diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix
index b38b35361cf0..12e27ef26ff3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ let
     ++ lib.optional (cfg.settings ? oidc_providers) "oidc"
     ++ lib.optional (cfg.settings ? jwt_config) "jwt"
     ++ lib.optional (cfg.settings ? saml2_config) "saml2"
-    ++ lib.optional (cfg.settings ? opentracing) "opentracing"
     ++ lib.optional (cfg.settings ? redis) "redis"
     ++ lib.optional (cfg.settings ? sentry) "sentry"
     ++ lib.optional (cfg.settings ? user_directory) "user-search"
@@ -334,7 +333,6 @@ in {
           [
             "cache-memory" # Provide statistics about caching memory consumption
             "jwt"          # JSON Web Token authentication
-            "opentracing"  # End-to-end tracing support using Jaeger
             "oidc"         # OpenID Connect authentication
             "postgres"     # PostgreSQL database backend
             "redis"        # Redis support for the replication stream between worker processes
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix
index 04077ad2c261..9de7a7e093f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sentry = [
       sentry-sdk
     ];
-    opentracing = [
-      jaeger-client
-      opentracing
-    ];
     jwt = [
       authlib
     ];