diff --git a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqClientHooks.java b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqClientHooks.java
index 097c9ff64e61..0528fdd52191 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqClientHooks.java
+++ b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqClientHooks.java
@@ -9,39 +9,21 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.rocketmqclient.v4_8.RocketMqTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.internal.ExperimentalConfig;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.internal.InstrumentationConfig;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.apache.rocketmq.client.hook.ConsumeMessageHook;
 import org.apache.rocketmq.client.hook.SendMessageHook;
 
 public final class RocketMqClientHooks {
 
-  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(RocketMqClientHooks.class.getName());
-
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // call to deprecated method will be removed in the future
   private static final RocketMqTelemetry TELEMETRY =
       RocketMqTelemetry.builder(GlobalOpenTelemetry.get())
           .setCapturedHeaders(ExperimentalConfig.get().getMessagingHeaders())
-          .setPropagationEnabled(
-              InstrumentationConfig.get()
-                  .getBoolean("otel.instrumentation.rocketmq-client.propagation", true))
           .setCaptureExperimentalSpanAttributes(
               InstrumentationConfig.get()
                   .getBoolean(
                       "otel.instrumentation.rocketmq-client.experimental-span-attributes", false))
           .build();
 
-  static {
-    if (InstrumentationConfig.get().getString("otel.instrumentation.rocketmq-client.propagation")
-        != null) {
-      logger.warning(
-          "The \"otel.instrumentation.rocketmq-client.propagation\" configuration property has"
-              + " been deprecated and will be removed in a future version."
-              + " If you have a need for this configuration property, please open an issue in the"
-              + " opentelemetry-java-instrumentation repository:"
-              + " https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues");
-    }
-  }
-
   public static final ConsumeMessageHook CONSUME_MESSAGE_HOOK =
       TELEMETRY.newTracingConsumeMessageHook();
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqInstrumenterFactory.java b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqInstrumenterFactory.java
index 7807a67f58f6..d3a96e0647e6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqInstrumenterFactory.java
+++ b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqInstrumenterFactory.java
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ class RocketMqInstrumenterFactory {
   static Instrumenter<SendMessageContext, Void> createProducerInstrumenter(
       OpenTelemetry openTelemetry,
       List<String> capturedHeaders,
-      boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes,
-      boolean propagationEnabled) {
+      boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes) {
 
     RocketMqProducerAttributeGetter getter = RocketMqProducerAttributeGetter.INSTANCE;
     MessageOperation operation = MessageOperation.PUBLISH;
@@ -49,18 +48,13 @@ static Instrumenter<SendMessageContext, Void> createProducerInstrumenter(
           RocketMqProducerExperimentalAttributeExtractor.INSTANCE);
     }
 
-    if (propagationEnabled) {
-      return instrumenterBuilder.buildProducerInstrumenter(MapSetter.INSTANCE);
-    } else {
-      return instrumenterBuilder.buildInstrumenter(SpanKindExtractor.alwaysProducer());
-    }
+    return instrumenterBuilder.buildProducerInstrumenter(MapSetter.INSTANCE);
   }
 
   static RocketMqConsumerInstrumenter createConsumerInstrumenter(
       OpenTelemetry openTelemetry,
       List<String> capturedHeaders,
-      boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes,
-      boolean propagationEnabled) {
+      boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes) {
 
     InstrumenterBuilder<Void, Void> batchReceiveInstrumenterBuilder =
         Instrumenter.<Void, Void>builder(
@@ -70,17 +64,9 @@ static RocketMqConsumerInstrumenter createConsumerInstrumenter(
 
     return new RocketMqConsumerInstrumenter(
         createProcessInstrumenter(
-            openTelemetry,
-            capturedHeaders,
-            captureExperimentalSpanAttributes,
-            propagationEnabled,
-            false),
+            openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes, false),
         createProcessInstrumenter(
-            openTelemetry,
-            capturedHeaders,
-            captureExperimentalSpanAttributes,
-            propagationEnabled,
-            true),
+            openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes, true),
         batchReceiveInstrumenterBuilder.buildInstrumenter(SpanKindExtractor.alwaysConsumer()));
   }
 
@@ -88,7 +74,6 @@ private static Instrumenter<MessageExt, Void> createProcessInstrumenter(
       OpenTelemetry openTelemetry,
       List<String> capturedHeaders,
       boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes,
-      boolean propagationEnabled,
       boolean batch) {
 
     RocketMqConsumerAttributeGetter getter = RocketMqConsumerAttributeGetter.INSTANCE;
@@ -106,10 +91,6 @@ private static Instrumenter<MessageExt, Void> createProcessInstrumenter(
       builder.addAttributesExtractor(RocketMqConsumerExperimentalAttributeExtractor.INSTANCE);
     }
 
-    if (!propagationEnabled) {
-      return builder.buildInstrumenter(SpanKindExtractor.alwaysConsumer());
-    }
-
     if (batch) {
       SpanLinksExtractor<MessageExt> spanLinksExtractor =
           new PropagatorBasedSpanLinksExtractor<>(
diff --git a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetry.java b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetry.java
index 750054563d03..e13f8eb2225e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetry.java
+++ b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetry.java
@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ public static RocketMqTelemetryBuilder builder(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
   RocketMqTelemetry(
       OpenTelemetry openTelemetry,
       List<String> capturedHeaders,
-      boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes,
-      boolean propagationEnabled) {
+      boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes) {
     rocketMqConsumerInstrumenter =
         RocketMqInstrumenterFactory.createConsumerInstrumenter(
-            openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes, propagationEnabled);
+            openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes);
     rocketMqProducerInstrumenter =
         RocketMqInstrumenterFactory.createProducerInstrumenter(
-            openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes, propagationEnabled);
+            openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java
index 264b564f5f0a..856969aa8ade 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public final class RocketMqTelemetryBuilder {
 
   private List<String> capturedHeaders = emptyList();
   private boolean captureExperimentalSpanAttributes;
-  private boolean propagationEnabled = true;
 
   RocketMqTelemetryBuilder(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
     this.openTelemetry = openTelemetry;
@@ -36,21 +35,6 @@ public RocketMqTelemetryBuilder setCaptureExperimentalSpanAttributes(
     return this;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Sets whether the trace context should be written from producers / read from consumers for
-   * propagating through messaging.
-   *
-   * @deprecated if you have a need for this configuration option please open an issue in the <a
-   *     href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues">opentelemetry-java-instrumentation</a>
-   *     repository.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RocketMqTelemetryBuilder setPropagationEnabled(boolean propagationEnabled) {
-    this.propagationEnabled = propagationEnabled;
-    return this;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Configures the messaging headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
@@ -67,7 +51,6 @@ public RocketMqTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders)
    * RocketMqTelemetryBuilder}.
    */
   public RocketMqTelemetry build() {
-    return new RocketMqTelemetry(
-        openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes, propagationEnabled);
+    return new RocketMqTelemetry(openTelemetry, capturedHeaders, captureExperimentalSpanAttributes);
   }
 }