diff --git a/lib/languages.js b/lib/languages.js
index 02389bf766..ca73acabde 100644
--- a/lib/languages.js
+++ b/lib/languages.js
@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
-var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
-    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
-    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
-}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
-    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
-    o[k2] = m[k];
-}));
-var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
-    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
-}) : function(o, v) {
-    o["default"] = v;
-});
-var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
-    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
-    var result = {};
-    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
-    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
-    return result;
-};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 exports.isScannedLanguage = exports.isTracedLanguage = exports.parseLanguage = exports.Language = void 0;
-const core = __importStar(require("@actions/core"));
 // All the languages supported by CodeQL
 var Language;
 (function (Language) {
@@ -56,16 +36,11 @@ function parseLanguage(language) {
 }
 exports.parseLanguage = parseLanguage;
 function isTracedLanguage(language, isGoExtractionReconciliationEnabled, logger) {
-    if (process.env["CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_BUILD_TRACING"] === "true") {
-        logger.warning("The CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_BUILD_TRACING environment variable was set to 'true', but it must " +
-            "be 'on' to enable Go build tracing. Setting it to 'on'.");
-        process.env["CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_BUILD_TRACING"] = "on";
-        core.exportVariable("CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_BUILD_TRACING", "on");
+    if ("CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_BUILD_TRACING" in process.env) {
+        logger.warning("The CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_BUILD_TRACING environment variable is deprecated and its behavior is now the default behavior.");
     }
-    const shouldTraceGo = process.env["CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_BUILD_TRACING"] === "on" ||
-        isGoExtractionReconciliationEnabled;
     return (["cpp", "java", "csharp", "swift"].includes(language) ||
-        (shouldTraceGo && language === Language.go));
+        (isGoExtractionReconciliationEnabled && language === Language.go));
 }
 exports.isTracedLanguage = isTracedLanguage;
 function isScannedLanguage(language, isGoExtractionReconciliationEnabled, logger) {
diff --git a/lib/languages.js.map b/lib/languages.js.map
index 91884e0235..8d34f5f86e 100644
--- a/lib/languages.js.map
+++ b/lib/languages.js.map
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diff --git a/src/languages.ts b/src/languages.ts
index fcc1e07c46..eb89097771 100644
--- a/src/languages.ts
+++ b/src/languages.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import * as core from "@actions/core";
-
 import { Logger } from "./logging";
 
 // All the languages supported by CodeQL