diff --git a/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring.go b/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring.go
index 563afee7c0..f64fccae34 100644
--- a/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring.go
+++ b/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
 	"go.opencensus.io/stats/view"
 	"go.opencensus.io/tag"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -329,16 +327,9 @@ func (fs *monitoring) Destroy() {
 type wrappedCall func() error
 
 func invokeWrapped(ctx context.Context, opName string, w wrappedCall) error {
-	ctx, span := monitor.StartSpan(ctx, opName, trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindServer))
-	defer span.End()
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	err := w()
 
-	if err != nil {
-		span.RecordError(err)
-		span.SetStatus(codes.Error, err.Error())
-	}
-
 	recordOp(ctx, opName, startTime, err)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring_test.go b/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring_test.go
index 4feb2b6a2d..efd2850f87 100644
--- a/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring_test.go
+++ b/internal/fs/wrappers/monitoring_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestFsErrStrAndCategory(t *testing.T) {
@@ -246,7 +245,5 @@ func TestSpan(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	ss := ex.GetSpans()
-	require.Len(t, ss, 1)
-	assert.Equal(t, "StatFS", ss[0].Name)
-	assert.Equal(t, trace.SpanKindServer, ss[0].SpanKind)
+	require.Len(t, ss, 0)
 }