diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/HttpCommandExecutor.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/HttpCommandExecutor.java
index 8d372992cff08..4dad8b17fe593 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/HttpCommandExecutor.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/HttpCommandExecutor.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.DistributedTracer;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.HttpTracing;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.Span;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -130,8 +127,6 @@ public Response execute(Command command) throws IOException {
       }
     }
 
-    DistributedTracer tracer = DistributedTracer.getInstance();
-
     if (NEW_SESSION.equals(command.getName())) {
       if (commandCodec != null) {
         throw new SessionNotCreatedException("Session already exists");
@@ -155,9 +150,8 @@ public Response execute(Command command) throws IOException {
     }
 
     HttpRequest httpRequest = commandCodec.encode(command);
-    try (Span span = tracer.createSpan(command.getName(), tracer.getActiveSpan())) {
+    try {
       log(LogType.PROFILER, new HttpProfilerLogEntry(command.getName(), true));
-      span.addTag("selenium-sessionid", String.valueOf(command.getSessionId()));
       HttpResponse httpResponse = client.execute(httpRequest);
       log(LogType.PROFILER, new HttpProfilerLogEntry(command.getName(), false));
 
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/ProtocolHandshake.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/ProtocolHandshake.java
index cee90c882c2f7..e5e2c84039dfe 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/ProtocolHandshake.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/ProtocolHandshake.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.DistributedTracer;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.Span;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -99,14 +97,12 @@ private Optional<Result> createSession(HttpClient client, InputStream newSession
 
     HttpResponse response;
     long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    DistributedTracer tracer = DistributedTracer.getInstance();
-    try (Span span = tracer.createSpan("NEW_SESSION", tracer.getActiveSpan())) {
-      request.setHeader(CONTENT_LENGTH, String.valueOf(size));
-      request.setHeader(CONTENT_TYPE, JSON_UTF_8.toString());
-      request.setContent(newSessionBlob);
 
-      response = client.execute(request);
-    }
+    request.setHeader(CONTENT_LENGTH, String.valueOf(size));
+    request.setHeader(CONTENT_TYPE, JSON_UTF_8.toString());
+    request.setContent(newSessionBlob);
+
+    response = client.execute(request);
     long time = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
 
     // Ignore the content type. It may not have been set. Strictly speaking we're not following the
diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/internal/OkHttpClient.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/internal/OkHttpClient.java
index 667875fb9f155..8f2ea9bf25128 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/internal/OkHttpClient.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/internal/OkHttpClient.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.HttpTracing;
 
 import okhttp3.ConnectionPool;
 import okhttp3.Credentials;
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ public HttpClient createClient(URL url) {
                    : response;
           });
 
-          return HttpTracing.decorate(new OkHttpClient(client.build(), url));
+          return new OkHttpClient(client.build(), url);
         }
       };
     }