diff --git a/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/Hello.java b/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/Hello.java
index 6d42db4544..f5c0c7840f 100644
--- a/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/Hello.java
+++ b/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/Hello.java
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-import static spark.Spark.*;
-
-import com.datadoghq.trace.resolver.DDTracerFactory;
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoCollection;
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoDatabase;
 import io.opentracing.ActiveSpan;
 import io.opentracing.Tracer;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import org.bson.Document;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import static spark.Spark.get;
+
 public class Hello {
   private static MongoDatabase mDatabase;
   private static Tracer mTracer;
 
-  public static void main(String[] args) {
-    // Init the tracer from the configuration file
-    mTracer = DDTracerFactory.createFromConfigurationFile();
-    io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer.register(mTracer);
+  public static void main(final String[] args) {
+    // Get the global tracer
+    mTracer = io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer.get();
 
     // initialize the Mongo database
     mDatabase = MongoDriver.getDatabase("rest_spark");
@@ -28,17 +27,17 @@ public class Hello {
           try (ActiveSpan activeSpan = mTracer.buildSpan("spark.request").startActive()) {
             activeSpan.setTag("http.url", req.url());
 
-            String id = req.params(":id");
+            final String id = req.params(":id");
 
             // create a collection
-            Document doc =
+            final Document doc =
                 new Document("name", "MongoDB")
                     .append("type", "database")
                     .append("identifier", id)
                     .append("versions", Arrays.asList("v3.2", "v3.0", "v2.6"))
                     .append("info", new Document("x", 203).append("y", 102));
 
-            MongoCollection<Document> collection = mDatabase.getCollection("calls");
+            final MongoCollection<Document> collection = mDatabase.getCollection("calls");
             collection.insertOne(doc);
 
             // write the count somewhere
diff --git a/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/MongoDriver.java b/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/MongoDriver.java
index 956367a9be..fd0813293f 100644
--- a/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/MongoDriver.java
+++ b/dd-trace-examples/rest-spark/src/main/java/MongoDriver.java
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
 import com.mongodb.MongoClientURI;
 import com.mongodb.client.MongoDatabase;
-import io.opentracing.Tracer;
-import io.opentracing.contrib.mongo.TracingMongoClient;
 
 public class MongoDriver {
 
-  public static MongoDatabase getDatabase(String dbName) {
-    Tracer tracer = io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer.get();
-    MongoClientURI connectionString = new MongoClientURI("mongodb://localhost:27017");
-    MongoClient mongoClient = new TracingMongoClient(tracer, connectionString);
+  public static MongoDatabase getDatabase(final String dbName) {
+    final MongoClientURI connectionString = new MongoClientURI("mongodb://localhost:27017");
+    final MongoClient mongoClient = new MongoClient(connectionString);
     return mongoClient.getDatabase(dbName);
   }
 }