diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_multi_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_multi_spec.rb
index 1e3f17c93cd..64a9f59d7d5 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_multi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_multi_spec.rb
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@
 
       it { expect(digest.trace_id).to eq(0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaffffffffffffffff) }
       it { expect(digest.span_id).to eq(0xbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb) }
-      xit { expect(digest.trace_distributed_tags).to include('_dd.p.tid' => 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa') }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_single_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_single_spec.rb
index 3cea85e2588..df50b1ebb8d 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_single_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/b3_single_spec.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
 
         it { expect(digest.trace_id).to eq(0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaffffffffffffffff) }
         it { expect(digest.span_id).to eq(0xbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb) }
-        xit { expect(digest.trace_distributed_tags).to include('_dd.p.tid' => 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa') }
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/trace_context_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/trace_context_spec.rb
index 174913e7c8f..423c8fc037a 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/trace_context_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/distributed/trace_context_spec.rb
@@ -128,14 +128,11 @@
         end
       end
 
-      context 'with 128 bit trace id and distributed tag `_dd.p.tid`' do
+      context 'with 128 bit trace id' do
         let(:digest) do
           Datadog::Tracing::TraceDigest.new(
             trace_id: 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaffffffffffffffff,
-            span_id: 0xbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb,
-            trace_distributed_tags: {
-              '_dd.p.tid' => 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
-            }
+            span_id: 0xbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
           )
         end
 
@@ -143,7 +140,6 @@
           inject!
 
           expect(traceparent).to eq('00-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaffffffffffffffff-bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb-00')
-          expect(tracestate).to eq('dd=t.tid:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa')
         end
       end