diff --git a/apps/opentelemetry_api/include/otel_tracer.hrl b/apps/opentelemetry_api/include/otel_tracer.hrl
index 09a11de1..30dfb8d2 100644
--- a/apps/opentelemetry_api/include/otel_tracer.hrl
+++ b/apps/opentelemetry_api/include/otel_tracer.hrl
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 -define(add_events(Events),
         otel_span:add_events(?current_span_ctx, Events)).
 
--define(add_links(Links),
-        otel_span:add_links(?current_span_ctx, Links)).
-
 -define(set_status(Status),
         otel_span:set_status(?current_span_ctx, Status)).