diff --git a/docs/e2e-tests.md b/docs/e2e-tests.md
index 8d8528b317..35baa0e7a8 100644
--- a/docs/e2e-tests.md
+++ b/docs/e2e-tests.md
@@ -477,20 +477,6 @@ Do not try to edit it manually.
 - [should include opentelemetry_trust_incoming_spans on directive when enabled](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentelemetry.go#L76)
 - [should not exists opentelemetry_operation_name directive when is empty](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentelemetry.go#L91)
 - [should exists opentelemetry_operation_name directive when is configured](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentelemetry.go#L106)
-### [Configure OpenTracing](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L52)
-- [should not exists opentracing directive](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L62)
-- [should exists opentracing directive when is enabled](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L75)
-- [should include opentracing_trust_incoming_span off directive when disabled](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L89)
-- [should not exists opentracing_operation_name directive when is empty](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L104)
-- [should exists opentracing_operation_name directive when is configured](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L119)
-- [should not exists opentracing_location_operation_name directive when is empty](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L134)
-- [should exists opentracing_location_operation_name directive when is configured](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L149)
-- [should enable opentracing using zipkin](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L164)
-- [should enable opentracing using jaeger](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L176)
-- [should enable opentracing using jaeger with sampler host](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L188)
-- [should propagate the w3c header when configured with jaeger](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L201)
-- [should enable opentracing using jaeger with an HTTP endpoint](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L232)
-- [should enable opentracing using datadog](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/opentracing.go#L245)
 ### [plugins](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/plugins.go#L28)
 - [should exist a x-hello-world header](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/plugins.go#L35)
 ### [[Security] Pod Security Policies](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/main//test/e2e/settings/pod_security_policy.go#L41)
diff --git a/docs/kubectl-plugin.md b/docs/kubectl-plugin.md
index 9e5a5dcc6d..02c4ce0d08 100644
--- a/docs/kubectl-plugin.md
+++ b/docs/kubectl-plugin.md
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ mime.types
 modsecurity
 modules
 nginx.conf
-opentracing.json
 opentelemetry.toml
 owasp-modsecurity-crs
 template
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
index 41a876abfb..bd14e295b6 100755
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/annotations.md
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ You can add these Kubernetes annotations to specific Ingress objects to customiz
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-prefer-server-ciphers](#ssl-ciphers)|"true" or "false"|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/connection-proxy-header](#connection-proxy-header)|string|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-access-log](#enable-access-log)|"true" or "false"|
-|[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-opentracing](#enable-opentracing)|"true" or "false"|
-|[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/opentracing-trust-incoming-span](#opentracing-trust-incoming-span)|"true" or "false"|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-opentelemetry](#enable-opentelemetry)|"true" or "false"|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/opentelemetry-trust-incoming-span](#opentelemetry-trust-incoming-spans)|"true" or "false"|
 |[nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/use-regex](#use-regex)|bool|
@@ -823,24 +821,6 @@ Note that rewrite logs are sent to the error_log file at the notice level. To en
 nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-rewrite-log: "true"
 ```
 
-### Enable Opentracing
-
-Opentracing can be enabled or disabled globally through the ConfigMap but this will sometimes need to be overridden
-to enable it or disable it for a specific ingress (e.g. to turn off tracing of external health check endpoints)
-
-```yaml
-nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-opentracing: "true"
-```
-
-### Opentracing Trust Incoming Span
-
-The option to trust incoming trace spans can be enabled or disabled globally through the ConfigMap but this will
-sometimes need to be overridden to enable it or disable it for a specific ingress (e.g. only enable on a private endpoint)
-
-```yaml
-nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/opentracing-trust-incoming-span: "true"
-```
-
 ### Enable Opentelemetry
 
 Opentelemetry can be enabled or disabled globally through the ConfigMap but this will sometimes need to be overridden
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
index 7038ca90d3..8b10d517e9 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
@@ -134,33 +134,6 @@ The following table shows a configuration option's name, type, and the default v
 |[compute-full-forwarded-for](#compute-full-forwarded-for)|bool|"false"||
 |[proxy-add-original-uri-header](#proxy-add-original-uri-header)|bool|"false"||
 |[generate-request-id](#generate-request-id)|bool|"true"||
-|[enable-opentracing](#enable-opentracing)|bool|"false"||
-|[opentracing-operation-name](#opentracing-operation-name)|string|""||
-|[opentracing-location-operation-name](#opentracing-location-operation-name)|string|""||
-|[zipkin-collector-host](#zipkin-collector-host)|string|""||
-|[zipkin-collector-port](#zipkin-collector-port)|int|9411||
-|[zipkin-service-name](#zipkin-service-name)|string|"nginx"||
-|[zipkin-sample-rate](#zipkin-sample-rate)|float|1.0||
-|[jaeger-collector-host](#jaeger-collector-host)|string|""||
-|[jaeger-collector-port](#jaeger-collector-port)|int|6831||
-|[jaeger-endpoint](#jaeger-endpoint)|string|""||
-|[jaeger-service-name](#jaeger-service-name)|string|"nginx"||
-|[jaeger-propagation-format](#jaeger-propagation-format)|string|"jaeger"||
-|[jaeger-sampler-type](#jaeger-sampler-type)|string|"const"||
-|[jaeger-sampler-param](#jaeger-sampler-param)|string|"1"||
-|[jaeger-sampler-host](#jaeger-sampler-host)|string|"http://127.0.0.1"||
-|[jaeger-sampler-port](#jaeger-sampler-port)|int|5778||
-|[jaeger-trace-context-header-name](#jaeger-trace-context-header-name)|string|uber-trace-id||
-|[jaeger-debug-header](#jaeger-debug-header)|string|uber-debug-id||
-|[jaeger-baggage-header](#jaeger-baggage-header)|string|jaeger-baggage||
-|[jaeger-trace-baggage-header-prefix](#jaeger-trace-baggage-header-prefix)|string|uberctx-||
-|[datadog-collector-host](#datadog-collector-host)|string|""||
-|[datadog-collector-port](#datadog-collector-port)|int|8126||
-|[datadog-service-name](#datadog-service-name)|string|"nginx"||
-|[datadog-environment](#datadog-environment)|string|"prod"||
-|[datadog-operation-name-override](#datadog-operation-name-override)|string|"nginx.handle"||
-|[datadog-priority-sampling](#datadog-priority-sampling)|bool|"true"||
-|[datadog-sample-rate](#datadog-sample-rate)|float|1.0||
 |[enable-opentelemetry](#enable-opentelemetry)|bool|"false"||
 |[opentelemetry-trust-incoming-span](#opentelemetry-trust-incoming-span)|bool|"true"||
 |[opentelemetry-operation-name](#opentelemetry-operation-name)|string|""||
@@ -945,125 +918,6 @@ Adds an X-Original-Uri header with the original request URI to the backend reque
 
 Ensures that X-Request-ID is defaulted to a random value, if no X-Request-ID is present in the request
 
-## enable-opentracing
-
-Enables the nginx Opentracing extension. _**default:**_ is disabled
-
-_References:_
-[https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing](https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing)
-
-## opentracing-operation-name
-
-Specifies a custom name for the server span. _**default:**_ is empty
-
-For example, set to "HTTP $request_method $uri".
-
-## opentracing-location-operation-name
-
-Specifies a custom name for the location span. _**default:**_ is empty
-
-For example, set to "HTTP $request_method $uri".
-
-## zipkin-collector-host
-
-Specifies the host to use when uploading traces. It must be a valid URL.
-
-## zipkin-collector-port
-
-Specifies the port to use when uploading traces. _**default:**_ 9411
-
-## zipkin-service-name
-
-Specifies the service name to use for any traces created. _**default:**_ nginx
-
-## zipkin-sample-rate
-
-Specifies sample rate for any traces created. _**default:**_ 1.0
-
-## jaeger-collector-host
-
-Specifies the host to use when uploading traces. It must be a valid URL.
-
-## jaeger-collector-port
-
-Specifies the port to use when uploading traces. _**default:**_ 6831
-
-## jaeger-endpoint
-
-Specifies the endpoint to use when uploading traces to a collector. This takes priority over `jaeger-collector-host` if both are specified.
-
-## jaeger-service-name
-
-Specifies the service name to use for any traces created. _**default:**_ nginx
-
-## jaeger-propagation-format
-
-Specifies the traceparent/tracestate propagation format. _**default:**_ jaeger
-
-## jaeger-sampler-type
-
-Specifies the sampler to be used when sampling traces. The available samplers are: const, probabilistic, ratelimiting, remote. _**default:**_ const
-
-## jaeger-sampler-param
-
-Specifies the argument to be passed to the sampler constructor. Must be a number.
-For const this should be 0 to never sample and 1 to always sample. _**default:**_ 1
-
-## jaeger-sampler-host
-
-Specifies the custom remote sampler host to be passed to the sampler constructor. Must be a valid URL.
-Leave blank to use default value (localhost). _**default:**_ http://127.0.0.1
-
-## jaeger-sampler-port
-
-Specifies the custom remote sampler port to be passed to the sampler constructor. Must be a number. _**default:**_ 5778
-
-## jaeger-trace-context-header-name
-
-Specifies the header name used for passing trace context. _**default:**_ uber-trace-id
-
-## jaeger-debug-header
-
-Specifies the header name used for force sampling. _**default:**_ jaeger-debug-id
-
-## jaeger-baggage-header
-
-Specifies the header name used to submit baggage if there is no root span. _**default:**_ jaeger-baggage
-
-## jaeger-tracer-baggage-header-prefix
-
-Specifies the header prefix used to propagate baggage. _**default:**_ uberctx-
-
-## datadog-collector-host
-
-Specifies the datadog agent host to use when uploading traces. It must be a valid URL.
-
-## datadog-collector-port
-
-Specifies the port to use when uploading traces. _**default:**_ 8126
-
-## datadog-service-name
-
-Specifies the service name to use for any traces created. _**default:**_ nginx
-
-## datadog-environment
-
-Specifies the environment this trace belongs to. _**default:**_ prod
-
-## datadog-operation-name-override
-
-Overrides the operation name to use for any traces crated. _**default:**_ nginx.handle
-
-## datadog-priority-sampling
-
-Specifies to use client-side sampling.
-If true disables client-side sampling (thus ignoring `sample_rate`) and enables distributed priority sampling, where traces are sampled based on a combination of user-assigned priorities and configuration from the agent. _**default:**_ true
-
-## datadog-sample-rate
-
-Specifies sample rate for any traces created.
-This is effective only when `datadog-priority-sampling` is `false` _**default:**_ 1.0
-
 ## enable-opentelemetry
 
 Enables the nginx OpenTelemetry extension. _**default:**_ is disabled
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/opentracing.md b/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/opentracing.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f5ec59faf5..0000000000
--- a/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/opentracing.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,263 +0,0 @@
-# OpenTracing
-
-Enables requests served by NGINX for distributed tracing via The OpenTracing Project.
-
-Using the third party module [opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing](https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing) the Ingress-Nginx Controller can configure NGINX to enable [OpenTracing](http://opentracing.io) instrumentation.
-By default this feature is disabled.
-
-## Usage
-
-To enable the instrumentation we must enable OpenTracing in the configuration ConfigMap:
-```
-data:
-  enable-opentracing: "true"
-```
-
-To enable or disable instrumentation for a single Ingress, use
-the `enable-opentracing` annotation:
-```
-kind: Ingress
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/enable-opentracing: "true"
-```
-
-We must also set the host to use when uploading traces:
-
-```
-zipkin-collector-host: zipkin.default.svc.cluster.local
-jaeger-collector-host: jaeger-agent.default.svc.cluster.local
-datadog-collector-host: datadog-agent.default.svc.cluster.local
-```
-NOTE: While the option is called `jaeger-collector-host`, you will need to point this to a `jaeger-agent`, and not the `jaeger-collector` component.
-Alternatively, you can set `jaeger-endpoint` and specify the full endpoint for uploading traces. This will use TCP and should be used for a collector rather than an agent.
-
-Next you will need to deploy a distributed tracing system which uses OpenTracing.
-[Zipkin](https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin) and
-[Jaeger](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger) and
-[Datadog](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-opentracing-cpp)
-have been tested.
-
-Other optional configuration options:
-```
-# specifies the name to use for the server span
-opentracing-operation-name
-
-# specifies specifies the name to use for the location span
-opentracing-location-operation-name
-
-# sets whether or not to trust incoming tracing spans
-opentracing-trust-incoming-span
-
-# specifies the port to use when uploading traces, Default: 9411
-zipkin-collector-port
-
-# specifies the service name to use for any traces created, Default: nginx
-zipkin-service-name
-
-# specifies sample rate for any traces created, Default: 1.0
-zipkin-sample-rate
-
-# specifies the port to use when uploading traces, Default: 6831
-jaeger-collector-port
-
-# specifies the endpoint to use when uploading traces to a collector instead of an agent
-jaeger-endpoint
-
-# specifies the service name to use for any traces created, Default: nginx
-jaeger-service-name
-
-# specifies the traceparent/tracestate propagation format
-jaeger-propagation-format
-
-# specifies the sampler to be used when sampling traces.
-# The available samplers are: const, probabilistic, ratelimiting, remote, Default: const
-jaeger-sampler-type
-
-# specifies the argument to be passed to the sampler constructor, Default: 1
-jaeger-sampler-param
-
-# Specifies the custom remote sampler host to be passed to the sampler constructor. Must be a valid URL.
-# Default: http://127.0.0.1
-jaeger-sampler-host
-
-# Specifies the custom remote sampler port to be passed to the sampler constructor. Must be a number. Default: 5778
-jaeger-sampler-port
-
-# Specifies the header name used for passing trace context. Must be a string. Default: uber-trace-id
-jaeger-trace-context-header-name
-
-# Specifies the header name used for force sampling. Must be a string. Default: jaeger-debug-id
-jaeger-debug-header
-
-# Specifies the header name used to submit baggage if there is no root span. Must be a string. Default: jaeger-baggage
-jaeger-baggage-header
-
-# Specifies the header prefix used to propagate baggage. Must be a string. Default: uberctx-
-jaeger-tracer-baggage-header-prefix
-
-# specifies the port to use when uploading traces, Default 8126
-datadog-collector-port
-
-# specifies the service name to use for any traces created, Default: nginx
-datadog-service-name
-
-# specifies the environment this trace belongs to, Default: prod
-datadog-environment
-
-# specifies the operation name to use for any traces collected, Default: nginx.handle
-datadog-operation-name-override
-
-# Specifies to use client-side sampling for distributed priority sampling and ignore sample rate, Default: true
-datadog-priority-sampling
-
-# specifies sample rate for any traces created, Default: 1.0
-datadog-sample-rate
-```
-
-All these options (including host) allow environment variables, such as `$HOSTNAME` or `$HOST_IP`. In the case of Jaeger, if you have a Jaeger agent running on each machine in your cluster, you can use something like `$HOST_IP` (which can be 'mounted' with the `status.hostIP` fieldpath, as described [here](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/downward-api-volume-expose-pod-information/#capabilities-of-the-downward-api)) to make sure traces will be sent to the local agent.
-
-
-Note that you can also set whether to trust incoming spans (global default is true) per-location using annotations like the following:
-```
-kind: Ingress
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/opentracing-trust-incoming-span: "true"
-```
-
-## Examples
-
-The following examples show how to deploy and test different distributed tracing systems. These example can be performed using Minikube.
-
-### Zipkin
-
-In the [rnburn/zipkin-date-server](https://github.com/rnburn/zipkin-date-server)
-GitHub repository is an example of a dockerized date service. To install the example and Zipkin collector run:
-
-```
-kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rnburn/zipkin-date-server/master/kubernetes/zipkin.yaml
-kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rnburn/zipkin-date-server/master/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
-```
-
-Also we need to configure the Ingress-NGINX controller ConfigMap with the required values:
-
-```
-$ echo '
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-data:
-  enable-opentracing: "true"
-  zipkin-collector-host: zipkin.default.svc.cluster.local
-metadata:
-  name: ingress-nginx-controller
-  namespace: kube-system
-' | kubectl replace -f -
-```
-
-In the Zipkin interface we can see the details:
-![zipkin screenshot](../../images/zipkin-demo.png "zipkin collector screenshot")
-
-### Jaeger
-
-1. Enable Ingress addon in Minikube:
-    ```
-    $ minikube addons enable ingress
-    ```
-
-2. Add Minikube IP to /etc/hosts:
-    ```
-    $ echo "$(minikube ip) example.com" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
-    ```
-
-3. Apply a basic Service and Ingress Resource:
-    ```
-    # Create Echoheaders Deployment
-    $ kubectl run echoheaders --image=registry.k8s.io/echoserver:1.4 --replicas=1 --port=8080
-
-    # Expose as a Cluster-IP
-    $ kubectl expose deployment echoheaders --port=80 --target-port=8080 --name=echoheaders-x
-
-    # Apply the Ingress Resource
-    $ echo '
-      apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-      kind: Ingress
-      metadata:
-        name: echo-ingress
-      spec:
-        ingressClassName: nginx
-        rules:
-        - host: example.com
-          http:
-            paths:
-            - path: /echo
-              pathType: Prefix
-              backend:
-                service:
-                  name: echoheaders-x
-                  port:
-                    number: 80
-      ' | kubectl apply -f -
-    ```
-
-4. Enable OpenTracing and set the jaeger-collector-host:
-    ```
-    $ echo '
-      apiVersion: v1
-      kind: ConfigMap
-      data:
-        enable-opentracing: "true"
-        jaeger-collector-host: jaeger-agent.default.svc.cluster.local
-      metadata:
-        name: ingress-nginx-controller
-        namespace: kube-system
-      ' | kubectl replace -f -
-    ```
-
-5. Apply the Jaeger All-In-One Template:
-    ```
-    $ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-kubernetes/master/all-in-one/jaeger-all-in-one-template.yml
-    ```
-
-6. Make a few requests to the Service:
-    ```
-    $ curl example.com/echo -d "meow"
-
-    CLIENT VALUES:
-    client_address=172.17.0.5
-    command=POST
-    real path=/echo
-    query=nil
-    request_version=1.1
-    request_uri=http://example.com:8080/echo
-
-    SERVER VALUES:
-    server_version=nginx: 1.10.0 - lua: 10001
-
-    HEADERS RECEIVED:
-    accept=*/*
-    connection=close
-    content-length=4
-    content-type=application/x-www-form-urlencoded
-    host=example.com
-    user-agent=curl/7.54.0
-    x-forwarded-for=192.168.99.1
-    x-forwarded-host=example.com
-    x-forwarded-port=80
-    x-forwarded-proto=http
-    x-original-uri=/echo
-    x-real-ip=192.168.99.1
-    x-scheme=http
-    BODY:
-    meow
-    ```
-
-7. View the Jaeger UI:
-    ```
-    $ minikube service jaeger-query --url
-
-    http://192.168.99.100:30183
-    ```
-
-    In the Jaeger interface we can see the details:
-    ![jaeger screenshot](../../images/jaeger-demo.png "jaeger collector screenshot")
diff --git a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.sum b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.sum
index 004bd7d962..2b54c0cce3 100644
--- a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.sum
+++ b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.sum
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7J
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10 h1:naR28SdDFlqrG6kScpT8VWpu1xWY5nJRCF3XaYyBjhI=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:RsS8tutOdbdgzbPtzzATp12yT7kM5I5aElG3evPbQ0M=
-github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFStlNbqXla1AfSYxPUl2o=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
diff --git a/images/nginx/README.md b/images/nginx/README.md
index da6994fb53..bf97a987dc 100644
--- a/images/nginx/README.md
+++ b/images/nginx/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ This custom image contains:
 - [ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module](https://github.com/yaoweibin/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module)
 - [OpenTelemetry-CPP](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp)
 - [OpenTelemetry-CPP-Nginx](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib/tree/main/instrumentation/nginx)
-- [nginx-opentracing](https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing)
-- [opentracing-cpp](https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-cpp)
-- [zipkin-cpp-opentracing](https://github.com/rnburn/zipkin-cpp-opentracing)
-- [dd-opentracing-cpp](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-opentracing-cpp)
 - [ModSecurity-nginx](https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity-nginx) (only supported in x86_64)
 - [brotli](https://github.com/google/brotli)
 - [geoip2](https://github.com/leev/ngx_http_geoip2_module)
diff --git a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
index cd319a0b95..a875efded1 100755
--- a/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
+++ b/images/nginx/rootfs/build.sh
@@ -35,15 +35,6 @@ export NGINX_DIGEST_AUTH=1.0.0
 # Check for recent changes: https://github.com/yaoweibin/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module/compare/v0.6.4...master
 export NGINX_SUBSTITUTIONS=b8a71eacc7f986ba091282ab8b1bbbc6ae1807e0
 
-# Check for recent changes: https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing/compare/v0.19.0...master
-export NGINX_OPENTRACING_VERSION=0.19.0
-
-#Check for recent changes: https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-cpp/compare/v1.6.0...master
-export OPENTRACING_CPP_VERSION=f86b33f3d9e7322b1298ba62d5ffa7a9519c4c41
-
-# Check for recent changes: https://github.com/rnburn/zipkin-cpp-opentracing/compare/v0.5.2...master
-export ZIPKIN_CPP_VERSION=f69593138ff84ca2f6bc115992e18ca3d35f344a
-
 # Check for recent changes: https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/compare/yaml-cpp-0.7.0...master
 export YAML_CPP_VERSION=yaml-cpp-0.7.0
 
@@ -53,9 +44,6 @@ export JAEGER_VERSION=0.7.0
 # Check for recent changes: https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/compare/cpp-3.3.0...master
 export MSGPACK_VERSION=3.3.0
 
-# Check for recent changes: https://github.com/DataDog/dd-opentracing-cpp/compare/v1.3.7...master
-export DATADOG_CPP_VERSION=1.3.7
-
 # Check for recent changes: https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity-nginx/compare/v1.0.3...master
 export MODSECURITY_VERSION=1.0.3
 
@@ -213,15 +201,6 @@ get_src f09851e6309560a8ff3e901548405066c83f1f6ff88aa7171e0763bd9514762b \
 get_src a98b48947359166326d58700ccdc27256d2648218072da138ab6b47de47fbd8f \
         "https://github.com/yaoweibin/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module/archive/$NGINX_SUBSTITUTIONS.tar.gz"
 
-get_src 6f97776ebdf019b105a755c7736b70bdbd7e575c7f0d39db5fe127873c7abf17 \
-        "https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing/archive/v$NGINX_OPENTRACING_VERSION.tar.gz"
-
-get_src cbe625cba85291712253db5bc3870d60c709acfad9a8af5a302673d3d201e3ea \
-        "https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-cpp/archive/$OPENTRACING_CPP_VERSION.tar.gz"
-
-get_src 71de3d0658935db7ccea20e006b35e58ddc7e4c18878b9523f2addc2371e9270 \
-        "https://github.com/rnburn/zipkin-cpp-opentracing/archive/$ZIPKIN_CPP_VERSION.tar.gz"
-
 get_src 32a42256616cc674dca24c8654397390adff15b888b77eb74e0687f023c8751b \
         "https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity-nginx/archive/v$MODSECURITY_VERSION.tar.gz"
 
@@ -259,9 +238,6 @@ get_src 77bbcbb24c3c78f51560017288f3118d995fe71240aa379f5818ff6b166712ff \
         "https://github.com/openresty/luajit2/archive/v$LUAJIT_VERSION.tar.gz"
 fi
 
-get_src 8d39c6b23f941a2d11571daaccc04e69539a3fcbcc50a631837560d5861a7b96 \
-        "https://github.com/DataDog/dd-opentracing-cpp/archive/v$DATADOG_CPP_VERSION.tar.gz"
-
 get_src b6c9c09fd43eb34a71e706ad780b2ead26549a9a9f59280fe558f5b7b980b7c6 \
         "https://github.com/leev/ngx_http_geoip2_module/archive/$GEOIP2_VERSION.tar.gz"
 
@@ -340,21 +316,6 @@ cd "$BUILD_PATH"
 # Git tuning
 git config --global --add core.compression -1
 
-# build opentracing lib
-cd "$BUILD_PATH/opentracing-cpp-$OPENTRACING_CPP_VERSION"
-mkdir .build
-cd .build
-
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
-      -DBUILD_MOCKTRACER=OFF \
-      -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
-      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=true \
-      ..
-
-make
-make install
 
 # build yaml-cpp
 # TODO @timmysilv: remove this and jaeger sed calls once it is fixed in jaeger-client-cpp
@@ -372,68 +333,6 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 make
 make install
 
-# build jaeger lib
-cd "$BUILD_PATH/jaeger-client-cpp-$JAEGER_VERSION"
-sed -i 's/-Werror/-Wno-psabi/' CMakeLists.txt
-# use the above built yaml-cpp instead until a new version of jaeger-client-cpp fixes the yaml-cpp issue
-# tl;dr new hunter is needed for new yaml-cpp, but new hunter has a conflict with old Thrift and new Boost
-sed -i 's/hunter_add_package(yaml-cpp)/#hunter_add_package(yaml-cpp)/' CMakeLists.txt
-sed -i 's/yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp/' CMakeLists.txt
-
-cat <<EOF > export.map
-{
-    global:
-        OpenTracingMakeTracerFactory;
-    local: *;
-};
-EOF
-
-mkdir .build
-cd .build
-
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-      -DJAEGERTRACING_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-      -DJAEGERTRACING_BUILD_CROSSDOCK=OFF \
-      -DJAEGERTRACING_COVERAGE=OFF \
-      -DJAEGERTRACING_PLUGIN=ON \
-      -DHUNTER_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=Release \
-      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
-      -DJAEGERTRACING_WITH_YAML_CPP=ON \
-      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=true \
-      ..
-
-make
-make install
-
-export HUNTER_INSTALL_DIR=$(cat _3rdParty/Hunter/install-root-dir) \
-
-mv libjaegertracing_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/libjaegertracing_plugin.so
-
-
-# build zipkin lib
-cd "$BUILD_PATH/zipkin-cpp-opentracing-$ZIPKIN_CPP_VERSION"
-
-cat <<EOF > export.map
-{
-    global:
-        OpenTracingMakeTracerFactory;
-    local: *;
-};
-EOF
-
-mkdir .build
-cd .build
-
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
-      -DBUILD_PLUGIN=ON \
-      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=true \
-      ..
-
-make
-make install
 
 # build msgpack lib
 cd "$BUILD_PATH/msgpack-c-cpp-$MSGPACK_VERSION"
@@ -449,20 +348,6 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 make
 make install
 
-# build datadog lib
-cd "$BUILD_PATH/dd-opentracing-cpp-$DATADOG_CPP_VERSION"
-
-mkdir .build
-cd .build
-
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=true \
-      ..
-
-make
-make install
-
 # Get Brotli source and deps
 cd "$BUILD_PATH"
 git clone --depth=100 https://github.com/google/ngx_brotli.git
@@ -626,7 +511,6 @@ WITH_MODULES=" \
   --add-module=$BUILD_PATH/stream-lua-nginx-module-$LUA_STREAM_NGX_VERSION \
   --add-module=$BUILD_PATH/lua-upstream-nginx-module-$LUA_UPSTREAM_VERSION \
   --add-dynamic-module=$BUILD_PATH/nginx-http-auth-digest-$NGINX_DIGEST_AUTH \
-  --add-dynamic-module=$BUILD_PATH/nginx-opentracing-$NGINX_OPENTRACING_VERSION/opentracing \
   --add-dynamic-module=$BUILD_PATH/ModSecurity-nginx-$MODSECURITY_VERSION \
   --add-dynamic-module=$BUILD_PATH/ngx_http_geoip2_module-${GEOIP2_VERSION} \
   --add-dynamic-module=$BUILD_PATH/ngx_brotli"