diff --git a/src/utils/logger.ts b/src/utils/logger.ts
index 4593902..9bccdbf 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/src/utils/logger.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { bunyamin, isDebug, threadGroups } from 'bunyamin';
-import { noop } from './noop';
 
 threadGroups.add({ id: 'ipc-server', displayName: 'IPC Server (jest-metadata)' });
 threadGroups.add({ id: 'ipc-client', displayName: 'IPC Client (jest-metadata)' });
@@ -14,8 +13,10 @@ function isTraceEnabled(): boolean {
   return isDebug('jest-metadata');
 }
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-export const optimizeTracing: <F>(f: F) => F = isTraceEnabled() ? (f) => f : ((() => noop) as any);
+const EMPTY = {};
+const NOOP: any = () => EMPTY;
+
+export const optimizeTracing: <F>(f: F) => F = isTraceEnabled() ? (f) => f : () => NOOP;
 
 export const logger = bunyamin.child({ cat: 'jest-metadata' });
 
diff --git a/src/utils/noop.ts b/src/utils/noop.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dbad2ad..0000000
--- a/src/utils/noop.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
-export const noop: (...args: any[]) => any = () => {
-  /* no-op */
-};