diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rb
index 29c889ffbc0..11f1db27d65 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rb
@@ -27,17 +27,6 @@ def internal_request?(request)
             !!(request[Datadog::Core::Transport::Ext::HTTP::HEADER_META_TRACER_VERSION] ||
               request[Datadog::Core::Transport::Ext::HTTP::HEADER_DD_INTERNAL_UNTRACED_REQUEST])
           end
-
-          def should_skip_distributed_tracing?(client_config, trace)
-            unless Datadog.configuration.tracing.apm.enabled
-              return true unless trace
-              return true if trace.non_billing_reject?
-            end
-
-            return !client_config[:distributed_tracing] if client_config && client_config.key?(:distributed_tracing)
-
-            !Datadog.configuration.tracing[:http][:distributed_tracing]
-          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rbs b/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rbs
index 170ff4884c2..bc1a05213ff 100644
--- a/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rbs
+++ b/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker.rbs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ module Datadog
         module CircuitBreaker
           def should_skip_tracing?: (untyped request) -> (true | false)
           def internal_request?: (untyped request) -> bool
-
-          def should_skip_distributed_tracing?: (untyped client_config, Datadog::Tracing::TraceOperation trace) -> bool
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httpclient/instrumentation.rbs b/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httpclient/instrumentation.rbs
index 1225e26961b..ce0f5210536 100644
--- a/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httpclient/instrumentation.rbs
+++ b/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httpclient/instrumentation.rbs
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ module Datadog
 
             def logger: () -> untyped
 
-            def should_skip_distributed_tracing?: (untyped client_config, Datadog::Tracing::TraceOperation trace) -> bool
-
             def set_analytics_sample_rate: (untyped span, untyped request_options) -> (nil | untyped)
           end
         end
diff --git a/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httprb/instrumentation.rbs b/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httprb/instrumentation.rbs
index 4d6035149ae..16a4ba2133f 100644
--- a/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httprb/instrumentation.rbs
+++ b/sig/datadog/tracing/contrib/httprb/instrumentation.rbs
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ module Datadog
 
             def logger: () -> untyped
 
-            def should_skip_distributed_tracing?: (untyped client_config, Datadog::Tracing::TraceOperation trace) -> bool
-
             def set_analytics_sample_rate: (untyped span, untyped request_options) -> (nil | untyped)
           end
         end
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker_spec.rb
index 73923293695..4d656c7ed87 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/circuit_breaker_spec.rb
@@ -91,70 +91,4 @@
       end
     end
   end
-
-  describe '#should_skip_distributed_tracing?' do
-    subject(:should_skip_distributed_tracing?) do
-      circuit_breaker.should_skip_distributed_tracing?(client_config, active_trace)
-    end
-
-    let(:client_config) { nil }
-    let(:distributed_tracing) { true }
-    let(:tracing_apm_enabled) { true }
-    let(:active_trace) { nil }
-    let(:non_billing_reject) { true }
-
-    before do
-      allow(Datadog.configuration.tracing[:http]).to receive(:[]).with(:distributed_tracing).and_return(distributed_tracing)
-      allow(Datadog.configuration.tracing.apm).to receive(:enabled).and_return(tracing_apm_enabled)
-      allow(Datadog::Tracing).to receive(:active_trace).and_return(active_trace)
-      allow(active_trace).to receive(:non_billing_reject?).and_return(non_billing_reject) if active_trace
-    end
-
-    context 'when distributed tracing is enabled' do
-      it { is_expected.to be false }
-    end
-
-    context 'when distributed tracing is disabled' do
-      let(:distributed_tracing) { false }
-
-      it { is_expected.to be true }
-    end
-
-    context 'when non billing mode is enabled' do
-      let(:tracing_apm_enabled) { false }
-
-      context 'when there is no active trace' do
-        it { is_expected.to be true }
-      end
-
-      context 'when there is an active trace' do
-        let(:active_trace) { instance_double(Datadog::Tracing::TraceOperation) }
-
-        context 'when the active trace must be rejected' do
-          it { is_expected.to be true }
-        end
-
-        context 'when the active trace must not be rejected' do
-          # This should act like non-billing mode is disabled, as it does not return in the
-          # `if Datadog.configuration.tracing.apm.enabled` block
-          # so we're only testing the "no client config, distributed tracing enabled" case here
-          let(:non_billing_reject) { false }
-
-          it { is_expected.to be false }
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'given a client config with distributed_tracing disabled' do
-      let(:client_config) { { distributed_tracing: false } }
-
-      it { is_expected.to be true }
-    end
-
-    context 'given a client config with distributed_tracing enabled' do
-      let(:client_config) { { distributed_tracing: true } }
-
-      it { is_expected.to be false }
-    end
-  end
 end