diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c540316f1e..84a645527d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - Fix `event.origin` and `event.environment` on unhandled exception ([#3041](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3041))
+- Don't pass `enableTracing` from RN to `sentry-cocoa` options ([#3042](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/3042))
 
 ## 5.4.1
 
diff --git a/RNSentryTester/RNSentryTesterTests/RNSentry+initNativeSdk.mm b/RNSentryTester/RNSentryTesterTests/RNSentry+initNativeSdk.mm
index db570468d0..a6acb64294 100644
--- a/RNSentryTester/RNSentryTesterTests/RNSentry+initNativeSdk.mm
+++ b/RNSentryTester/RNSentryTesterTests/RNSentry+initNativeSdk.mm
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryRemovesPerformanceProperties
     NSDictionary *_Nonnull mockedReactNativeDictionary = @{
         @"dsn": @"https://abcd@efgh.ingest.sentry.io/123456",
         @"beforeSend": @"will_be_overwritten",
-        @"enableNativeCrashHandling": @YES,
-
+        @"tracesSampleRate": @1,
+        @"tracesSampler": ^(SentrySamplingContext *_Nonnull samplingContext) {
+          return @1;
+        },
+        @"enableTracing": @YES,
     };
     SentryOptions* actualOptions = [rnSentry createOptionsWithDictionary:mockedReactNativeDictionary error:&error];
 
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryRemovesPerformanceProperties
     XCTAssertNotNil(actualOptions.beforeSend, @"Before send is overwriten by the native RNSentry implementation");
     XCTAssertEqual(actualOptions.tracesSampleRate, nil, @"Traces sample rate should not be passed to native");
     XCTAssertEqual(actualOptions.tracesSampler, nil, @"Traces sampler should not be passed to native");
+    XCTAssertEqual(actualOptions.enableTracing, false, @"EnableTracing should not be passed to native");
 }
 
 - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryNativeCrashHandlingDefault
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryNativeCrashHandlingDefault
     XCTAssertEqual([actualOptions.integrations containsObject:@"SentryCrashIntegration"], true, @"Did not set native crash handling");
 }
 
-- (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryPerformanceTrackingDefault
+- (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryAutoPerformanceTracingDefault
 {
     RNSentry * rnSentry = [[RNSentry alloc] init];
     NSError* error = nil;
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryNativeCrashHandlingEnabled
     XCTAssertEqual([actualOptions.integrations containsObject:@"SentryCrashIntegration"], true, @"Did not set native crash handling");
 }
 
-- (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryPerformanceTrackingEnabled
+- (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryAutoPerformanceTracingEnabled
 {
     RNSentry * rnSentry = [[RNSentry alloc] init];
     NSError* error = nil;
@@ -81,7 +85,6 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryPerformanceTrackingEnabled
     NSDictionary *_Nonnull mockedReactNativeDictionary = @{
         @"dsn": @"https://abcd@efgh.ingest.sentry.io/123456",
         @"enableAutoPerformanceTracing": @YES,
-
     };
     SentryOptions* actualOptions = [rnSentry createOptionsWithDictionary:mockedReactNativeDictionary error:&error];
     XCTAssertNotNil(actualOptions, @"Did not create sentry options");
@@ -97,7 +100,6 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryNativeCrashHandlingDisabled
     NSDictionary *_Nonnull mockedReactNativeDictionary = @{
         @"dsn": @"https://abcd@efgh.ingest.sentry.io/123456",
         @"enableNativeCrashHandling": @NO,
-
     };
     SentryOptions* actualOptions = [rnSentry createOptionsWithDictionary:mockedReactNativeDictionary error:&error];
     XCTAssertNotNil(actualOptions, @"Did not create sentry options");
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryNativeCrashHandlingDisabled
     XCTAssertEqual([actualOptions.integrations containsObject:@"SentryCrashIntegration"], false, @"Did not disable native crash handling");
 }
 
-- (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryPerformanceTrackingDisabled
+- (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryAutoPerformanceTracingDisabled
 {
     RNSentry * rnSentry = [[RNSentry alloc] init];
     NSError* error = nil;
@@ -113,7 +115,6 @@ - (void)testCreateOptionsWithDictionaryPerformanceTrackingDisabled
     NSDictionary *_Nonnull mockedReactNativeDictionary = @{
         @"dsn": @"https://abcd@efgh.ingest.sentry.io/123456",
         @"enableAutoPerformanceTracing": @NO,
-
     };
     SentryOptions* actualOptions = [rnSentry createOptionsWithDictionary:mockedReactNativeDictionary error:&error];
     XCTAssertNotNil(actualOptions, @"Did not create sentry options");
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ - (void)testPassesErrorOnWrongDsn
     NSError* error = nil;
 
     NSDictionary *_Nonnull mockedReactNativeDictionary = @{
-        @"dsn": @"not_a_valid_dsn"
+        @"dsn": @"not_a_valid_dsn",
     };
     SentryOptions* actualOptions = [rnSentry createOptionsWithDictionary:mockedReactNativeDictionary error:&error];
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ - (void)testEventFromSentryCocoaReactNativeHasOriginAndEnvironmentTags
   RNSentry* rnSentry = [[RNSentry alloc] init];
   SentryEvent* testEvent = [[SentryEvent alloc] init];
   testEvent.sdk = @{
-    @"name": @"sentry.cocoa.react-native"
+    @"name": @"sentry.cocoa.react-native",
   };
 
   [rnSentry setEventOriginTag: testEvent];
@@ -154,11 +155,11 @@ - (void)testEventFromSentryReactNativeOriginAndEnvironmentTagsAreOverwritten
   RNSentry* rnSentry = [[RNSentry alloc] init];
   SentryEvent* testEvent = [[SentryEvent alloc] init];
   testEvent.sdk = @{
-    @"name": @"sentry.cocoa.react-native"
+    @"name": @"sentry.cocoa.react-native",
   };
   testEvent.tags = @{
     @"event.origin": @"testEventOriginTag",
-    @"event.environment": @"testEventEnvironmentTag"
+    @"event.environment": @"testEventEnvironmentTag",
   };
   
   [rnSentry setEventOriginTag: testEvent];
diff --git a/ios/RNSentry.mm b/ios/RNSentry.mm
index 35aa601cab..8a0159b18a 100644
--- a/ios/RNSentry.mm
+++ b/ios/RNSentry.mm
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ - (SentryOptions *_Nullable)createOptionsWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *_Nonnull)
     // The user could tho initialize the SDK manually and set themselves.
     [mutableOptions removeObjectForKey:@"tracesSampleRate"];
     [mutableOptions removeObjectForKey:@"tracesSampler"];
+    [mutableOptions removeObjectForKey:@"enableTracing"];
 
     SentryOptions *sentryOptions = [[SentryOptions alloc] initWithDict:mutableOptions didFailWithError:errorPointer];
     if (*errorPointer != nil) {