diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5253a4e..f4f7547 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 dependencies = [
-  "ddtrace>=1.9.0,<2.20.0",
   "duckdb>=0.9.0",
   "django>=4.0",
   "openpyxl>=3.1.0",
diff --git a/xocto/tracing.py b/xocto/tracing.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 685bd1c..0000000
--- a/xocto/tracing.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import ddtrace
-
-
-tracer = ddtrace.tracer
-wrap = tracer.wrap
-
-
-def set_tags(tags: dict[str | bytes, str]) -> None:
-    """
-    Set multiple tags on the current span.
-    """
-    span = tracer.current_span()
-    if span:
-        span.set_tags(tags)
-
-
-def set_tag(key: str, value: object) -> None:
-    """
-    Set a tag on the current span.
-    """
-    span = tracer.current_span()
-    if span:
-        span.set_tag(key, value)
-
-
-def set_global_tag(key: str, value: object) -> None:
-    """
-    Set a tag on the current root span.
-
-    These tags will be associated to the entire Datadog trace.
-    """
-    span = tracer.current_root_span()
-    if span:
-        span.set_tag(key, value)