diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts b/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts
index 9bb9de9ce394..3a26ee64fd2a 100644
--- a/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts
+++ b/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_SOURCE,
   continueTrace,
-  getActiveSpan,
   getCurrentScope,
   getDefaultIsolationScope,
   getIsolationScope,
@@ -100,19 +99,13 @@ export function sentryHandle(handlerOptions?: SentryHandleOptions): Handle {
   };
 
   const sentryRequestHandler: Handle = input => {
-    // event.isSubRequest was added in SvelteKit 1.21.0 and we can use it to check
-    // if we should create a new execution context or not.
     // In case of a same-origin `fetch` call within a server`load` function,
     // SvelteKit will actually just re-enter the `handle` function and set `isSubRequest`
     // to `true` so that no additional network call is made.
     // We want the `http.server` span of that nested call to be a child span of the
     // currently active span instead of a new root span to correctly reflect this
     // behavior.
-    // As a fallback for Kit < 1.21.0, we check if there is an active span only if there's none,
-    // we create a new execution context.
-    const isSubRequest = typeof input.event.isSubRequest === 'boolean' ? input.event.isSubRequest : !!getActiveSpan();
-
-    if (isSubRequest) {
+    if (input.event.isSubRequest) {
       return instrumentHandle(input, options);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/test/server/handle.test.ts b/packages/sveltekit/test/server/handle.test.ts
index 150f59ae9bc8..cde6a78f1378 100644
--- a/packages/sveltekit/test/server/handle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sveltekit/test/server/handle.test.ts
@@ -149,53 +149,6 @@ describe('sentryHandle', () => {
       expect(spans).toHaveLength(1);
     });
 
-    it('[kit>=1.21.0] creates a child span for nested server calls (i.e. if there is an active span)', async () => {
-      let _span: Span | undefined = undefined;
-      let txnCount = 0;
-      client.on('spanEnd', span => {
-        if (span === getRootSpan(span)) {
-          _span = span;
-          ++txnCount;
-        }
-      });
-
-      try {
-        await sentryHandle()({
-          event: mockEvent(),
-          resolve: async _ => {
-            // simulating a nested load call:
-            await sentryHandle()({
-              event: mockEvent({ route: { id: 'api/users/details/[id]', isSubRequest: true } }),
-              resolve: resolve(type, isError),
-            });
-            return mockResponse;
-          },
-        });
-      } catch (e) {
-        //
-      }
-
-      expect(txnCount).toEqual(1);
-      expect(_span!).toBeDefined();
-
-      expect(spanToJSON(_span!).description).toEqual('GET /users/[id]');
-      expect(spanToJSON(_span!).op).toEqual('http.server');
-      expect(spanToJSON(_span!).status).toEqual(isError ? 'internal_error' : 'ok');
-      expect(spanToJSON(_span!).data?.[SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_SOURCE]).toEqual('route');
-
-      expect(spanToJSON(_span!).timestamp).toBeDefined();
-
-      const spans = getSpanDescendants(_span!).map(spanToJSON);
-
-      expect(spans).toHaveLength(2);
-      expect(spans).toEqual(
-        expect.arrayContaining([
-          expect.objectContaining({ op: 'http.server', description: 'GET /users/[id]' }),
-          expect.objectContaining({ op: 'http.server', description: 'GET api/users/details/[id]' }),
-        ]),
-      );
-    });
-
     it('creates a child span for nested server calls (i.e. if there is an active span)', async () => {
       let _span: Span | undefined = undefined;
       let txnCount = 0;
@@ -212,7 +165,7 @@ describe('sentryHandle', () => {
           resolve: async _ => {
             // simulating a nested load call:
             await sentryHandle()({
-              event: mockEvent({ route: { id: 'api/users/details/[id]' } }),
+              event: mockEvent({ route: { id: 'api/users/details/[id]', isSubRequest: true } }),
               resolve: resolve(type, isError),
             });
             return mockResponse;