diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/opentracing.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/opentracing.adoc
index 03d3be593c7d8f..79e850829723d9 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/opentracing.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/opentracing.adoc
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ To enable it, add the following dependency to your pom.xml:
 ----
 
 It contains the dependencies to convert the request to zipkin format.
-The zipkin compatibility mode will be activate defining the config property as follows:
+The zipkin compatibility mode will be activated after defining the config property as follows:
 
 [source, properties]
 ----
diff --git a/extensions/jaeger/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaeger/runtime/ZipkinReporterProvider.java b/extensions/jaeger/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaeger/runtime/ZipkinReporterProvider.java
index 90c82241a58c37..5f94d47fa4e336 100644
--- a/extensions/jaeger/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaeger/runtime/ZipkinReporterProvider.java
+++ b/extensions/jaeger/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jaeger/runtime/ZipkinReporterProvider.java
@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@
 
 import javax.enterprise.inject.Produces;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
-import javax.interceptor.Interceptor;
-
-import io.quarkus.arc.AlternativePriority;
-import io.quarkus.arc.properties.UnlessBuildProperty;
 
 @Singleton
 public class ZipkinReporterProvider {
     @Produces
     @Singleton
-    @UnlessBuildProperty(name = "quarkus.jaeger.zipkin.compatibility-mode", stringValue = "false", enableIfMissing = false)
-    @AlternativePriority(Interceptor.Priority.APPLICATION + 100)
     public ReporterFactory reporter() {
         return new ZipkinReporterFactoryImpl();
     }