diff --git a/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext.go b/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext.go
index fb8ee082..bed5a085 100644
--- a/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext.go
+++ b/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext.go
@@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ func SetOpenTracingTraceID(ctx context.Context, traceID string) context.Context
 	return ctx
 }
 
-// OpenTracingTracer returns the `opentracing.Tracer` associated with `ctx`, or
-// `nil` and `slackerror.ErrContextValueNotFound` if no `Tracer` could be found.
-func OpenTracingTracer(ctx context.Context) (opentracing.Tracer, error) {
-	var tracer, ok = ctx.Value(contextKeyOpenTracingTracer).(opentracing.Tracer)
-	if !ok || tracer == nil {
-		return nil, slackerror.New(slackerror.ErrContextValueNotFound).
-			WithMessage("The value for OpenTracing Tracer could not be found")
-	}
-	return tracer, nil
-}
-
 // SetOpenTracingSpan returns a new `context.Context` that holds a reference to
 // the `opentracing.Tracer`. If tracer is nil, a new context without a tracer returned.
 func SetOpenTracingTracer(ctx context.Context, tracer opentracing.Tracer) context.Context {
diff --git a/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext_test.go b/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext_test.go
index 362a85b5..de3fb1bb 100644
--- a/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext_test.go
+++ b/internal/slackcontext/slackcontext_test.go
@@ -87,33 +87,6 @@ func Test_SlackContext_SetOpenTracingTraceID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_SlackContext_OpenTracingTracer(t *testing.T) {
-	_, _tracer := tracer.SetupTracer(true)
-
-	tests := map[string]struct {
-		expectedTracer opentracing.Tracer
-		expectedError  error
-	}{
-		"returns Tracer when it exists": {
-			expectedTracer: _tracer,
-			expectedError:  nil,
-		},
-		"returns error when Tracer not found": {
-			expectedTracer: nil,
-			expectedError:  slackerror.New(slackerror.ErrContextValueNotFound).WithMessage("The value for OpenTracing Tracer could not be found"),
-		},
-	}
-	for name, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx := t.Context()
-			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, contextKeyOpenTracingTracer, tc.expectedTracer)
-			actualTracer, actualError := OpenTracingTracer(ctx)
-			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedTracer, actualTracer)
-			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedError, actualError)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func Test_SlackContext_SetOpenTracingTracer(t *testing.T) {
 	_, _tracer := tracer.SetupTracer(true)