diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle
index 7725097754..ced9933b5d 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/instrumentation.gradle
@@ -48,12 +48,10 @@ subprojects {Project subProj ->
       compile project(':dd-trace-api')
       compile project(':dd-java-agent:agent-tooling')
       compile deps.bytebuddy
-      compile deps.opentracing
       if(jdkCompile) {
         "$jdkCompile" project(':dd-trace-api')
         "$jdkCompile" project(':dd-java-agent:agent-tooling')
         "$jdkCompile" deps.bytebuddy
-        "$jdkCompile" deps.opentracing
       }
       annotationProcessor deps.autoservice
       implementation deps.autoservice
@@ -80,10 +78,8 @@ dependencies {
 
 configurations {
   // exclude bootstrap dependencies from shadowJar
-  runtime.exclude module: deps.opentracing
   runtime.exclude module: deps.slf4j
   runtime.exclude group: 'org.slf4j'
-  runtime.exclude group: 'io.opentracing'
 }
 
 shadowJar {