diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
index a5c4b377cc..913b448ac5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
@@ -52,13 +52,10 @@ export class BasicTracerProvider implements api.TracerProvider {
     });
   }
 
-  getTracer(name: string, version?: string, config?: TracerConfig): Tracer {
+  getTracer(name: string, version?: string): Tracer {
     const key = `${name}@${version || ''}`;
     if (!this._tracers.has(key)) {
-      this._tracers.set(
-        key,
-        new Tracer({ name, version }, config || this._config, this)
-      );
+      this._tracers.set(key, new Tracer({ name, version }, this._config, this));
     }
 
     return this._tracers.get(key)!;