diff --git a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
index fee94ec8cb..cf434e2e1a 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/telemetry/SpanGuard.cpp
@@ -299,39 +299,6 @@ SpanGuard::hashSpan(
     return SpanGuard(std::make_unique<Impl>(tel->startSpan(std::string(name), parentCtx)));
 }
 
-// ===== Hash-derived span (generic, category-gated) =========================
-
-SpanGuard
-SpanGuard::hashSpan(
-    TraceCategory cat,
-    std::string_view name,
-    std::uint8_t const* hashData,
-    std::size_t hashSize)
-{
-    if (hashSize < 16)
-        return {};
-    auto* tel = Telemetry::getInstance();
-    if (!tel || !tel->isEnabled() || !isCategoryEnabled(*tel, cat))
-        return {};
-
-    otel_trace::TraceId traceId(opentelemetry::nostd::span<std::uint8_t const, 16>(hashData, 16));
-
-    auto const rval = default_prng()();
-    std::uint8_t spanIdBytes[8];
-    std::memcpy(spanIdBytes, &rval, sizeof(spanIdBytes));
-    otel_trace::SpanId spanId(opentelemetry::nostd::span<std::uint8_t const, 8>(spanIdBytes, 8));
-
-    otel_trace::SpanContext syntheticCtx(
-        traceId, spanId, otel_trace::TraceFlags(1), /* remote = */ false);
-
-    auto parentCtx = opentelemetry::context::Context{}.SetValue(
-        otel_trace::kSpanKey,
-        opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<otel_trace::Span>(
-            new otel_trace::DefaultSpan(syntheticCtx)));
-
-    return SpanGuard(std::make_unique<Impl>(tel->startSpan(std::string(name), parentCtx)));
-}
-
 // ===== Context capture =====================================================
 
 SpanContext