diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4e5c2eabbc..12e299d226 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7542,7 +7542,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sum_tree",
  "taffy",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
- "tracing",
  "ttf-parser",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "url",
@@ -7556,7 +7555,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.62.2",
  "zed-font-kit",
  "zed-scap",
- "ztracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml b/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml
index 8797066d2c..b07cab6a60 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ strum.workspace = true
 sum_tree.workspace = true
 taffy = "=0.13.0"
 thiserror.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
 gpui_util.workspace = true
 hdrhistogram = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 waker-fn = "1.2.0"
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ url.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 web-time.workspace = true
 heapless.workspace = true
-ztracing.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
 # Workspace inheritance would re-enable defaults, including blocking channel synchronization.
@@ -170,7 +168,6 @@ ignored = [
     "getrandom",
     "objc2",
     "objc2-metal",
-    "tracing",
 ]
 ignored-paths = ["src/_ownership_and_data_flow.rs"]
 
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/svg_renderer.rs b/crates/gpui/src/svg_renderer.rs
index d06a4b0a13..798fb2a965 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/svg_renderer.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/svg_renderer.rs
@@ -187,13 +187,11 @@ impl SvgRenderer {
     }
 
     /// Parses SVG data into a [`ParsedSvg`] that can be rasterized at any scale.
-    #[ztracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn parse_svg(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<ParsedSvg, usvg::Error> {
         usvg::Tree::from_data(bytes, &self.usvg_options).map(ParsedSvg)
     }
 
     /// Rasterizes a previously parsed SVG into an image buffer.
-    #[ztracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub fn render_parsed(
         &self,
         svg: &ParsedSvg,