diff --git a/contrib/database/sql/exec_trace_test.go b/contrib/database/sql/exec_trace_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 00df3bac70..0000000000
--- a/contrib/database/sql/exec_trace_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
-// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
-// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
-// Copyright 2023 Datadog, Inc.
-
-package sql
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"runtime/trace"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/contrib/database/sql/internal"
-	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/tracer"
-	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/httpmem"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	gotraceui "honnef.co/go/gotraceui/trace"
-)
-
-func TestExecutionTraceAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
-	if trace.IsEnabled() {
-		t.Skip("execution tracing is already enabled")
-	}
-
-	// In-memory server & client which discards everything, to avoid
-	// slowness from unnecessary network I/O
-	s, c := httpmem.ServerAndClient(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {}))
-	defer s.Close()
-	tracer.Start(tracer.WithHTTPClient(c), tracer.WithLogStartup(false))
-	defer tracer.Stop()
-
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	require.NoError(t, trace.Start(buf), "starting execution tracing")
-
-	// sleepDuration is the amount of time our mock DB operations should
-	// take. We are going to assert that the execution trace tasks
-	// corresponding with the duration are at least as long as this. In
-	// reality they could be longer than this due to slow CI, scheduling
-	// jitter, etc., but we know that they should be at least this long.
-	const sleepDuration = 10 * time.Millisecond
-
-	Register("mock", &internal.MockDriver{
-		Hook: func() {
-			time.Sleep(sleepDuration)
-		},
-	})
-	db, err := Open("mock", "")
-	require.NoError(t, err, "opening mock db")
-
-	span, ctx := tracer.StartSpanFromContext(context.Background(), "parent")
-	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "foobar")
-	require.NoError(t, err, "executing mock statement")
-	conn, err := db.Conn(ctx)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "connecting to DB")
-	rows, err := conn.QueryContext(ctx, "foobar")
-	require.NoError(t, err, "executing mock query")
-	rows.Close()
-	stmt, err := conn.PrepareContext(ctx, "prepared")
-	require.NoError(t, err, "preparing mock statement")
-	_, err = stmt.ExecContext(ctx)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "executing mock perpared statement")
-	rows, err = stmt.QueryContext(ctx)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "executing mock perpared query")
-	rows.Close()
-	tx, err := conn.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "beginning mock transaction")
-	_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx, "foobar")
-	require.NoError(t, err, "executing query in mock transaction")
-	require.NoError(t, tx.Commit(), "commiting mock transaction")
-	require.NoError(t, conn.Close())
-
-	span.Finish()
-
-	trace.Stop()
-
-	tasks, err := tasksFromTrace(buf)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "getting tasks from trace")
-
-	expectedParentChildTasks := []string{"Connect", "Exec", "Query", "Prepare", "Exec", "Query", "Begin", "Exec"}
-	var foundParent, foundPrepared bool
-	for id, task := range tasks {
-		t.Logf("task %d: %+v", id, task)
-		switch task.name {
-		case "parent":
-			foundParent = true
-			var gotParentChildTasks []string
-			for _, id := range tasks[id].children {
-				gotParentChildTasks = append(gotParentChildTasks, tasks[id].name)
-			}
-			assert.ElementsMatch(t, expectedParentChildTasks, gotParentChildTasks)
-		case "Prepare":
-			foundPrepared = true
-			assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, task.duration, sleepDuration, "task %s", task.name)
-		case "Connect", "Exec", "Begin", "Commit", "Query":
-			assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, task.duration, sleepDuration, "task %s", task.name)
-		default:
-			continue
-		}
-	}
-	assert.True(t, foundParent, "need parent task")
-	assert.True(t, foundPrepared, "need prepared statement task")
-}
-
-type traceTask struct {
-	name     string
-	duration time.Duration
-	parent   int
-	children []int
-}
-
-func tasksFromTrace(r io.Reader) (map[int]traceTask, error) {
-	execTrace, err := gotraceui.Parse(r, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	tasks := make(map[int]traceTask)
-	for _, ev := range execTrace.Events {
-		switch ev.Type {
-		case gotraceui.EvUserTaskCreate:
-			if ev.Link == -1 {
-				continue
-			}
-			id := int(ev.Args[0])
-			parent := int(ev.Args[1])
-			if parent != 0 {
-				t := tasks[parent]
-				t.children = append(t.children, id)
-				tasks[parent] = t
-			}
-			name := execTrace.Strings[ev.Args[2]]
-			tasks[id] = traceTask{
-				name:     name,
-				parent:   parent,
-				duration: time.Duration(execTrace.Events[ev.Link].Ts - ev.Ts),
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return tasks, nil
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index af26485d97..33809dd6cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ require (
 	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.4.6
 	gorm.io/driver/sqlserver v1.4.2
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.3
-	honnef.co/go/gotraceui v0.4.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.17
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.23.17
 	modernc.org/sqlite v1.28.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d2d2e753ef..32f99bb03f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3058,8 +3058,6 @@ gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.8.2/go.mod h1:6JHCiN6TEjA7Kaz23q1bH0e2Dc3YJjDUZ0DmctFZ
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:3SzNCllyD9/Y+b5r9JIKQ474KzkZyqLqEfYqMsX94Bk=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.3/go.mod h1:Z7Lb0S5l+klDB31fvDQX8ss/FlKDxtlFlw3Oa8Ymbl8=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:Mcr9QNxkg0uMvy/YElmo4SpXgJKWgQvYrT7Kw5RzJ1A=
-honnef.co/go/gotraceui v0.4.0 h1:6CioQQRvVEWTQ9fXcGY3LXSuKL6cgavln5ZMKVbF5yE=
-honnef.co/go/gotraceui v0.4.0/go.mod h1:hcoo31yypIJuS1FXdFWjKu1PVJrdpIL9ShdQvMvm9qw=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=