diff --git a/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/commands/cli.go b/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/commands/cli.go
index f13b3bada3e..8850132105f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/commands/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/commands/cli.go
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	_ "github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof/http/pprof"
+
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api"
@@ -19,10 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/metrics"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/process"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/server"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ func RunServer(opts standalone.BuildInfo, cli *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Initialize tracing early to ensure it's always available for other services
-	if err := tracing.InitTracing(cfg); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	s, err := server.Initialize(
 		cli.Context,
 		cfg,
diff --git a/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go
index c015569cf8a..f8b340d12df 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
-	"github.com/grafana/dskit/services"
 	jaegerpropagator "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/jaegerremote"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
@@ -29,9 +27,11 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 
+	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/dskit/services"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/errutil"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -105,23 +105,6 @@ func ProvideService(tracingCfg *TracingConfig) (*TracingService, error) {
 	return ots, nil
 }
 
-// InitTracing initializes the tracing service with the provided configuration.
-// Used to initialize tracing early to ensure it's always available for other
-// services, outside of the wire context.
-func InitTracing(cfg *setting.Cfg) error {
-	tracingCfg, err := ParseTracingConfig(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("parse tracing config: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = ProvideService(tracingCfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("initialize tracing: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func NewNoopTracerService() *TracingService {
 	tp := &noopTracerProvider{TracerProvider: noop.NewTracerProvider()}
 	otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)