diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3250bd3e38f..6a71b9a0bfe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 - Throw IllegalArgumentException when calling Sentry.init on Android ([#3596](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3596))
 - Metrics have been removed from the SDK ([#3774](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3774))
   - Metrics will return but we don't know in what exact form yet
+- `enableTracing` option (a.k.a `enable-tracing`) has been removed from the SDK ([#3776](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3776))
+  - Please set `tracesSampleRate` to a value >= 0.0 for enabling performance instead. The default value is `null` which means performance is disabled.
 - Change OkHttp sub-spans to span attributes ([#3556](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3556))
   - This will reduce the number of spans created by the SDK
 - `options.experimental.sessionReplay.errorSampleRate` was renamed to `options.experimental.sessionReplay.onErrorSampleRate` ([#3637](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3637))
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
index 4286618d4e6..fd382ceae9d 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ final class ManifestMetadataReader {
   static final String UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION_HANDLER_ENABLE =
       "io.sentry.uncaught-exception-handler.enable";
 
-  static final String TRACING_ENABLE = "io.sentry.traces.enable";
   static final String TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE = "io.sentry.traces.sample-rate";
   static final String TRACES_ACTIVITY_ENABLE = "io.sentry.traces.activity.enable";
   static final String TRACES_ACTIVITY_AUTO_FINISH_ENABLE =
@@ -286,10 +285,6 @@ static void applyMetadata(
                 COLLECT_ADDITIONAL_CONTEXT,
                 options.isCollectAdditionalContext()));
 
-        if (options.getEnableTracing() == null) {
-          options.setEnableTracing(readBoolNullable(metadata, logger, TRACING_ENABLE, null));
-        }
-
         if (options.getTracesSampleRate() == null) {
           final Double tracesSampleRate = readDouble(metadata, logger, TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE);
           if (tracesSampleRate != -1) {
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidOptions.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidOptions.java
index 449834574a4..fb936555e75 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidOptions.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryAndroidOptions.java
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public final class SentryAndroidOptions extends SentryOptions {
    * Enables the Auto instrumentation for Activity lifecycle tracing.
    *
    * <ul>
-   *   <li>It also requires setting any of {@link SentryOptions#getEnableTracing()}, {@link
-   *       SentryOptions#getTracesSampleRate()} or {@link SentryOptions#getTracesSampler()}.
+   *   <li>It also requires setting any of {@link SentryOptions#getTracesSampleRate()} or {@link
+   *       SentryOptions#getTracesSampler()}.
    * </ul>
    *
    * <ul>
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ActivityLifecycleIntegrationTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ActivityLifecycleIntegrationTest.kt
index 8496f0692de..dfbddc3ca47 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ActivityLifecycleIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ActivityLifecycleIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ class ActivityLifecycleIntegrationTest {
     fun `starts new trace if performance is disabled`() {
         val sut = fixture.getSut()
         val activity = mock<Activity>()
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = false
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = null
 
         val argumentCaptor: ArgumentCaptor<ScopeCallback> = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ScopeCallback::class.java)
         val scope = Scope(fixture.options)
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ class ActivityLifecycleIntegrationTest {
     fun `sets the activity as the current screen`() {
         val sut = fixture.getSut()
         val activity = mock<Activity>()
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = false
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = null
 
         val argumentCaptor: ArgumentCaptor<ScopeCallback> = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ScopeCallback::class.java)
         val scope = mock<IScope>()
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ class ActivityLifecycleIntegrationTest {
     fun `does not start another new trace if one has already been started but does after activity was destroyed`() {
         val sut = fixture.getSut()
         val activity = mock<Activity>()
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = false
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = null
 
         val argumentCaptor: ArgumentCaptor<ScopeCallback> = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ScopeCallback::class.java)
         val scope = Scope(fixture.options)
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
index 6ea05c1c0d1..6ab02262c74 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
@@ -672,45 +672,6 @@ class ManifestMetadataReaderTest {
         assertNull(fixture.options.tracesSampleRate)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `applyMetadata reads enableTracing from metadata`() {
-        // Arrange
-        val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.TRACING_ENABLE to true)
-        val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
-
-        // Act
-        ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
-
-        // Assert
-        assertEquals(true, fixture.options.enableTracing)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun `applyMetadata does not override enableTracing from options`() {
-        // Arrange
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = true
-        val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.TRACING_ENABLE to false)
-        val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
-
-        // Act
-        ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
-
-        // Assert
-        assertEquals(true, fixture.options.enableTracing)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun `applyMetadata without specifying enableTracing, stays null`() {
-        // Arrange
-        val context = fixture.getContext()
-
-        // Act
-        ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
-
-        // Assert
-        assertNull(fixture.options.enableTracing)
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `applyMetadata reads enableAutoActivityLifecycleTracing to options`() {
         // Arrange
diff --git a/sentry-android-navigation/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/navigation/SentryNavigationListenerTest.kt b/sentry-android-navigation/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/navigation/SentryNavigationListenerTest.kt
index 8d956b33ddd..e80cc299bdb 100644
--- a/sentry-android-navigation/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/navigation/SentryNavigationListenerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-navigation/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/navigation/SentryNavigationListenerTest.kt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class SentryNavigationListenerTest {
             toRoute: String? = "route",
             toId: String? = "destination-id-1",
             enableBreadcrumbs: Boolean = true,
-            enableTracing: Boolean = true,
+            enableNavigationTracing: Boolean = true,
             enableScreenTracking: Boolean = true,
             tracesSampleRate: Double? = 1.0,
             hasViewIdInRes: Boolean = true,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class SentryNavigationListenerTest {
             return SentryNavigationListener(
                 scopes,
                 enableBreadcrumbs,
-                enableTracing,
+                enableNavigationTracing,
                 traceOriginAppendix
             )
         }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class SentryNavigationListenerTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `onDestinationChanged does not start tracing when tracing is disabled`() {
-        val sut = fixture.getSut(enableTracing = false)
+        val sut = fixture.getSut(enableNavigationTracing = false)
 
         sut.onDestinationChanged(fixture.navController, fixture.destination, null)
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class SentryNavigationListenerTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `onDestinationChanged does not start tracing when tracesSampleRate is not set`() {
-        val sut = fixture.getSut(enableTracing = true, tracesSampleRate = null)
+        val sut = fixture.getSut(enableNavigationTracing = true, tracesSampleRate = null)
 
         sut.onDestinationChanged(fixture.navController, fixture.destination, null)
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class SentryNavigationListenerTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `starts new trace if performance is disabled`() {
-        val sut = fixture.getSut(enableTracing = false)
+        val sut = fixture.getSut(enableNavigationTracing = false)
 
         val argumentCaptor: ArgumentCaptor<ScopeCallback> =
             ArgumentCaptor.forClass(ScopeCallback::class.java)
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 416ea954bbb..e00d4c855ea 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ sentry.logging.minimum-event-level=info
 sentry.logging.minimum-breadcrumb-level=debug
 # Performance configuration
 sentry.traces-sample-rate=1.0
-sentry.enable-tracing=true
 sentry.ignored-checkins=ignored_monitor_slug_1,ignored_monitor_slug_2
 sentry.debug=true
 sentry.graphql.ignored-error-types=SOME_ERROR,ANOTHER_ERROR
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 411fa4ee5f7..862b7372a3c 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ sentry.max-breadcrumbs=150
 sentry.logging.minimum-event-level=info
 sentry.logging.minimum-breadcrumb-level=debug
 sentry.reactive.thread-local-accessor-enabled=true
-sentry.enable-tracing=true
+sentry.traces-sample-rate=1.0
 sentry.enable-backpressure-handling=true
 sentry.enable-spotlight=true
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d23bc409592..f94738a6157 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-webflux/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sentry.max-breadcrumbs=150
 # Logback integration configuration options
 sentry.logging.minimum-event-level=info
 sentry.logging.minimum-breadcrumb-level=debug
-sentry.enable-tracing=true
+sentry.traces-sample-rate=1.0
 spring.graphql.graphiql.enabled=true
 spring.graphql.websocket.path=/graphql
 spring.graphql.schema.printer.enabled=true
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
index aa9b7ecdd8a..c7402eacc29 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ sentry.logging.minimum-event-level=info
 sentry.logging.minimum-breadcrumb-level=debug
 # Performance configuration
 sentry.traces-sample-rate=1.0
-sentry.enable-tracing=true
 sentry.ignored-checkins=ignored_monitor_slug_1,ignored_monitor_slug_2
 sentry.debug=true
 sentry.graphql.ignored-error-types=SOME_ERROR,ANOTHER_ERROR
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
index e2cbaeaa606..c80d9b5d456 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -454,10 +454,6 @@ public SentryTracingCondition() {
       super(ConfigurationPhase.REGISTER_BEAN);
     }
 
-    @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "sentry.enable-tracing")
-    @SuppressWarnings("UnusedNestedClass")
-    private static class SentryEnableTracingCondition {}
-
     @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "sentry.traces-sample-rate")
     @SuppressWarnings("UnusedNestedClass")
     private static class SentryTracesSampleRateCondition {}
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
index c0c54f72af5..c8dec3ce6e8 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             "sentry.proxy.port=8090",
             "sentry.proxy.user=proxy-user",
             "sentry.proxy.pass=proxy-pass",
-            "sentry.enable-tracing=true",
             "sentry.traces-sample-rate=0.3",
             "sentry.tags.tag1=tag1-value",
             "sentry.tags.tag2=tag2-value",
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             assertThat(options.proxy!!.port).isEqualTo("8090")
             assertThat(options.proxy!!.user).isEqualTo("proxy-user")
             assertThat(options.proxy!!.pass).isEqualTo("proxy-pass")
-            assertThat(options.enableTracing).isEqualTo(true)
             assertThat(options.tracesSampleRate).isEqualTo(0.3)
             assertThat(options.tags).containsEntry("tag1", "tag1-value").containsEntry("tag2", "tag2-value")
             assertThat(options.ignoredExceptionsForType).containsOnly(RuntimeException::class.java, IllegalStateException::class.java)
@@ -478,14 +476,6 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `when enable tracing is set to false and traces sample rate is set, creates tracing filter`() {
-        contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.traces-sample-rate=0.2")
-            .run {
-                assertThat(it).hasBean("sentryTracingFilter")
-            }
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `when traces sample rate is set to 0, creates tracing filter`() {
         contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.traces-sample-rate=0.0")
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java b/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
index 39eb420793c..e9420aafa36 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -423,10 +423,6 @@ public SentryTracingCondition() {
       super(ConfigurationPhase.REGISTER_BEAN);
     }
 
-    @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "sentry.enable-tracing")
-    @SuppressWarnings("UnusedNestedClass")
-    private static class SentryEnableTracingCondition {}
-
     @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "sentry.traces-sample-rate")
     @SuppressWarnings("UnusedNestedClass")
     private static class SentryTracesSampleRateCondition {}
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
index fcd292a6102..36ead78217a 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             "sentry.proxy.port=8090",
             "sentry.proxy.user=proxy-user",
             "sentry.proxy.pass=proxy-pass",
-            "sentry.enable-tracing=true",
             "sentry.traces-sample-rate=0.3",
             "sentry.tags.tag1=tag1-value",
             "sentry.tags.tag2=tag2-value",
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             assertThat(options.proxy!!.port).isEqualTo("8090")
             assertThat(options.proxy!!.user).isEqualTo("proxy-user")
             assertThat(options.proxy!!.pass).isEqualTo("proxy-pass")
-            assertThat(options.enableTracing).isEqualTo(true)
             assertThat(options.tracesSampleRate).isEqualTo(0.3)
             assertThat(options.tags).containsEntry("tag1", "tag1-value").containsEntry("tag2", "tag2-value")
             assertThat(options.ignoredExceptionsForType).containsOnly(RuntimeException::class.java, IllegalStateException::class.java)
@@ -479,14 +477,6 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `when enable tracing is set to false and traces sample rate is set, creates tracing filter`() {
-        contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.traces-sample-rate=0.2")
-            .run {
-                assertThat(it).hasBean("sentryTracingFilter")
-            }
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `when traces sample rate is set to 0, creates tracing filter`() {
         contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.traces-sample-rate=0.0")
diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt
index 678dd238cfa..bda8df7824e 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class SentryTracingFilterTest {
         val transactionNameProvider = mock<TransactionNameProvider>()
         val options = SentryOptions().apply {
             dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-            enableTracing = true
+            tracesSampleRate = 1.0
         }
         val logger = mock<ILogger>()
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class SentryTracingFilterTest {
         val parentSpanId = SpanId()
         val sentryTraceHeaderString = "2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904-$parentSpanId-1"
         val baggageHeaderStrings = listOf("sentry-public_key=502f25099c204a2fbf4cb16edc5975d1,sentry-sample_rate=1,sentry-trace_id=2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904,sentry-transaction=HTTP%20GET")
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = false
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = null
         val filter = fixture.getSut(sentryTraceHeader = sentryTraceHeaderString, baggageHeaders = baggageHeaderStrings)
 
         filter.doFilter(fixture.request, fixture.response, fixture.chain)
diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt
index 2b18b386515..36a5ccf1e65 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest {
         val chain = mock<WebFilterChain>()
         val options = SentryOptions().apply {
             dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-            enableTracing = true
+            tracesSampleRate = 1.0
         }
         val logger = mock<ILogger>()
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest {
         val parentSpanId = SpanId()
         val sentryTraceHeaderString = "2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904-$parentSpanId-1"
         val baggageHeaderStrings = listOf("sentry-public_key=502f25099c204a2fbf4cb16edc5975d1,sentry-sample_rate=1,sentry-trace_id=2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904,sentry-transaction=HTTP%20GET")
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = false
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = null
         val filter = fixture.getSut(sentryTraceHeader = sentryTraceHeaderString, baggageHeaders = baggageHeaderStrings)
 
         withMockScopes {
diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt
index 9033028dfcc..742f9c907b5 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ open class App {
             it.dsn = "http://key@localhost/proj"
             it.setDebug(true)
             it.setTransportFactory(transportFactory)
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.isEnableBackpressureHandling = false
         }
     }
diff --git a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt
index ca89c09a124..de5f4f1f48a 100644
--- a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/tracing/SentryTracingFilterTest.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class SentryTracingFilterTest {
         val transactionNameProvider = mock<TransactionNameProvider>()
         val options = SentryOptions().apply {
             dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-            enableTracing = true
+            tracesSampleRate = 1.0
         }
         val logger = mock<ILogger>()
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class SentryTracingFilterTest {
         val parentSpanId = SpanId()
         val sentryTraceHeaderString = "2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904-$parentSpanId-1"
         val baggageHeaderStrings = listOf("sentry-public_key=502f25099c204a2fbf4cb16edc5975d1,sentry-sample_rate=1,sentry-trace_id=2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904,sentry-transaction=HTTP%20GET")
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = false
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = null
         val filter = fixture.getSut(sentryTraceHeader = sentryTraceHeaderString, baggageHeaders = baggageHeaderStrings)
 
         filter.doFilter(fixture.request, fixture.response, fixture.chain)
diff --git a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt
index 0b0d7e6496a..67b2c021f84 100644
--- a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest.kt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest {
         val chain = mock<WebFilterChain>()
         val options = SentryOptions().apply {
             dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-            enableTracing = true
+            tracesSampleRate = 1.0
         }
         val logger = mock<ILogger>()
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class SentryWebFluxTracingFilterTest {
         val parentSpanId = SpanId()
         val sentryTraceHeaderString = "2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904-$parentSpanId-1"
         val baggageHeaderStrings = listOf("sentry-public_key=502f25099c204a2fbf4cb16edc5975d1,sentry-sample_rate=1,sentry-trace_id=2722d9f6ec019ade60c776169d9a8904,sentry-transaction=HTTP%20GET")
-        fixture.options.enableTracing = false
+        fixture.options.tracesSampleRate = null
         val filter = fixture.getSut(sentryTraceHeader = sentryTraceHeaderString, baggageHeaders = baggageHeaderStrings)
 
         withMockScopes {
diff --git a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt
index 316aaf87386..5a2ebb107cc 100644
--- a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/webflux/SentryWebfluxIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ open class App {
             it.dsn = "http://key@localhost/proj"
             it.setDebug(true)
             it.setTransportFactory(transportFactory)
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index 12463f0111a..bccf6a85187 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ public final class io/sentry/ExternalOptions {
 	public fun getDist ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getDsn ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getEnableDeduplication ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
-	public fun getEnableTracing ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun getEnableUncaughtExceptionHandler ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun getEnvironment ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getIdleTimeout ()Ljava/lang/Long;
@@ -482,7 +481,6 @@ public final class io/sentry/ExternalOptions {
 	public fun setEnableDeduplication (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setEnablePrettySerializationOutput (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setEnableSpotlight (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
-	public fun setEnableTracing (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setEnableUncaughtExceptionHandler (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setEnabled (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setEnvironment (Ljava/lang/String;)V
@@ -2802,7 +2800,6 @@ public class io/sentry/SentryOptions {
 	public fun getDist ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getDistinctId ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getDsn ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public fun getEnableTracing ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public fun getEnvelopeDiskCache ()Lio/sentry/cache/IEnvelopeCache;
 	public fun getEnvelopeReader ()Lio/sentry/IEnvelopeReader;
 	public fun getEnvironment ()Ljava/lang/String;
@@ -2928,7 +2925,6 @@ public class io/sentry/SentryOptions {
 	public fun setEnableShutdownHook (Z)V
 	public fun setEnableSpotlight (Z)V
 	public fun setEnableTimeToFullDisplayTracing (Z)V
-	public fun setEnableTracing (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)V
 	public fun setEnableUncaughtExceptionHandler (Z)V
 	public fun setEnableUserInteractionBreadcrumbs (Z)V
 	public fun setEnableUserInteractionTracing (Z)V
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
index b1c5e4bf8a4..728671c43c8 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptions.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public final class ExternalOptions {
   private @Nullable Boolean enableUncaughtExceptionHandler;
   private @Nullable Boolean debug;
   private @Nullable Boolean enableDeduplication;
-  private @Nullable Boolean enableTracing;
   private @Nullable Double tracesSampleRate;
   private @Nullable Double profilesSampleRate;
   private @Nullable SentryOptions.RequestSize maxRequestBodySize;
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ public final class ExternalOptions {
         propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("uncaught.handler.enabled"));
     options.setPrintUncaughtStackTrace(
         propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("uncaught.handler.print-stacktrace"));
-    options.setEnableTracing(propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("enable-tracing"));
     options.setTracesSampleRate(propertiesProvider.getDoubleProperty("traces-sample-rate"));
     options.setProfilesSampleRate(propertiesProvider.getDoubleProperty("profiles-sample-rate"));
     options.setDebug(propertiesProvider.getBooleanProperty("debug"));
@@ -270,14 +268,6 @@ public void setEnableDeduplication(final @Nullable Boolean enableDeduplication)
     this.enableDeduplication = enableDeduplication;
   }
 
-  public @Nullable Boolean getEnableTracing() {
-    return enableTracing;
-  }
-
-  public void setEnableTracing(final @Nullable Boolean enableTracing) {
-    this.enableTracing = enableTracing;
-  }
-
   public @Nullable Double getTracesSampleRate() {
     return tracesSampleRate;
   }
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
index b93161271b7..8c8b445ed74 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ public class SentryOptions {
    */
   private @Nullable Double sampleRate;
 
-  /** Enables generation of transactions and propagation of trace data. */
-  private @Nullable Boolean enableTracing;
-
   /**
    * Configures the sample rate as a percentage of transactions to be sent in the range of 0.0 to
    * 1.0. if 1.0 is set it means that 100% of transactions are sent. If set to 0.1 only 10% of
@@ -912,24 +909,6 @@ public void setSampleRate(Double sampleRate) {
     this.sampleRate = sampleRate;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Whether generation of transactions and propagation of trace data is enabled.
-   *
-   * <p>NOTE: There is also {@link SentryOptions#isTracingEnabled()} which checks other options as
-   * well.
-   *
-   * @return true if enabled, false if disabled, null can mean enabled if {@link
-   *     SentryOptions#getTracesSampleRate()} or {@link SentryOptions#getTracesSampler()} are set.
-   */
-  public @Nullable Boolean getEnableTracing() {
-    return enableTracing;
-  }
-
-  /** Enables generation of transactions and propagation of trace data. */
-  public void setEnableTracing(@Nullable Boolean enableTracing) {
-    this.enableTracing = enableTracing;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns the traces sample rate Default is null (disabled)
    *
@@ -1522,10 +1501,6 @@ public void setEnableDeduplication(final boolean enableDeduplication) {
    * @return if tracing is enabled.
    */
   public boolean isTracingEnabled() {
-    if (enableTracing != null) {
-      return enableTracing;
-    }
-
     return getTracesSampleRate() != null || getTracesSampler() != null;
   }
 
@@ -2635,9 +2610,6 @@ public void merge(final @NotNull ExternalOptions options) {
     if (options.getPrintUncaughtStackTrace() != null) {
       setPrintUncaughtStackTrace(options.getPrintUncaughtStackTrace());
     }
-    if (options.getEnableTracing() != null) {
-      setEnableTracing(options.getEnableTracing());
-    }
     if (options.getTracesSampleRate() != null) {
       setTracesSampleRate(options.getTracesSampleRate());
     }
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/TracesSampler.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/TracesSampler.java
index f85aba1a9bc..5138e685776 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/TracesSampler.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/TracesSampler.java
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 public final class TracesSampler {
-  private static final @NotNull Double DEFAULT_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE = 1.0;
-
   private final @NotNull SentryOptions options;
   private final @NotNull SecureRandom random;
 
@@ -69,15 +67,10 @@ public TracesSamplingDecision sample(final @NotNull SamplingContext samplingCont
     }
 
     final @Nullable Double tracesSampleRateFromOptions = options.getTracesSampleRate();
-    final @Nullable Boolean isEnableTracing = options.getEnableTracing();
-    final @Nullable Double defaultSampleRate =
-        Boolean.TRUE.equals(isEnableTracing) ? DEFAULT_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE : null;
-    final @Nullable Double tracesSampleRateOrDefault =
-        tracesSampleRateFromOptions == null ? defaultSampleRate : tracesSampleRateFromOptions;
     final @NotNull Double downsampleFactor =
         Math.pow(2, options.getBackpressureMonitor().getDownsampleFactor());
     final @Nullable Double downsampledTracesSampleRate =
-        tracesSampleRateOrDefault == null ? null : tracesSampleRateOrDefault / downsampleFactor;
+        tracesSampleRateFromOptions == null ? null : tracesSampleRateFromOptions / downsampleFactor;
 
     if (downsampledTracesSampleRate != null) {
       return new TracesSamplingDecision(
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
index 8932531b070..c61f789da97 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ExternalOptionsTest.kt
@@ -106,13 +106,6 @@ class ExternalOptionsTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `creates options with enableTracing using external properties`() {
-        withPropertiesFile("enable-tracing=true") {
-            assertEquals(true, it.enableTracing)
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `creates options with tracesSampleRate using external properties`() {
         withPropertiesFile("traces-sample-rate=0.2") {
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt
index 4e02fdb6810..a806ca2175e 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/ScopesTest.kt
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ class ScopesTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `continueTrace creates propagation context from headers and returns null if performance disabled`() {
-        val scopes = generateScopes { it.enableTracing = false }
+        val scopes = generateScopes { it.tracesSampleRate = null }
         val traceId = SentryId()
         val parentSpanId = SpanId()
         val transactionContext = scopes.continueTrace("$traceId-$parentSpanId-1", listOf("sentry-public_key=502f25099c204a2fbf4cb16edc5975d1,sentry-sample_rate=1,sentry-trace_id=$traceId,sentry-transaction=HTTP%20GET"))
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ class ScopesTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `continueTrace creates new propagation context if header invalid and returns null if performance disabled`() {
-        val scopes = generateScopes { it.enableTracing = false }
+        val scopes = generateScopes { it.tracesSampleRate = null }
         val traceId = SentryId()
         var propagationContextHolder = AtomicReference<PropagationContext>()
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt
index c914ebc43e6..4f460bd408f 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTest.kt
@@ -130,15 +130,6 @@ class SentryOptionsTest {
         assertTrue(options.isTracingEnabled)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `when enableTracing is set to true tracing is considered enabled`() {
-        val options = SentryOptions().apply {
-            this.enableTracing = true
-        }
-
-        assertTrue(options.isTracingEnabled)
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `by default tracing is considered disabled`() {
         val options = SentryOptions()
@@ -146,17 +137,6 @@ class SentryOptionsTest {
         assertFalse(options.isTracingEnabled)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `when enableTracing is set to false tracing is considered disabled`() {
-        val options = SentryOptions().apply {
-            this.enableTracing = false
-            this.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
-            this.tracesSampler = SentryOptions.TracesSamplerCallback { _ -> 1.0 }
-        }
-
-        assertFalse(options.isTracingEnabled)
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `when there's no cacheDirPath, outboxPath returns null`() {
         val options = SentryOptions()
@@ -354,7 +334,6 @@ class SentryOptionsTest {
         externalOptions.setTag("tag1", "value1")
         externalOptions.setTag("tag2", "value2")
         externalOptions.enableUncaughtExceptionHandler = false
-        externalOptions.enableTracing = true
         externalOptions.tracesSampleRate = 0.5
         externalOptions.profilesSampleRate = 0.5
         externalOptions.addInAppInclude("com.app")
@@ -399,7 +378,6 @@ class SentryOptionsTest {
         assertEquals(java.net.Proxy.Type.SOCKS, options.proxy!!.type)
         assertEquals(mapOf("tag1" to "value1", "tag2" to "value2"), options.tags)
         assertFalse(options.isEnableUncaughtExceptionHandler)
-        assertEquals(true, options.enableTracing)
         assertEquals(0.5, options.tracesSampleRate)
         assertEquals(0.5, options.profilesSampleRate)
         assertEquals(listOf("com.app"), options.inAppIncludes)
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTracingTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTracingTest.kt
index 469608ec2ca..5ff3e8c2445 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTracingTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryOptionsTracingTest.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
-data class TracingEnabledTestData(val enableTracing: Boolean?, val tracesSampleRate: Double?, val tracesSamplerPresent: Boolean, val isTracingEnabled: Boolean)
+data class TracingEnabledTestData(val tracesSampleRate: Double?, val tracesSamplerPresent: Boolean, val isTracingEnabled: Boolean)
 
 /**
  * Test @link{SentryOptions#isTracingEnabled()} with combination of other options.
@@ -18,25 +18,12 @@ class SentryOptionsTracingTest(private val testData: TracingEnabledTestData) {
         @Parameterized.Parameters
         fun data(): Collection<Array<Any>> {
             return listOf(
-                TracingEnabledTestData(null, null, false, false),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(null, 1.0, false, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(false, 1.0, false, false),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(true, 1.0, false, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(null, 0.0, false, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(false, 0.0, false, false),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(true, 0.0, false, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(true, null, false, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(false, null, false, false),
-
-                TracingEnabledTestData(null, null, true, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(null, 1.0, true, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(false, 1.0, true, false),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(true, 1.0, true, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(null, 0.0, true, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(false, 0.0, true, false),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(true, 0.0, true, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(true, null, true, true),
-                TracingEnabledTestData(false, null, true, false)
+                TracingEnabledTestData(null, false, false),
+                TracingEnabledTestData(1.0, false, true),
+                TracingEnabledTestData(0.0, false, true),
+                TracingEnabledTestData(null, true, true),
+                TracingEnabledTestData(1.0, true, true),
+                TracingEnabledTestData(0.0, true, true)
             ).map { arrayOf(it) }
         }
     }
@@ -44,7 +31,6 @@ class SentryOptionsTracingTest(private val testData: TracingEnabledTestData) {
     @Test
     fun `test isTracingEnabled`() {
         val options = SentryOptions().apply {
-            testData.enableTracing?.let { this.enableTracing = it }
             testData.tracesSampleRate?.let { this.tracesSampleRate = it }
             if (testData.tracesSamplerPresent) {
                 this.tracesSampler = SentryOptions.TracesSamplerCallback { samplingContext -> 1.0 }
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTest.kt
index 2c2f1a31d67..09b61399cd9 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTest.kt
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ class SentryTest {
         PlatformTestManipulator.pretendIsAndroid(true)
         Sentry.init(OptionsContainer.create(CustomAndroidOptions::class.java), {
             it.dsn = dsn
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.sampleRate = 1.0
             it.mockName()
             sentryOptions = it
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ class SentryTest {
         PlatformTestManipulator.pretendIsAndroid(false)
         Sentry.init({
             it.dsn = dsn
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.sampleRate = 1.0
         }, false)
 
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ class SentryTest {
     fun `getSpan calls returns child span if globalHubMode is disabled`() {
         Sentry.init({
             it.dsn = dsn
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.sampleRate = 1.0
         }, false)
 
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ class SentryTest {
         val mockProfilesSampler = mock<ProfilesSamplerCallback>()
         Sentry.init {
             it.dsn = dsn
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.isEnableAppStartProfiling = true
             it.profilesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.tracesSampler = mockSampleTracer
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ class SentryTest {
         val mockProfilesSampler = mock<ProfilesSamplerCallback>()
         Sentry.init {
             it.dsn = dsn
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.isEnableAppStartProfiling = true
             it.profilesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.tracesSampler = mockSampleTracer
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ class SentryTest {
         val mockProfilesSampler = mock<ProfilesSamplerCallback>()
         Sentry.init {
             it.dsn = dsn
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.isEnableAppStartProfiling = true
             it.profilesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.tracesSampler = mockSampleTracer
@@ -1138,16 +1138,14 @@ class SentryTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `init does not call app start profiling samplers if enableTracing is false`() {
+    fun `init does not call app start profiling samplers if performance is disabled`() {
         val logger = mock<ILogger>()
-        val mockTraceSampler = mock<TracesSamplerCallback>()
         val mockProfilesSampler = mock<ProfilesSamplerCallback>()
         Sentry.init {
             it.dsn = dsn
-            it.enableTracing = false
+            it.tracesSampleRate = null
             it.isEnableAppStartProfiling = true
             it.profilesSampleRate = 1.0
-            it.tracesSampler = mockTraceSampler
             it.profilesSampler = mockProfilesSampler
             it.executorService = ImmediateExecutorService()
             it.cacheDirPath = getTempPath()
@@ -1155,7 +1153,6 @@ class SentryTest {
             it.setLogger(logger)
         }
         verify(logger).log(eq(SentryLevel.INFO), eq("Tracing is disabled and app start profiling will not start."))
-        verify(mockTraceSampler, never()).sample(any())
         verify(mockProfilesSampler, never()).sample(any())
     }
 
@@ -1175,7 +1172,7 @@ class SentryTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `init creates app start profiling config if isEnableAppStartProfiling and enableTracing is true`() {
+    fun `init creates app start profiling config if isEnableAppStartProfiling and performance is enabled`() {
         val path = getTempPath()
         File(path).mkdirs()
         val appStartProfilingConfigFile = File(path, "app_start_profiling_config")
@@ -1186,7 +1183,7 @@ class SentryTest {
             it.cacheDirPath = path
             it.isEnableAppStartProfiling = true
             it.profilesSampleRate = 1.0
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.executorService = ImmediateExecutorService()
         }
         assertTrue(appStartProfilingConfigFile.exists())
@@ -1199,7 +1196,7 @@ class SentryTest {
         Sentry.init {
             it.dsn = dsn
             it.cacheDirPath = path
-            it.enableTracing = true
+            it.tracesSampleRate = 1.0
             it.tracesSampleRate = 0.5
             it.isEnableAppStartProfiling = true
             it.profilesSampleRate = 0.2
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/TracesSamplerTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/TracesSamplerTest.kt
index 11d58766d62..33c95a09c76 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/TracesSamplerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/TracesSamplerTest.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class TracesSamplerTest {
     class Fixture {
         internal fun getSut(
             randomResult: Double? = null,
-            enableTracing: Boolean? = null,
             tracesSampleRate: Double? = null,
             profilesSampleRate: Double? = null,
             tracesSamplerCallback: SentryOptions.TracesSamplerCallback? = null,
@@ -28,9 +27,6 @@ class TracesSamplerTest {
                 whenever(random.nextDouble()).thenReturn(randomResult)
             }
             val options = SentryOptions()
-            if (enableTracing != null) {
-                options.enableTracing = enableTracing
-            }
             if (tracesSampleRate != null) {
                 options.tracesSampleRate = tracesSampleRate
             }
@@ -53,14 +49,6 @@ class TracesSamplerTest {
 
     private val fixture = Fixture()
 
-    @Test
-    fun `when no tracesSampleRate is set, uses default rate`() {
-        val sampler = fixture.getSut(randomResult = 0.9, enableTracing = true)
-        val samplingDecision = sampler.sample(SamplingContext(TransactionContext("name", "op"), null))
-        assertTrue(samplingDecision.sampled)
-        assertEquals(1.0, samplingDecision.sampleRate)
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `when tracesSampleRate is set and random returns greater number returns false`() {
         val sampler = fixture.getSut(randomResult = 0.9, tracesSampleRate = 0.2, profilesSampleRate = 0.2)