diff --git a/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/groups.go b/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/groups.go
index aac3c0e0..a25bbb87 100644
--- a/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/groups.go
+++ b/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/groups.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (g *Group) ApplyFilter(ctx context.Context, events []*xatu.DecoratedEvent)
 		return events, nil
 	}
 
-	ctx, span := observability.Tracer().Start(ctx,
+	_, span := observability.Tracer().Start(ctx,
 		"Auth/Group.ApplyFilter",
 		trace.WithAttributes(attribute.Int64("events", int64(len(events)))),
 	)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (g *Group) ApplyFilter(ctx context.Context, events []*xatu.DecoratedEvent)
 }
 
 func (g *Group) ApplyRedacter(ctx context.Context, events []*xatu.DecoratedEvent) ([]*xatu.DecoratedEvent, error) {
-	ctx, span := observability.Tracer().Start(ctx,
+	_, span := observability.Tracer().Start(ctx,
 		"Auth/Group.ApplyRedacter",
 		trace.WithAttributes(attribute.Int64("events", int64(len(events)))),
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/user.go b/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/user.go
index 21b55db6..08871ebe 100644
--- a/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/user.go
+++ b/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/auth/user.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (u *User) ApplyFilter(ctx context.Context, events []*xatu.DecoratedEvent) (
 		return events, nil
 	}
 
-	ctx, span := observability.Tracer().Start(ctx,
+	_, span := observability.Tracer().Start(ctx,
 		"User.ApplyFilter",
 		trace.WithAttributes(attribute.Int64("events", int64(len(events)))),
 	)