diff --git a/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb b/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
index e827834975..1b364a000c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
@@ -27,14 +27,7 @@ module FormattingHelper
   module_function :extract_status_plain_text
 
   def status_content_format(status)
-    MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('HtmlAwareFormatter rendering') do |span|
-      span.add_attributes(
-        'app.formatter.content.type' => 'status',
-        'app.formatter.content.origin' => status.local? ? 'local' : 'remote'
-      )
-
-      html_aware_format(status.text, status.local?, preloaded_accounts: [status.account] + (status.respond_to?(:active_mentions) ? status.active_mentions.map(&:account) : []))
-    end
+    html_aware_format(status.text, status.local?, preloaded_accounts: [status.account] + (status.respond_to?(:active_mentions) ? status.active_mentions.map(&:account) : []))
   end
 
   def rss_status_content_format(status)
@@ -46,14 +39,7 @@ module FormattingHelper
   end
 
   def account_bio_format(account)
-    MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('HtmlAwareFormatter rendering') do |span|
-      span.add_attributes(
-        'app.formatter.content.type' => 'account_bio',
-        'app.formatter.content.origin' => account.local? ? 'local' : 'remote'
-      )
-
-      html_aware_format(account.note, account.local?)
-    end
+    html_aware_format(account.note, account.local?)
   end
 
   def account_field_value_format(field, with_rel_me: true)
diff --git a/app/lib/text_formatter.rb b/app/lib/text_formatter.rb
index c1b0a81652..a7620fb74d 100644
--- a/app/lib/text_formatter.rb
+++ b/app/lib/text_formatter.rb
@@ -33,24 +33,17 @@ class TextFormatter
   def to_s
     return ''.html_safe if text.blank?
 
-    html = nil
-    MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('TextFormatter#to_s extract_and_rewrite') do
-      html = rewrite do |entity|
-        if entity[:url]
-          link_to_url(entity)
-        elsif entity[:hashtag]
-          link_to_hashtag(entity)
-        elsif entity[:screen_name]
-          link_to_mention(entity)
-        end
+    html = rewrite do |entity|
+      if entity[:url]
+        link_to_url(entity)
+      elsif entity[:hashtag]
+        link_to_hashtag(entity)
+      elsif entity[:screen_name]
+        link_to_mention(entity)
       end
     end
 
-    if multiline?
-      MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('TextFormatter#to_s simple_format') do
-        html = simple_format(html, {}, sanitize: false).delete("\n")
-      end
-    end
+    html = simple_format(html, {}, sanitize: false).delete("\n") if multiline?
 
     html.html_safe # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
   end
@@ -106,54 +99,48 @@ class TextFormatter
   end
 
   def link_to_url(entity)
-    MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('TextFormatter#link_to_url') do
-      TextFormatter.shortened_link(entity[:url], rel_me: with_rel_me?)
-    end
+    TextFormatter.shortened_link(entity[:url], rel_me: with_rel_me?)
   end
 
   def link_to_hashtag(entity)
-    MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('TextFormatter#link_to_hashtag') do
-      hashtag = entity[:hashtag]
-      url     = tag_url(hashtag)
+    hashtag = entity[:hashtag]
+    url     = tag_url(hashtag)
 
-      <<~HTML.squish
-        <a href="#{h(url)}" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>#{h(hashtag)}</span></a>
-      HTML
-    end
+    <<~HTML.squish
+      <a href="#{h(url)}" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>#{h(hashtag)}</span></a>
+    HTML
   end
 
   def link_to_mention(entity)
-    MastodonOTELTracer.in_span('TextFormatter#link_to_mention') do
-      username, domain = entity[:screen_name].split('@')
-      domain           = nil if local_domain?(domain)
-      account          = nil
+    username, domain = entity[:screen_name].split('@')
+    domain           = nil if local_domain?(domain)
+    account          = nil
 
-      if preloaded_accounts?
-        same_username_hits = 0
+    if preloaded_accounts?
+      same_username_hits = 0
 
-        preloaded_accounts.each do |other_account|
-          same_username = other_account.username.casecmp(username).zero?
-          same_domain   = other_account.domain.nil? ? domain.nil? : other_account.domain.casecmp(domain)&.zero?
+      preloaded_accounts.each do |other_account|
+        same_username = other_account.username.casecmp(username).zero?
+        same_domain   = other_account.domain.nil? ? domain.nil? : other_account.domain.casecmp(domain)&.zero?
 
-          if same_username && !same_domain
-            same_username_hits += 1
-          elsif same_username && same_domain
-            account = other_account
-          end
+        if same_username && !same_domain
+          same_username_hits += 1
+        elsif same_username && same_domain
+          account = other_account
         end
-      else
-        account = entity_cache.mention(username, domain)
       end
-
-      return "@#{h(entity[:screen_name])}" if account.nil?
-
-      url = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.url_for(account)
-      display_username = same_username_hits&.positive? || with_domains? ? account.pretty_acct : account.username
-
-      <<~HTML.squish
-        <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="#{h(url)}" class="u-url mention">@<span>#{h(display_username)}</span></a></span>
-      HTML
+    else
+      account = entity_cache.mention(username, domain)
     end
+
+    return "@#{h(entity[:screen_name])}" if account.nil?
+
+    url = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.url_for(account)
+    display_username = same_username_hits&.positive? || with_domains? ? account.pretty_acct : account.username
+
+    <<~HTML.squish
+      <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="#{h(url)}" class="u-url mention">@<span>#{h(display_username)}</span></a></span>
+    HTML
   end
 
   def entity_cache