diff --git a/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
index 4d4bf0af28c..ed772849274 100644
--- a/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
+++ b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Dict
-from typing import NamedTuple
 from typing import Optional
 
 from ddtrace._trace._span_link import SpanLink
@@ -18,18 +17,6 @@ class _SpanPointerDirection(Enum):
     DOWNSTREAM = "d"
 
 
-class _SpanPointerDescription(NamedTuple):
-    # Not to be confused with _SpanPointer. This class describes the parameters
-    # required to attach a span pointer to a Span. It lets us decouple code
-    # that calculates span pointers from code that actually attaches them to
-    # the right Span.
-
-    pointer_kind: str
-    pointer_direction: _SpanPointerDirection
-    pointer_hash: str
-    extra_attributes: Dict[str, Any]
-
-
 class _SpanPointer(SpanLink):
     def __init__(
         self,