diff --git a/dd-java-agent/src/test/java/datadog/trace/agent/test/IntegrationTestUtils.java b/dd-java-agent/src/test/java/datadog/trace/agent/test/IntegrationTestUtils.java
index af5c22b872..c106179ead 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/src/test/java/datadog/trace/agent/test/IntegrationTestUtils.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/src/test/java/datadog/trace/agent/test/IntegrationTestUtils.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package datadog.trace.agent.test;
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-import io.opentracing.Scope;
 import io.opentracing.Tracer;
 import io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
 import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
 import java.util.jar.JarOutputStream;
@@ -26,18 +24,6 @@ import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 
 public class IntegrationTestUtils {
 
-  public static <T extends Object> Object runUnderTrace(
-      final String rootOperationName, final Callable<T> r) {
-    final Scope scope = GlobalTracer.get().buildSpan(rootOperationName).startActive(true);
-    try {
-      return r.call();
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
-    } finally {
-      scope.close();
-    }
-  }
-
   /** Returns the classloader the core agent is running on. */
   public static ClassLoader getAgentClassLoader() {
     return getTracingAgentFieldClassloader("AGENT_CLASSLOADER");