diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/plugin/detail/tracer_handle.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/plugin/detail/tracer_handle.h
index b1efad3e86..ce4f773c66 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/plugin/detail/tracer_handle.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/plugin/detail/tracer_handle.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ class TracerHandle
 {
 public:
   virtual ~TracerHandle() = default;
-
-  virtual trace::Tracer &tracer() const noexcept = 0;
 };
 }  // namespace plugin
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h
index 14858f7c63..0d3fda41ad 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/canonical_code.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/common/attribute_value.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/span.h"
-//#include "opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h"
 
 #define pass
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -67,20 +66,8 @@ class DefaultSpan: public Span {
     DefaultSpan(DefaultSpan&& spn) : span_context_(spn.GetContext()) {}
     DefaultSpan(const DefaultSpan& spn) : span_context_(spn.GetContext()) {}
 
-    // This is an invalid implementation
-    trace::Tracer &tracer() const noexcept {
-      trace::Tracer tracer = trace::Tracer();
-      return tracer; // Invalid tracer
-    }
-
-    // Creates an instance of this class with spancontext.
-    static DefaultSpan Create(SpanContext span_context) {
-      return DefaultSpan(span_context);
-    }
-
   private:
     SpanContext span_context_;
-    trace::Tracer tracer_;
 };
 }
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_tracer.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_tracer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb8126d174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_tracer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/nostd/unique_ptr.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/span.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h"
+
+#define pass
+OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+namespace trace {
+class DefaultTracer: public Tracer {
+public:
+  ~DefaultTracer() = default;
+
+  /**
+   * Starts a span.
+   *
+   * Optionally sets attributes at Span creation from the given key/value pairs.
+   *
+   * Attributes will be processed in order, previous attributes with the same
+   * key will be overwritten.
+   */
+  nostd::unique_ptr<Span> StartSpan(nostd::string_view name,
+                                    const KeyValueIterable &attributes,
+                                    const StartSpanOptions &options = {}) noexcept
+  {
+     return nostd::unique_ptr<Span>(new DefaultSpan::GetInvalid());
+  }
+
+  void ForceFlushWithMicroseconds(uint64_t timeout) noexcept
+  {
+    pass;
+  }
+
+  void CloseWithMicroseconds(uint64_t timeout) noexcept
+  {
+    pass;
+  }
+};
+}
+OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h
index 4ff65a5c32..0ebee00a49 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <array>
 #include <exception>
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_text_format.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/span_context.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/trace_state.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/key_value_iterable.h"
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "opentelemetry/nostd/shared_ptr.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/nostd/variant.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/nostd/span.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_text_format.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h"
 
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -304,16 +304,6 @@ class HttpTraceContext : public HTTPTextFormat<T> {
                 return context_from_parent_header;
             }
         }
-        const nostd::string_view kTraceParent = "traceparent";
-        const nostd::string_view kTraceState = "tracestate";
-        const int kVersionBytes = 2;
-        const int kTraceIdBytes = 32;
-        const int kSpanIdBytes = 16;
-        const int kTraceFlagBytes = 2;
-        const int kTraceDelimiterBytes = 3;
-        const int kHeaderSize = kVersionBytes + kTraceIdBytes + kSpanIdBytes + kTraceFlagBytes + kTraceDelimiterBytes;
-        const int kTraceStateMaxMembers = 32;
-        const int kHeaderElementLengths[4] = {2,32,16,2};
 };
 }
 }  // namespace trace
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span.h
index 3a37e97ca5..87aeb66c1e 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "opentelemetry/nostd/string_view.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/canonical_code.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/key_value_iterable_view.h"
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/version.h"
 
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ struct EndSpanOptions
 };
 
 class Tracer;
-
+class DefaultTracer;
 /**
  * A Span represents a single operation within a Trace.
  */
@@ -153,8 +152,6 @@ class Span
   // Returns true if this Span is recording tracing events (e.g. SetAttribute,
   // AddEvent).
   virtual bool IsRecording() const noexcept = 0;
-
-  virtual trace::Tracer &tracer() const noexcept = 0;
 };
 }  // namespace trace
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h
index 3b97963900..e09b2ae3f0 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <chrono>
 
-class Span;
-struct StartSpanOptions;
-
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace trace
 {
@@ -19,6 +16,7 @@ namespace trace
  * This class provides methods for manipulating the context, creating spans, and controlling spans'
  * lifecycles.
  */
+
 class Tracer
 {
 public:
@@ -31,6 +29,7 @@ class Tracer
    * Attributes will be processed in order, previous attributes with the same
    * key will be overwritten.
    */
+
   virtual nostd::unique_ptr<Span> StartSpan(nostd::string_view name,
                                             const KeyValueIterable &attributes,
                                             const StartSpanOptions &options = {}) noexcept = 0;
diff --git a/api/test/trace/default_span_test.cc b/api/test/trace/default_span_test.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/api/test/trace/propagation/http_text_format_test.cc b/api/test/trace/propagation/http_text_format_test.cc
index 879313b483..ab699d03bb 100644
--- a/api/test/trace/propagation/http_text_format_test.cc
+++ b/api/test/trace/propagation/http_text_format_test.cc
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_text_format.h"
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/context/context.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/span.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/span_context.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/nostd/string_view.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/nostd/span.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/nostd/shared_ptr.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/trace/trace_id.h"
@@ -16,6 +15,10 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_text_format.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h"
+
 using namespace opentelemetry;
 
 static nostd::string_view Getter(const std::map<std::string,std::string> &carrier, nostd::string_view trace_type = "traceparent") {