diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs
index d3d42053ee..531ee3acad 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ public void SuccessfulCommandTest(
 
         sqlConnection.Open();
 
-        var dataSource = sqlConnection.DataSource;
-
         sqlConnection.ChangeDatabase("master");
         SqlTransaction? transaction = null;
 #pragma warning disable CA2100
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ public void SuccessfulCommandTest(
         {
             commandResult = sqlCommand.ExecuteScalar();
         }
-        catch
+        catch (Exception)
         {
         }
 
@@ -127,8 +125,6 @@ public async Task SuccessfulParameterizedQueryTest()
         var sampler = new TestSampler();
         var activities = new List<Activity>();
 
-        using var scope = SemanticConventionScope.Get(useNewConventions: true);
-
         using var tracerProvider = Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
             .SetSampler(sampler)
             .AddInMemoryExporter(activities)
@@ -139,8 +135,6 @@ public async Task SuccessfulParameterizedQueryTest()
 
         await sqlConnection.OpenAsync();
 
-        var dataSource = sqlConnection.DataSource;
-
         sqlConnection.ChangeDatabase("master");
 
         using var sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("SELECT @x + @y", sqlConnection);
@@ -168,12 +162,10 @@ public async Task ActivityIsStoppedWhenOnlyUsingMetrics()
         var activities = new List<Activity>();
         var metrics = new List<MetricSnapshot>();
 
-        using var listener = new ActivityListener()
-        {
-            ActivityStarted = activities.Add,
-            Sample = (ref _) => ActivitySamplingResult.AllData,
-            ShouldListenTo = _ => true,
-        };
+        using var listener = new ActivityListener();
+        listener.ActivityStarted = activities.Add;
+        listener.Sample = (ref _) => ActivitySamplingResult.AllData;
+        listener.ShouldListenTo = _ => true;
 
         ActivitySource.AddActivityListener(listener);
 
@@ -186,8 +178,6 @@ public async Task ActivityIsStoppedWhenOnlyUsingMetrics()
 
         await sqlConnection.OpenAsync();
 
-        var dataSource = sqlConnection.DataSource;
-
         sqlConnection.ChangeDatabase("master");
 
         using var sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("select 1/1", sqlConnection);
@@ -286,10 +276,4 @@ private static void VerifySamplingParameters(SamplingParameters samplingParamete
 
     private string GetConnectionString()
         => this.fixture.DatabaseContainer.GetConnectionString();
-
-    private static class SemanticConventionScope
-    {
-        public static IDisposable Get(bool useNewConventions)
-            => EnvironmentVariableScope.Create("OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN", useNewConventions ? "database" : string.Empty);
-    }
 }