diff --git a/synapse/federation/sender/per_destination_queue.py b/synapse/federation/sender/per_destination_queue.py
index a0e708f25aa0..fad980b89307 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/sender/per_destination_queue.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/sender/per_destination_queue.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 from synapse.events import EventBase
 from synapse.federation.units import Edu
 from synapse.handlers.presence import format_user_presence_state
-from synapse.logging.opentracing import extract_text_map, start_active_span_follows_from
 from synapse.metrics import sent_transactions_counter
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage import UserPresenceState