diff --git a/cli/start.go b/cli/start.go
index 2d41b0ce..e639d57a 100644
--- a/cli/start.go
+++ b/cli/start.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/db"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/kvs"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/log"
-	"github.com/abcum/surreal/trc"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/web"
 )
 
@@ -32,11 +31,6 @@ var startCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 
-		if err = trc.Setup(opts); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-			return
-		}
-
 		if err = kvs.Setup(opts); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 			return
diff --git a/db/executor.go b/db/executor.go
index 6834eeb5..36809bd1 100644
--- a/db/executor.go
+++ b/db/executor.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/kvs"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/log"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/sql"
-	"github.com/abcum/surreal/trc"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/txn"
 )
 
@@ -69,13 +68,6 @@ func newExecutor(id, ns, db string) (e *executor) {
 
 func (e *executor) execute(ctx context.Context, ast *sql.Query) {
 
-	// Create a new trace span so we can analyse
-	// the execution time of this method, and
-	// detect problems with long-running queries.
-
-	ctx, span := trc.Start(ctx, "db::execute")
-	defer span.End()
-
 	// Ensure that the executor is added back into
 	// the executor pool when the executor has
 	// finished processing the request.
@@ -109,8 +101,6 @@ func (e *executor) execute(ctx context.Context, ast *sql.Query) {
 			if log.IsError() {
 				log.WithPrefix(logKeyDB).WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
 					logKeyId:    e.id,
-					logKeySpan:  span.SpanContext().SpanID.String(),
-					logKeyTrace: span.SpanContext().TraceID.String(),
 					logKeyStack: string(debug.Stack()),
 					logKeyFibre: ctx.Value(ctxKeyFibre).(*fibre.Context),
 				}).Errorln(err)
@@ -138,13 +128,6 @@ func (e *executor) conduct(ctx context.Context, stm sql.Statement) {
 	var rsp *Response
 	var res []interface{}
 
-	// Create a new trace span so we can analyse
-	// the execution time of this method, and
-	// detect problems with long-running queries.
-
-	ctx, span := trc.Start(ctx, "db::conduct")
-	defer span.End()
-
 	// If we are not inside a global transaction
 	// then reset the error to nil so that the
 	// next statement is not ignored.
@@ -215,8 +198,6 @@ func (e *executor) conduct(ctx context.Context, stm sql.Statement) {
 				logKeyKind:  ctx.Value(ctxKeyKind),
 				logKeyVars:  ctx.Value(ctxKeyVars),
 				logKeyTime:  time.Since(e.time).String(),
-				logKeySpan:  span.SpanContext().SpanID.String(),
-				logKeyTrace: span.SpanContext().TraceID.String(),
 				logKeyFibre: ctx.Value(ctxKeyFibre).(*fibre.Context),
 			}).Debugln(stm)
 		}
@@ -229,8 +210,6 @@ func (e *executor) conduct(ctx context.Context, stm sql.Statement) {
 				logKeyKind:  ctx.Value(ctxKeyKind),
 				logKeyVars:  ctx.Value(ctxKeyVars),
 				logKeyTime:  time.Since(e.time).String(),
-				logKeySpan:  span.SpanContext().SpanID.String(),
-				logKeyTrace: span.SpanContext().TraceID.String(),
 				logKeyFibre: ctx.Value(ctxKeyFibre).(*fibre.Context),
 				logKeyError: detail(e.err),
 			}).Errorln(stm)
@@ -270,13 +249,6 @@ func (e *executor) operate(ctx context.Context, stm sql.Statement) (res []interf
 	var trw bool
 	var canc context.CancelFunc
 
-	// Create a new trace span so we can analyse
-	// the execution time of this method, and
-	// detect problems with long-running queries.
-
-	ctx, span := trc.Start(ctx, "db::operate")
-	defer span.End()
-
 	// If we are not inside a global transaction
 	// then grab a new transaction, ensuring that
 	// it is closed at the end.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 76cab3f7..e001694d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/profile"
 
-	"cloud.google.com/go/profiler"
-
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/cli"
-	"github.com/abcum/surreal/util/build"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -40,12 +37,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
 
-	profiler.Start(profiler.Config{
-		ProjectID:      "surreal-io",
-		Service:        "surreal",
-		ServiceVersion: build.GetInfo().Ver,
-	})
-
 	cli.Init()
 
 }
diff --git a/trc/main.go b/trc/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 85feb1df..00000000
--- a/trc/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2016 Abcum Ltd
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package trc
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
-
-	"github.com/abcum/surreal/cnf"
-	"github.com/abcum/surreal/log"
-
-	"contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver"
-)
-
-func Setup(opts *cnf.Options) (err error) {
-
-	log.WithPrefix("log").Infof("Starting open tracing framework")
-
-	var exporter *stackdriver.Exporter
-
-	opt := stackdriver.Options{
-		ProjectID: "surreal-io",
-		OnError:   func(error) {},
-	}
-
-	exporter, err = stackdriver.NewExporter(opt)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = exporter.StartMetricsExporter()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	trace.ApplyConfig(trace.Config{
-		DefaultSampler: trace.AlwaysSample(),
-	})
-
-	trace.RegisterExporter(exporter)
-
-	return
-
-}
-
-func Start(ctx context.Context, name string) (context.Context, *trace.Span) {
-	return trace.StartSpan(ctx, name)
-}