diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/akka-concurrent/src/akka23Test/scala/AkkaActors.scala b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/akka-concurrent/src/akka23Test/scala/AkkaActors.scala
index b7140a4fb6d..5ca469ec5ad 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/akka-concurrent/src/akka23Test/scala/AkkaActors.scala
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/akka-concurrent/src/akka23Test/scala/AkkaActors.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import akka.util.Timeout
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{
   activateSpan,
-  activeScope,
+  setAsyncPropagationEnabled,
   activeSpan,
   startSpan
 }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class AkkaActors extends AutoCloseable {
   @Trace
   def send(name: String, who: String): Unit = {
     val actor = actors(name)
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     activeSpan().setSpanName(name)
     actor ! WhoToGreet(who)
     if (name == "ask") {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class AkkaActors extends AutoCloseable {
 
   @Trace
   def leak(who: String, leak: String): Unit = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     activeSpan().setSpanName("leak all the things")
     tellGreeter ! WhoToGreet(who)
     tellGreeter ! Leak(leak)
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/pekko-concurrent/src/test/scala/PekkoActors.scala b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/pekko-concurrent/src/test/scala/PekkoActors.scala
index 094c70faf18..ac6d226d709 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/pekko-concurrent/src/test/scala/PekkoActors.scala
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/pekko-concurrent/src/test/scala/PekkoActors.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.apache.pekko.util.Timeout
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{
   activateSpan,
-  activeScope,
+  setAsyncPropagationEnabled,
   activeSpan,
   startSpan
 }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class PekkoActors extends AutoCloseable {
   @Trace
   def send(name: String, who: String): Unit = {
     val actor = actors(name)
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     activeSpan().setSpanName(name)
     actor ! WhoToGreet(who)
     if (name == "ask") {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class PekkoActors extends AutoCloseable {
 
   @Trace
   def leak(who: String, leak: String): Unit = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     activeSpan().setSpanName("leak all the things")
     tellGreeter ! WhoToGreet(who)
     tellGreeter ! Leak(leak)
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/latestDepTest/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/latestDepTest/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala
index 4f512a2d9ea..a4033616e73 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/latestDepTest/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/latestDepTest/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner.blockUntilChildSpansFinished
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace
-import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{activeScope, activeSpan}
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{setAsyncPropagationEnabled, activeSpan}
 
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def traceWithFutureAndCallbacks(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val goodFuture: Future[Integer] = Future {
       tracedChild("goodFuture")
       1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
 
   @Trace
   def tracedAcrossThreadsWithNoTrace(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val goodFuture: Future[Integer] = Future {
       1
     }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def traceWithPromises(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val keptPromise   = Promise[Boolean]()
     val brokenPromise = Promise[Boolean]()
     val afterPromise  = keptPromise.future
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def tracedWithFutureFirstCompletions(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val completedVal = Future.firstCompletedOf(List(Future {
       tracedChild("timeout1")
       false
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def tracedTimeout(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val f: Future[String] = Future {
       tracedChild("timeoutChild")
       while (true) {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/test/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/test/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala
index 4f512a2d9ea..a4033616e73 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/test/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/scala-concurrent/src/test/scala/ScalaConcurrentTests.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner.blockUntilChildSpansFinished
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace
-import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{activeScope, activeSpan}
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{setAsyncPropagationEnabled, activeSpan}
 
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def traceWithFutureAndCallbacks(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val goodFuture: Future[Integer] = Future {
       tracedChild("goodFuture")
       1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
 
   @Trace
   def tracedAcrossThreadsWithNoTrace(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val goodFuture: Future[Integer] = Future {
       1
     }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def traceWithPromises(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val keptPromise   = Promise[Boolean]()
     val brokenPromise = Promise[Boolean]()
     val afterPromise  = keptPromise.future
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def tracedWithFutureFirstCompletions(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val completedVal = Future.firstCompletedOf(List(Future {
       tracedChild("timeout1")
       false
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ScalaConcurrentTests {
     */
   @Trace
   def tracedTimeout(): Integer = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     val f: Future[String] = Future {
       tracedChild("timeoutChild")
       while (true) {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slick/src/test/scala/SlickUtils.scala b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slick/src/test/scala/SlickUtils.scala
index 3f5ae0fb642..531effffb92 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slick/src/test/scala/SlickUtils.scala
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slick/src/test/scala/SlickUtils.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner.blockUntilChildSpansFinished
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace
-import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{activeScope, activeSpan}
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.{setAsyncPropagationEnabled, activeSpan}
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter
 import datadog.trace.core.DDSpan
 import slick.jdbc.H2Profile.api._
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SlickUtils(TEST_WRITER: ListWriter) {
 
   @Trace
   def setup(): DDSpan = {
-    activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+    setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
     Await.result(
       database.run(
         sqlu"""CREATE ALIAS IF NOT EXISTS SLEEP FOR "java.lang.Thread.sleep(long)""""
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class SlickUtils(TEST_WRITER: ListWriter) {
   @Trace
   def startQuery(query: String): Future[Vector[Int]] = {
     try {
-      activeScope().setAsyncPropagation(true)
+      setAsyncPropagationEnabled(true)
       database.run(sql"#$query".as[Int])
     } finally {
       blockUntilChildSpansFinished(activeSpan(), 1)
diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
index d5cd55494e3..d46d1e32cb0 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
@@ -966,11 +966,6 @@ public AgentSpan activeSpan() {
     return scopeManager.activeSpan();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public AgentScope activeScope() {
-    return scopeManager.active();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void checkpointActiveForRollback() {
     this.scopeManager.checkpointActiveForRollback();
diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/api/AgentTracer.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/api/AgentTracer.java
index 93fd139263b..69b74568b7d 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/api/AgentTracer.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/api/AgentTracer.java
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ public static AgentSpan activeSpan() {
     return get().activeSpan();
   }
 
-  /** @deprecated To be removed, do not use. */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static AgentScope activeScope() {
-    return get().activeScope();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Checks whether asynchronous propagation is enabled, meaning this context will propagate across
    * asynchronous boundaries.
@@ -359,8 +353,6 @@ AgentSpan startSpan(
 
     AgentSpan activeSpan();
 
-    AgentScope activeScope();
-
     default AgentSpan blackholeSpan() {
       final AgentSpan active = activeSpan();
       return new BlackHoleSpan(active != null ? active.getTraceId() : DDTraceId.ZERO);
@@ -528,11 +520,6 @@ public AgentSpan activeSpan() {
       return NoopSpan.INSTANCE;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public AgentScope activeScope() {
-      return null;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public AgentSpan blackholeSpan() {
       return NoopSpan.INSTANCE; // no-op tracer stays no-op