diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
index 1e45d2035e..b566bb1c88 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
@@ -263,9 +263,6 @@ def response_hook(span: Span, status: str, response_headers: List):
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
-class _TraceContext(typing.NamedTuple):
-    starttime: int
-
 _ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY = "opentelemetry-flask.starttime_key"
 _ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY = "opentelemetry-flask.span_key"
 _ENVIRON_ACTIVATION_KEY = "opentelemetry-flask.activation_key"
@@ -277,16 +274,9 @@ class _TraceContext(typing.NamedTuple):
 if package_version.parse(flask.__version__) >= package_version.parse("2.2.0"):
     def _request_ctx_ref() -> weakref.ReferenceType:
         return weakref.ref(flask.globals.request_ctx._get_current_object())
-    def _request_ctx() -> RequestContext:
-        return flask.globals.request_ctx._get_current_object()
 else:
     def _request_ctx_ref() -> int:
         return weakref.ref(flask._request_ctx_stack.top)
-    def _request_ctx() -> RequestContext:
-        return flask._request_ctx_stack.top
-
-def _get_reqctx():
-    return flask._request_ctx_stack.top
 
 def get_default_span_name():
     try:
@@ -416,16 +406,11 @@ def _before_request():
         activation = trace.use_span(span, end_on_exit=True)
         activation.__enter__()  # pylint: disable=E1101
 
-        reqctx = _get_reqctx()
         flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_ACTIVATION_KEY] = activation
-
         flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_REQCTX_REF_KEY] = _request_ctx_ref()
         flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY] = span
         flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_TOKEN] = token
 
-        reqctx = _get_reqctx()
-        reqctx._test_ref = _request_ctx_ref()
-
         if enable_commenter:
             current_context = context.get_current()
             flask_info = {}
@@ -465,9 +450,6 @@ def _teardown_request(exc):
 
         original_reqctx_ref = flask.request.environ.get(_ENVIRON_REQCTX_REF_KEY)
         current_reqctx_ref = _request_ctx_ref()
-        # tear_request FROM the copy_current_Request_context's teardown
-        if 'asdf' in flask.g:
-            breakpoint()
         if not activation or original_reqctx_ref != current_reqctx_ref:
             # This request didn't start a span, maybe because it was created in
             # a way that doesn't run `before_request`, like when it is created