diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/Appraisals b/instrumentation/faraday/Appraisals
index 0c19136a4..4ed32e342 100644
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/Appraisals
+++ b/instrumentation/faraday/Appraisals
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-%w[0.17.6 1.0 2.0].each do |version|
+%w[1.0 2.0].each do |version|
   appraise "faraday-#{version}" do
     gem 'faraday', "~> #{version}"
   end
diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb
index 17d4826e8..a194d709e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ module Faraday
       # The Instrumentation class contains logic to detect and install the Faraday
       # instrumentation
       class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
+        MINIMUM_VERSION = Gem::Version.new('1.0')
+
         install do |_config|
           require_dependencies
           register_tracer_middleware
           use_middleware_by_default
         end
 
+        compatible do
+          gem_version >= MINIMUM_VERSION
+        end
+
         present do
           defined?(::Faraday)
         end
@@ -25,10 +31,13 @@ class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
 
         private
 
+        def gem_version
+          Gem::Version.new(::Faraday::VERSION)
+        end
+
         def require_dependencies
           require_relative 'middlewares/tracer_middleware'
           require_relative 'patches/connection'
-          require_relative 'patches/rack_builder'
         end
 
         def register_tracer_middleware
@@ -38,11 +47,7 @@ def register_tracer_middleware
         end
 
         def use_middleware_by_default
-          if Gem::Version.new(::Faraday::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1')
-            ::Faraday::Connection.prepend(Patches::Connection)
-          else
-            ::Faraday::RackBuilder.prepend(Patches::RackBuilder)
-          end
+          ::Faraday::Connection.prepend(Patches::Connection)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/patches/connection.rb b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/patches/connection.rb
index 51d8ad0b5..1819488ad 100644
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/patches/connection.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/patches/connection.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module Patches
         module Connection
           # Wraps Faraday::Connection#initialize:
           # https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/blob/ff9dc1d1219a1bbdba95a9a4cf5d135b97247ee2/lib/faraday/connection.rb#L62-L92
-          def initialize(*args)
+          def initialize(...)
             super.tap do
               use(:open_telemetry) unless builder.handlers.any? do |handler|
                 handler.klass == Middlewares::TracerMiddleware
diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/patches/rack_builder.rb b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/patches/rack_builder.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b32a00da..000000000
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/patches/rack_builder.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-module OpenTelemetry
-  module Instrumentation
-    module Faraday
-      module Patches
-        # Module to be prepended to force Faraday to use the middleware by
-        # default so the user doesn't have to call `use` for every connection.
-        module RackBuilder
-          def adapter(*args)
-            use(:open_telemetry) unless @handlers.any? do |handler|
-              handler.klass == Faraday::Middlewares::TracerMiddleware
-            end
-
-            super
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end