diff --git a/go-runtime/ftl/observability/metrics.go b/go-runtime/ftl/observability/metrics.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0076c4c3bd..0000000000
--- a/go-runtime/ftl/observability/metrics.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-package observability
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
-
-	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/rpc"
-)
-
-func MeterWithVerb(ctx context.Context) metric.Meter {
-	verb, ok := rpc.VerbFromContext(ctx)
-	if !ok {
-		panic("traces: no verb in context")
-	}
-	return otel.GetMeterProvider().Meter(verb.Name)
-}
-
-func Int64Counter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Int64CounterOption) metric.Int64Counter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Int64Counter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Int64UpDownCounter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Int64UpDownCounterOption) metric.Int64UpDownCounter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Int64UpDownCounter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Int64Histogram(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Int64HistogramOption) metric.Int64Histogram {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Int64Histogram(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Int64ObservableCounter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Int64ObservableCounterOption) metric.Int64ObservableCounter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Int64ObservableCounter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Int64ObservableUpDownCounter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Int64ObservableUpDownCounterOption) metric.Int64ObservableUpDownCounter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Int64ObservableUpDownCounter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Int64ObservableGauge(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Int64ObservableGaugeOption) metric.Int64ObservableGauge {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Int64ObservableGauge(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Float64Counter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Float64CounterOption) metric.Float64Counter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Float64Counter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Float64UpDownCounter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Float64UpDownCounterOption) metric.Float64UpDownCounter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Float64UpDownCounter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Float64Histogram(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Float64HistogramOption) metric.Float64Histogram {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Float64Histogram(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Float64ObservableCounter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Float64ObservableCounterOption) metric.Float64ObservableCounter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Float64ObservableCounter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Float64ObservableUpDownCounter(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Float64ObservableUpDownCounterOption) metric.Float64ObservableUpDownCounter {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Float64ObservableUpDownCounter(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
-
-func Float64ObservableGauge(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...metric.Float64ObservableGaugeOption) metric.Float64ObservableGauge {
-	counter, err := MeterWithVerb(ctx).Float64ObservableGauge(name, options...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return counter
-}
diff --git a/go-runtime/ftl/observability/traces.go b/go-runtime/ftl/observability/traces.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 96263bd190..0000000000
--- a/go-runtime/ftl/observability/traces.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package observability
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
-
-	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/rpc"
-)
-
-func TracerWithVerb(ctx context.Context) trace.Tracer {
-	verb, ok := rpc.VerbFromContext(ctx)
-	if !ok {
-		panic("traces: no verb in context")
-	}
-	return otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer(verb.Name)
-}
-
-func StartSpan(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...trace.SpanStartOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
-	return TracerWithVerb(ctx).Start(ctx, name, opts...) //nolint:spancheck
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6b889fa076..4cbcf4fd75 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.28.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.19.0
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.52.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.26.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1 // indirect