diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils.ts
index b7c038ddd505..585387f59003 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { getActiveSpan, getRootSpan, spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
-import { getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan } from '@sentry/opentelemetry';
+import { getTraceMetaTags } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Context } from '@sentry/types';
 import { dropUndefinedKeys } from '@sentry/utils';
-import { dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader } from '@sentry/utils';
 import type { CapturedErrorContext } from 'nitropack';
 import type { NuxtRenderHTMLContext } from 'nuxt/app';
 
@@ -37,16 +35,9 @@ export function extractErrorContext(errorContext: CapturedErrorContext): Context
  * Exported only for testing
  */
 export function addSentryTracingMetaTags(head: NuxtRenderHTMLContext['head']): void {
-  const activeSpan = getActiveSpan();
-  const rootSpan = activeSpan ? getRootSpan(activeSpan) : undefined;
+  const metaTags = getTraceMetaTags();
 
-  if (rootSpan) {
-    const traceParentData = spanToTraceHeader(rootSpan);
-    const dynamicSamplingContext = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(
-      getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan(rootSpan),
-    );
-
-    head.push(`<meta name="sentry-trace" content="${traceParentData}"/>`);
-    head.push(`<meta name="baggage" content="${dynamicSamplingContext}"/>`);
+  if (metaTags) {
+    head.push(metaTags);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/runtime/plugins/server.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/runtime/plugins/server.test.ts
index 518b20026cbd..5750f0f9495f 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/runtime/plugins/server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/runtime/plugins/server.test.ts
@@ -1,64 +1,33 @@
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { getTraceMetaTags } from '@sentry/core';
+import { type Mock, afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { addSentryTracingMetaTags } from '../../../src/runtime/utils';
 
-const mockReturns = vi.hoisted(() => {
-  return {
-    traceHeader: 'trace-header',
-    baggageHeader: 'baggage-header',
-  };
-});
-
-vi.mock('@sentry/core', async () => {
-  const actual = await vi.importActual('@sentry/core');
-
-  return {
-    ...actual,
-    getActiveSpan: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ spanId: '123' }),
-    getRootSpan: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ spanId: 'root123' }),
-    spanToTraceHeader: vi.fn(() => mockReturns.traceHeader),
-  };
-});
-
-vi.mock('@sentry/opentelemetry', async () => {
-  const actual = await vi.importActual('@sentry/opentelemetry');
-
-  return {
-    ...actual,
-    getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('contextValue'),
-  };
-});
-
-vi.mock('@sentry/utils', async () => {
-  const actual = await vi.importActual('@sentry/utils');
-
-  return {
-    ...actual,
-    dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(mockReturns.baggageHeader),
-  };
-});
+vi.mock('@sentry/core', () => ({
+  getTraceMetaTags: vi.fn(),
+}));
 
 describe('addSentryTracingMetaTags', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
   });
 
-  it('should add meta tags when there is an active root span', () => {
+  it('should add meta tags to the head array', () => {
+    const mockMetaTags = [
+      '<meta name="sentry-trace" content="12345678901234567890123456789012-1234567890123456-1"/>',
+      '<meta name="baggage" content="sentry-environment=production"/>',
+    ].join('\n');
+
+    // return value is mocked here as return values of `getTraceMetaTags` are tested separately (in @sentry/core)
+    (getTraceMetaTags as Mock).mockReturnValue(mockMetaTags);
+
     const head: string[] = [];
     addSentryTracingMetaTags(head);
 
-    expect(head).toContain(`<meta name="sentry-trace" content="${mockReturns.traceHeader}"/>`);
-    expect(head).toContain(`<meta name="baggage" content="${mockReturns.baggageHeader}"/>`);
+    expect(head).toContain(mockMetaTags);
   });
 
-  it('should not add meta tags when there is no active root span', () => {
-    vi.doMock('@sentry/core', async () => {
-      const actual = await vi.importActual('@sentry/core');
-
-      return {
-        ...actual,
-        getActiveSpan: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
-      };
-    });
+  it('should handle empty meta tags', () => {
+    (getTraceMetaTags as Mock).mockReturnValue('');
 
     const head: string[] = [];
     addSentryTracingMetaTags(head);