-deploy-telemetry.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-deploy-telemetry.integtest.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT } from './constants';
 import { integTest, withDefaultFixture } from '../../lib';
 
 jest.setTimeout(2 * 60 * 60_000); // Includes the time to acquire locks, worst-case single-threaded runtime
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ integTest(
     const deployOutput = await fixture.cdkDeploy('test-1', {
       telemetryFile,
       verboseLevel: 3, // trace mode
-      modEnv: { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT: TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT },
     });
 
     // Check the trace that telemetry was executed successfully
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts
index a81563db7..1a3d7b131 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry-with-errors.integtest.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT } from './constants';
 import { integTest, withDefaultFixture } from '../../lib';
 
 jest.setTimeout(2 * 60 * 60_000); // Includes the time to acquire locks, worst-case single-threaded runtime
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ integTest(
       allowErrExit: true,
       modEnv: {
         INTEG_STACK_SET: 'stage-with-errors',
-        TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT: TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT,
       },
       verboseLevel: 3, // trace mode
     });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts
index 0e80a3a55..24c1ca546 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/cdk-synth-telemetry.integtest.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT } from './constants';
 import { integTest, withDefaultFixture } from '../../lib';
 
 jest.setTimeout(2 * 60 * 60_000); // Includes the time to acquire locks, worst-case single-threaded runtime
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ integTest(
 
     const synthOutput = await fixture.cdk(
       ['synth', fixture.fullStackName('test-1'), '--unstable=telemetry', `--telemetry-file=${telemetryFile}`],
-      { modEnv: { TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT: TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT }, verboseLevel: 3 }, // trace mode
+      { verboseLevel: 3 }, // trace mode
     );
 
     // Check the trace that telemetry was executed successfully
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/constants.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/constants.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c7da0713..000000000
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/cli-integ/tests/telemetry-integ-tests/constants.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export const TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT = 'https://cdk-cli-telemetry.us-east-1.api.aws/metrics';
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/io-host/cli-io-host.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/io-host/cli-io-host.ts
index e9b25f650..3d06b3d77 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/io-host/cli-io-host.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/io-host/cli-io-host.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export class CliIoHost implements IIoHost {
       }
     }
 
-    const telemetryEndpoint = process.env.TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT;
+    const telemetryEndpoint = process.env.TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT ?? 'https://cdk-cli-telemetry.us-east-1.api.aws/metrics';
     if (canCollectTelemetry(args, context) && telemetryEndpoint) {
       try {
         sinks.push(new EndpointTelemetrySink({