diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go
index aac3a453571..c86a1d00c30 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func (ng *AlertNG) init() error {
 	evalFactory := eval.NewEvaluatorFactory(ng.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting, ng.DataSourceCache, ng.ExpressionService)
 	conditionValidator := eval.NewConditionValidator(ng.DataSourceCache, ng.ExpressionService, ng.pluginsStore)
 
-	recordingWriter, err := createRecordingWriter(ng.FeatureToggles, ng.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting.RecordingRules, ng.httpClientProvider, clk, ng.tracer, ng.Metrics.GetRemoteWriterMetrics())
+	recordingWriter, err := createRecordingWriter(ng.FeatureToggles, ng.Cfg.UnifiedAlerting.RecordingRules, ng.httpClientProvider, clk, ng.Metrics.GetRemoteWriterMetrics())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize recording writer: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -663,11 +663,11 @@ func createRemoteAlertmanager(cfg remote.AlertmanagerConfig, kvstore kvstore.KVS
 	return remote.NewAlertmanager(cfg, notifier.NewFileStore(cfg.OrgID, kvstore), decryptFn, autogenFn, m, tracer)
 }
 
-func createRecordingWriter(featureToggles featuremgmt.FeatureToggles, settings setting.RecordingRuleSettings, httpClientProvider httpclient.Provider, clock clock.Clock, tracer tracing.Tracer, m *metrics.RemoteWriter) (schedule.RecordingWriter, error) {
+func createRecordingWriter(featureToggles featuremgmt.FeatureToggles, settings setting.RecordingRuleSettings, httpClientProvider httpclient.Provider, clock clock.Clock, m *metrics.RemoteWriter) (schedule.RecordingWriter, error) {
 	logger := log.New("ngalert.writer")
 
 	if featureToggles.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagGrafanaManagedRecordingRules) {
-		return writer.NewPrometheusWriter(settings, httpClientProvider, clock, tracer, logger, m)
+		return writer.NewPrometheusWriter(settings, httpClientProvider, clock, logger, m)
 	}
 
 	return writer.NoopWriter{}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/recording_rule_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/recording_rule_test.go
index c46144c6d58..8dba179927d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/recording_rule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/recording_rule_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/httpclient"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/expr"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/metrics"
 	models "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
@@ -532,7 +531,7 @@ func withQueryForHealth(health string) models.AlertRuleMutator {
 func setupWriter(t *testing.T, target *writer.TestRemoteWriteTarget, reg prometheus.Registerer) *writer.PrometheusWriter {
 	provider := testClientProvider{}
 	m := metrics.NewNGAlert(reg)
-	wr, err := writer.NewPrometheusWriter(target.ClientSettings(), provider, clock.NewMock(), tracing.InitializeTracerForTest(), log.NewNopLogger(), m.GetRemoteWriterMetrics())
+	wr, err := writer.NewPrometheusWriter(target.ClientSettings(), provider, clock.NewMock(), log.NewNopLogger(), m.GetRemoteWriterMetrics())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return wr
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/writer/prom.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/writer/prom.go
index b01baf5197e..ef860a599e7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/writer/prom.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/writer/prom.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
 	"github.com/grafana/dataplane/sdata/numeric"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/metrics"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ func NewPrometheusWriter(
 	settings setting.RecordingRuleSettings,
 	httpClientProvider HttpClientProvider,
 	clock clock.Clock,
-	tracer tracing.Tracer,
 	l log.Logger,
 	metrics *metrics.RemoteWriter,
 ) (*PrometheusWriter, error) {
@@ -119,14 +117,9 @@ func NewPrometheusWriter(
 		headers.Add(k, v)
 	}
 
-	middlewares := []httpclient.Middleware{
-		httpclient.TracingMiddleware(tracer),
-	}
-
 	cl, err := httpClientProvider.New(httpclient.Options{
-		Middlewares: middlewares,
-		BasicAuth:   createAuthOpts(settings.BasicAuthUsername, settings.BasicAuthPassword),
-		Header:      headers,
+		BasicAuth: createAuthOpts(settings.BasicAuthUsername, settings.BasicAuthPassword),
+		Header:    headers,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err