diff --git a/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/go.mod b/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/go.mod
index fa72d1e80011..16945f933cf2 100644
--- a/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/go.mod
+++ b/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ replace (
 )
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go v0.116.0
 	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.73.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.29.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.29.0
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	cel.dev/expr v0.16.0 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go v0.116.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.11.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.6 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.5.2 // indirect
diff --git a/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/ot_traces_test.go b/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/ot_traces_test.go
index 5d9e61ef541b..148d9f0f5eee 100644
--- a/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/ot_traces_test.go
+++ b/spanner/test/opentelemetry/test/ot_traces_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
-	"cloud.google.com/go/internal/trace"
 	"cloud.google.com/go/spanner"
 	stestutil "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/internal/testutil"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest"
@@ -33,21 +32,11 @@ import (
 func TestSpannerTracesWithOpenTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	te := newOpenTelemetryTestExporter(false, true)
-	old := trace.IsOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled()
-	trace.SetOpenTelemetryTracingEnabledField(true)
 
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		trace.SetOpenTelemetryTracingEnabledField(old)
 		te.Unregister(ctx)
 	})
 
-	if trace.IsOpenCensusTracingEnabled() {
-		t.Errorf("got true, want false")
-	}
-	if !trace.IsOpenTelemetryTracingEnabled() {
-		t.Errorf("got false, want true")
-	}
-
 	minOpened := uint64(1)
 	server, client, teardown := setupMockedTestServerWithConfig(t, spanner.ClientConfig{
 		SessionPoolConfig: spanner.SessionPoolConfig{