diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 7b21d89e9d4..007284d6cf4 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -239,16 +239,13 @@ type Tracer = ();
 
 /// A tracer for the tests.
 pub(crate) static TRACER: Lazy<Tracer> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    use tracing_subscriber::Registry;
-
     #[cfg(feature = "otel")]
     {
-        use crate::cli::log::{telemetry, telemetry_default_tracer};
+        use crate::cli::log::telemetry_default_tracer;
 
         use opentelemetry::global;
         use opentelemetry_sdk::propagation::TraceContextPropagator;
         use tokio::runtime::Handle;
-        use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt as _;
 
         // Use the current runtime, or the sync test runtime otherwise.
         let handle = match Handle::try_current() {
@@ -259,16 +256,7 @@ pub(crate) static TRACER: Lazy<Tracer> = Lazy::new(|| {
         let _guard = handle.enter();
 
         global::set_text_map_propagator(TraceContextPropagator::new());
-        let tracer = telemetry_default_tracer().unwrap();
-        let telemetry = telemetry(tracer.clone());
-        let subscriber = Registry::default().with(telemetry);
-        tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).unwrap();
-        tracer
-    }
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "otel"))]
-    {
-        let subscriber = Registry::default();
-        tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).unwrap();
+        telemetry_default_tracer().unwrap()
     }
 });