diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b8ed0f2cd0..e9fccf23c43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
+- Remove the deprecated `traceSampling` option (`SentryOptions.setTraceSampling`/`isTraceSampling` and the `io.sentry.traces.trace-sampling` manifest key); use `tracePropagationTargets` to control which outgoing requests get tracing headers ([#6415](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6415))
 - Remove the deprecated user feedback APIs ([#6337](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6337))
   - `UserFeedback` and `Sentry.captureUserFeedback(...)`: use `Sentry.feedback().capture(...)` with `io.sentry.protocol.Feedback` instead
   - `Sentry.captureFeedback(...)`: use `Sentry.feedback().capture(...)` instead
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 b6e802bbd5f..80ca35f8a98 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
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ final class ManifestMetadataReader {
 
   static final String PROFILER_START_ON_APP_START = "io.sentry.traces.profiling.start-on-app-start";
 
-  @ApiStatus.Experimental static final String TRACE_SAMPLING = "io.sentry.traces.trace-sampling";
   static final String TRACE_PROPAGATION_TARGETS = "io.sentry.traces.trace-propagation-targets";
 
   static final String ATTACH_THREADS = "io.sentry.attach-threads";
@@ -474,9 +472,6 @@ static void applyMetadata(
           }
         }
 
-        options.setTraceSampling(
-            readBool(metadata, logger, TRACE_SAMPLING, options.isTraceSampling()));
-
         options.setEnableAutoActivityLifecycleTracing(
             readBool(
                 metadata,
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 6684f8c617d..af61008eb85 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
@@ -1034,31 +1034,6 @@ class ManifestMetadataReaderTest {
     assertTrue(fixture.options.isEnableActivityLifecycleTracingAutoFinish)
   }
 
-  @Test
-  fun `applyMetadata reads traceSampling to options`() {
-    // Arrange
-    val bundle = bundleOf(ManifestMetadataReader.TRACE_SAMPLING to false)
-    val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
-
-    // Act
-    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
-
-    // Assert
-    assertFalse(fixture.options.isTraceSampling)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun `applyMetadata reads traceSampling to options and keeps default`() {
-    // Arrange
-    val context = fixture.getContext()
-
-    // Act
-    ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
-
-    // Assert
-    assertTrue(fixture.options.isTraceSampling)
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun `applyMetadata reads profilesSampleRate from metadata`() {
     // Arrange
diff --git a/sentry-apollo/src/main/java/io/sentry/apollo/SentryApolloInterceptor.kt b/sentry-apollo/src/main/java/io/sentry/apollo/SentryApolloInterceptor.kt
index 3524d32dc1f..cebce80c699 100644
--- a/sentry-apollo/src/main/java/io/sentry/apollo/SentryApolloInterceptor.kt
+++ b/sentry-apollo/src/main/java/io/sentry/apollo/SentryApolloInterceptor.kt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class SentryApolloInterceptor(
   private fun addTracingHeaders(request: InterceptorRequest, span: ISpan?): RequestHeaders {
     val requestHeaderBuilder = request.requestHeaders.toBuilder()
 
-    if (scopes.options.isTraceSampling && !isIgnored()) {
+    if (!isIgnored()) {
       // we have no access to URI, no way to verify tracing origins
       TracingUtils.trace(
           scopes,
diff --git a/sentry-openfeign/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/openfeign/SentryFeignClientTest.kt b/sentry-openfeign/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/openfeign/SentryFeignClientTest.kt
index 5771802c5b8..b556911f774 100644
--- a/sentry-openfeign/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/openfeign/SentryFeignClientTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-openfeign/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/openfeign/SentryFeignClientTest.kt
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class SentryFeignClientTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `when there is an active span, adds sentry trace header to the request`() {
-    fixture.sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
     fixture.sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
     val sut = fixture.getSut()
     sut.getOk()
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ class SentryFeignClientTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `when there is an active span, existing baggage headers are merged with sentry baggage into single header`() {
-    fixture.sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
     fixture.sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
     val sut = fixture.getSut()
 
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@ class SentryFeignClientTest {
   @Test
   fun `when request url not in tracing origins, does not add sentry trace header to the request`() {
     fixture.sentryOptions.setTracePropagationTargets(listOf("http://some-other-url.sentry.io"))
-    fixture.sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
     fixture.sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
     val sut = fixture.getSut()
     sut.getOk()
@@ -420,7 +417,6 @@ class SentryFeignClientTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `adds W3C traceparent header when propagateTraceparent is enabled`() {
-    fixture.sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
     fixture.sentryOptions.isPropagateTraceparent = true
     fixture.sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
     val sut = fixture.getSut()
@@ -433,7 +429,6 @@ class SentryFeignClientTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `does not add W3C traceparent header when propagateTraceparent is disabled`() {
-    fixture.sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
     fixture.sentryOptions.isPropagateTraceparent = false
     fixture.sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
     val sut = fixture.getSut()
diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/OtelSpanWrapper.java b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/OtelSpanWrapper.java
index 80da51f9db7..e502cf7f1f3 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/OtelSpanWrapper.java
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/OtelSpanWrapper.java
@@ -217,12 +217,10 @@ public OtelSpanWrapper(
 
   @Override
   public @Nullable TraceContext traceContext() {
-    if (scopes.getOptions().isTraceSampling()) {
-      final @Nullable Baggage baggage = context.getBaggage();
-      if (baggage != null) {
-        updateBaggageValues(baggage);
-        return baggage.toTraceContext();
-      }
+    final @Nullable Baggage baggage = context.getBaggage();
+    if (baggage != null) {
+      updateBaggageValues(baggage);
+      return baggage.toTraceContext();
     }
     return null;
   }
@@ -249,12 +247,10 @@ private void updateBaggageValues(final @NotNull Baggage baggage) {
 
   @Override
   public @Nullable BaggageHeader toBaggageHeader(@Nullable List<String> thirdPartyBaggageHeaders) {
-    if (scopes.getOptions().isTraceSampling()) {
-      final @Nullable Baggage baggage = context.getBaggage();
-      if (baggage != null) {
-        updateBaggageValues(baggage);
-        return BaggageHeader.fromBaggageAndOutgoingHeader(baggage, thirdPartyBaggageHeaders);
-      }
+    final @Nullable Baggage baggage = context.getBaggage();
+    if (baggage != null) {
+      updateBaggageValues(baggage);
+      return BaggageHeader.fromBaggageAndOutgoingHeader(baggage, thirdPartyBaggageHeaders);
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/OtelSentryPropagatorTest.kt b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/OtelSentryPropagatorTest.kt
index 6b9e733157d..f935d71b329 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/OtelSentryPropagatorTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/OtelSentryPropagatorTest.kt
@@ -261,43 +261,6 @@ class OtelSentryPropagatorTest {
     assertNull(carrier["baggage"])
   }
 
-  @Test
-  fun `does not inject headers if URL in span attributes with tracePropagationTargets set to same url but trace sampling disabled`() {
-    Sentry.init { options ->
-      options.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-      options.setTracePropagationTargets(listOf("sentry.io"))
-      options.isTraceSampling = false
-    }
-    val propagator = OtelSentryPropagator()
-    val carrier = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
-
-    val otelAttributes = Attributes.of(UrlAttributes.URL_FULL, "https://sentry.io/some/path")
-    val sentrySpan = mock<IOtelSpanWrapper>()
-    whenever(sentrySpan.toSentryTrace())
-      .thenReturn(SentryTraceHeader("f9118105af4a2d42b4124532cd1065ff-424cffc8f94feeee-1"))
-    whenever(sentrySpan.toBaggageHeader(anyOrNull()))
-      .thenReturn(
-        BaggageHeader(
-          "sentry-environment=production,sentry-public_key=502f25099c204a2fbf4cb16edc5975d1,sentry-sample_rand=0.456789,sentry-sample_rate=0.5,sentry-sampled=true,sentry-trace_id=df71f5972f754b4c85af13ff5c07017d"
-        )
-      )
-    whenever(sentrySpan.openTelemetrySpanAttributes).thenReturn(otelAttributes)
-    val otelSpanContext =
-      SpanContext.create(
-        "f9118105af4a2d42b4124532cd1065ff",
-        "424cffc8f94feeee",
-        TraceFlags.getSampled(),
-        TraceState.getDefault(),
-      )
-    val otelSpan = Span.wrap(otelSpanContext)
-    spanStorage.storeSentrySpan(otelSpanContext, sentrySpan)
-
-    propagator.inject(Context.root().with(otelSpan), carrier, MapSetter())
-
-    assertNull(carrier["sentry-trace"])
-    assertNull(carrier["baggage"])
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun `does not inject headers if sentry span missing`() {
     val propagator = OtelSentryPropagator()
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt
index 7b50e923b1a..1287bea23b0 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest {
       }
 
       sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-      sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
 
       mockServer.enqueue(
         MockResponse().setBody("OK").setSocketPolicy(socketPolicy).setResponseCode(status.value())
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
index 988824465bb..5e57feaf1c9 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest {
       }
 
       sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-      sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
 
       mockServer.enqueue(
         MockResponse().setBody("OK").setSocketPolicy(socketPolicy).setResponseCode(status.value())
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt
index 7a2e6a0ff4f..b689d5cdde7 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest.kt
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class SentrySpanRestClientCustomizerTest {
       }
 
       sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-      sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
 
       mockServer.enqueue(
         MockResponse().setBody("OK").setSocketPolicy(socketPolicy).setResponseCode(status.value())
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
index c6c7707aab9..9cc7bc5af64 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest {
       }
 
       sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-      sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
 
       mockServer.enqueue(
         MockResponse().setBody("OK").setSocketPolicy(socketPolicy).setResponseCode(status.value())
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
index 29699f61022..5d2a2f1c0cf 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class SentrySpanRestTemplateCustomizerTest {
       }
 
       sentryOptions.dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-      sentryOptions.isTraceSampling = true
 
       mockServer.enqueue(
         MockResponse().setBody("OK").setSocketPolicy(socketPolicy).setResponseCode(status.value())
diff --git a/sentry/api/sentry.api b/sentry/api/sentry.api
index a3a8997fb8c..997689a50e4 100644
--- a/sentry/api/sentry.api
+++ b/sentry/api/sentry.api
@@ -3652,7 +3652,6 @@ public class io/sentry/SentryOptions : io/sentry/transport/RateLimiterConfig {
 	public fun isStartProfilerOnAppStart ()Z
 	public fun isStrictTraceContinuation ()Z
 	public fun isTraceOptionsRequests ()Z
-	public fun isTraceSampling ()Z
 	public fun isTracingEnabled ()Z
 	public fun merge (Lio/sentry/ExternalOptions;)V
 	public fun setAppStartExtender (Lio/sentry/IAppStartExtender;)V
@@ -3778,7 +3777,6 @@ public class io/sentry/SentryOptions : io/sentry/transport/RateLimiterConfig {
 	public fun setTimerExecutorService (Lio/sentry/ISentryExecutorService;)V
 	public fun setTraceOptionsRequests (Z)V
 	public fun setTracePropagationTargets (Ljava/util/List;)V
-	public fun setTraceSampling (Z)V
 	public fun setTracesSampleRate (Ljava/lang/Double;)V
 	public fun setTracesSampler (Lio/sentry/SentryOptions$TracesSamplerCallback;)V
 	public fun setTransactionProfiler (Lio/sentry/ITransactionProfiler;)V
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ISpan.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ISpan.java
index 9c55cdc3201..418b9cdc62b 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ISpan.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ISpan.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ default ISpan startChild(
   /**
    * Returns the trace context.
    *
-   * @return a trace context or {@code null} if {@link SentryOptions#isTraceSampling()} is disabled.
+   * @return a trace context or {@code null} if there is no baggage.
    */
   @Nullable
   @ApiStatus.Experimental
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ default ISpan startChild(
   /**
    * Returns the baggage that can be sent as "baggage" header.
    *
-   * @return BaggageHeader or {@code null} if {@link SentryOptions#isTraceSampling()} is disabled.
+   * @return BaggageHeader or {@code null} if there is no baggage.
    */
   @Nullable
   @ApiStatus.Experimental
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
index 08e2f408824..713930b5aac 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
@@ -411,12 +411,6 @@ public class SentryOptions implements RateLimiterConfig {
    */
   private @NotNull RequestSize maxRequestBodySize = RequestSize.NONE;
 
-  /**
-   * Controls if the `baggage` header is attached to HTTP client integrations and if the `trace`
-   * header is attached to envelopes.
-   */
-  private boolean traceSampling = true;
-
   /**
    * Configures the profiles sample rate as a percentage of sampled transactions to be sent in the
    * range of 0.0 to 1.0. if 1.0 is set it means that 100% of sampled transactions will send a
@@ -2142,33 +2136,6 @@ public void setMaxRequestBodySize(final @NotNull RequestSize maxRequestBodySize)
     this.maxRequestBodySize = maxRequestBodySize;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns whether the `baggage` header is attached to HTTP client integrations and the `trace`
-   * header is attached to envelopes.
-   *
-   * <p>Note: this is an experimental API and will be removed without notice.
-   *
-   * @return true if enabled
-   */
-  @ApiStatus.Experimental
-  public boolean isTraceSampling() {
-    return traceSampling;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Controls if the `baggage` header is attached HTTP client integrations and if the `trace` header
-   * is attached to envelopes. Defaults to false.
-   *
-   * <p>Note: this is an experimental API and will be removed without notice.
-   *
-   * @deprecated please use {{@link SentryOptions#setTracePropagationTargets(List)}} instead
-   * @param traceSampling - if trace sampling should be enabled
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void setTraceSampling(boolean traceSampling) {
-    this.traceSampling = traceSampling;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns the maximum trace file size for each envelope item in bytes.
    *
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryTracer.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryTracer.java
index 781cf51417e..99cbf683659 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryTracer.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryTracer.java
@@ -720,12 +720,10 @@ public void finish(@Nullable SpanStatus status, @Nullable SentryDate finishDate)
 
   @Override
   public @Nullable TraceContext traceContext() {
-    if (scopes.getOptions().isTraceSampling()) {
-      final @Nullable Baggage baggage = getSpanContext().getBaggage();
-      if (baggage != null) {
-        updateBaggageValues(baggage);
-        return baggage.toTraceContext();
-      }
+    final @Nullable Baggage baggage = getSpanContext().getBaggage();
+    if (baggage != null) {
+      updateBaggageValues(baggage);
+      return baggage.toTraceContext();
     }
     return null;
   }
@@ -752,12 +750,10 @@ private void updateBaggageValues(final @NotNull Baggage baggage) {
 
   @Override
   public @Nullable BaggageHeader toBaggageHeader(@Nullable List<String> thirdPartyBaggageHeaders) {
-    if (scopes.getOptions().isTraceSampling()) {
-      final @Nullable Baggage baggage = getSpanContext().getBaggage();
-      if (baggage != null) {
-        updateBaggageValues(baggage);
-        return BaggageHeader.fromBaggageAndOutgoingHeader(baggage, thirdPartyBaggageHeaders);
-      }
+    final @Nullable Baggage baggage = getSpanContext().getBaggage();
+    if (baggage != null) {
+      updateBaggageValues(baggage);
+      return BaggageHeader.fromBaggageAndOutgoingHeader(baggage, thirdPartyBaggageHeaders);
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtils.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtils.java
index 9de7adec4be..d97f1442ac6 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtils.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtils.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public static void setTrace(
       @Nullable List<String> thirdPartyBaggageHeaders,
       final @Nullable ISpan span) {
     final @NotNull SentryOptions sentryOptions = scopes.getOptions();
-    if (sentryOptions.isTraceSampling() && shouldAttachTracingHeaders(requestUrl, sentryOptions)) {
+    if (shouldAttachTracingHeaders(requestUrl, sentryOptions)) {
       return trace(scopes, thirdPartyBaggageHeaders, span);
     }
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/OutboxSenderTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/OutboxSenderTest.kt
index 703f0823c00..f133bbb5a61 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/OutboxSenderTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/OutboxSenderTest.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class OutboxSenderTest {
 
     init {
       whenever(options.dsn).thenReturn("https://key@sentry.io/proj")
+      whenever(options.retrieveParsedDsn()).thenReturn(Dsn("https://key@sentry.io/proj"))
       whenever(options.dateProvider).thenReturn(SentryNanotimeDateProvider())
       whenever(options.threadChecker).thenReturn(NoOpThreadChecker.getInstance())
       whenever(options.continuousProfiler).thenReturn(NoOpContinuousProfiler.getInstance())
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
index 926cf2d2884..259760e1f6b 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class SentryClientTest {
         logs.setLoggerBatchProcessorFactory(loggerBatchProcessorFactory)
         metrics.setMetricsBatchProcessorFactory(metricsBatchProcessorFactory)
         release = "0.0.1"
-        isTraceSampling = true
       }
 
     init {
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTracerTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTracerTest.kt
index 95f19344243..257ec5390eb 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTracerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryTracerTest.kt
@@ -912,7 +912,6 @@ class SentryTracerTest {
   fun `returns trace state`() {
     val transaction =
       fixture.getSut({
-        it.isTraceSampling = true
         it.isSendDefaultPii = true
       })
     fixture.scopes.setUser(User().apply { id = "user-id" })
@@ -931,7 +930,7 @@ class SentryTracerTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `returns trace state without userId if not send pii`() {
-    val transaction = fixture.getSut({ it.isTraceSampling = true })
+    val transaction = fixture.getSut()
     fixture.scopes.setUser(User().apply { id = "user-id" })
     val trace = transaction.traceContext()
     assertNotNull(trace) {
@@ -946,7 +945,7 @@ class SentryTracerTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `trace state does not change once computed`() {
-    val transaction = fixture.getSut({ it.isTraceSampling = true })
+    val transaction = fixture.getSut()
     val traceBeforeUserSet = transaction.traceContext()
     fixture.scopes.setUser(User().apply { id = "user-id" })
     val traceAfterUserSet = transaction.traceContext()
@@ -967,7 +966,6 @@ class SentryTracerTest {
   fun `returns baggage header`() {
     val transaction =
       fixture.getSut({
-        it.isTraceSampling = true
         it.environment = "production"
         it.release = "1.0.99-rc.7"
         it.isSendDefaultPii = true
@@ -996,7 +994,6 @@ class SentryTracerTest {
   fun `returns baggage header without userId if not send pii`() {
     val transaction =
       fixture.getSut({
-        it.isTraceSampling = true
         it.environment = "production"
         it.release = "1.0.99-rc.7"
       })
@@ -1021,7 +1018,6 @@ class SentryTracerTest {
   fun `returns baggage header without userId if send pii and null user`() {
     val transaction =
       fixture.getSut({
-        it.isTraceSampling = true
         it.environment = "production"
         it.release = "1.0.99-rc.7"
         it.isSendDefaultPii = true
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SpanTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SpanTest.kt
index b61e12ad87f..11a4efd5ff5 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SpanTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SpanTest.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class SpanTest {
         .thenReturn(
           SentryOptions().apply {
             dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"
-            isTraceSampling = true
           }
         )
     }
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtilsTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtilsTest.kt
index edfcc361b08..d307f6c30ef 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtilsTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/TracingUtilsTest.kt
@@ -224,38 +224,6 @@ class TracingUtilsTest {
     assertTrue(headers.baggageHeader!!.value.contains("some-baggage-key=some-baggage-value"))
   }
 
-  @Test
-  fun `does not return headers if not trace sampling without span`() {
-    fixture.options.isTraceSampling = false
-    fixture.setup()
-
-    val headers =
-      TracingUtils.traceIfAllowed(
-        fixture.scopes,
-        "https://sentry.io/hello",
-        fixture.preExistingBaggage,
-        null,
-      )
-
-    assertNull(headers)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun `does not return headers if not trace sampling from span`() {
-    fixture.options.isTraceSampling = false
-    fixture.setup()
-
-    val headers =
-      TracingUtils.traceIfAllowed(
-        fixture.scopes,
-        "https://sentry.io/hello",
-        fixture.preExistingBaggage,
-        fixture.span,
-      )
-
-    assertNull(headers)
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun `does not return headers if host is disallowed without span`() {
     fixture.options.setTracePropagationTargets(listOf("some-host-that-does-not-exist"))