diff --git a/internal/trace/trace.go b/internal/trace/trace.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c7d8f303c..0000000000
--- a/internal/trace/trace.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Go Cloud Development Kit Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// Package trace provides support for OpenCensus tracing.
-package trace
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
-	"gocloud.dev/gcerrors"
-)
-
-// StartSpan adds a span to the trace with the given name.
-func StartSpan(ctx context.Context, name string) context.Context {
-	ctx, _ = trace.StartSpan(ctx, name)
-	return ctx
-}
-
-// EndSpan ends a span with the given error.
-func EndSpan(ctx context.Context, err error) {
-	span := trace.FromContext(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		span.SetStatus(toStatus(err))
-	}
-	span.End()
-}
-
-// toStatus interrogates an error and converts it to an appropriate
-// OpenCensus status.
-func toStatus(err error) trace.Status {
-	return trace.Status{Code: int32(gcerrors.Code(err)), Message: err.Error()}
-}
diff --git a/internal/trace/trace_test.go b/internal/trace/trace_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 16ec62338a..0000000000
--- a/internal/trace/trace_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Go Cloud Development Kit Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package trace
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	octrace "go.opencensus.io/trace"
-	"gocloud.dev/gcerrors"
-	"gocloud.dev/internal/gcerr"
-)
-
-func TestToStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, testcase := range []struct {
-		input error
-		want  octrace.Status
-	}{
-		{
-			errors.New("some random error"),
-			octrace.Status{Code: int32(gcerrors.Unknown), Message: "some random error"},
-		},
-		{
-			gcerr.New(gcerrors.NotFound, nil, 1, "not found"),
-			octrace.Status{Code: int32(gcerrors.NotFound), Message: "not found (code=NotFound)"},
-		},
-	} {
-		got := toStatus(testcase.input)
-		if r := cmp.Diff(got, testcase.want); r != "" {
-			t.Errorf("got -, want +:\n%s", r)
-		}
-	}
-}