diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/rand_go1_22.go b/ddtrace/tracer/rand_go1_22.go
index 9e7948e47e..94b8e805d3 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/rand_go1_22.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/rand_go1_22.go
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ func randUint64() uint64 {
 	return rand.Uint64()
 }
 
-func generateSpanID(startTime int64) uint64 {
+func generateSpanID() uint64 {
 	return rand.Uint64() & math.MaxInt64
 }
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/sqlcomment.go b/ddtrace/tracer/sqlcomment.go
index afa0a72ed7..428a55b74a 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/sqlcomment.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/sqlcomment.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type SQLCommentCarrier struct {
 
 // Inject injects a span context in the carrier's Query field as a comment.
 func (c *SQLCommentCarrier) Inject(ctx *SpanContext) error {
-	c.SpanID = generateSpanID(now())
+	c.SpanID = generateSpanID()
 	tags := make(map[string]string)
 	switch c.Mode {
 	case DBMPropagationModeUndefined:
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go
index 5ef68ae603..094dbb20ec 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func SpanStart(operationName string, options ...StartSpanOption) *Span {
 	}
 	id := opts.SpanID
 	if id == 0 {
-		id = generateSpanID(startTime)
+		id = generateSpanID()
 	}
 	// span defaults
 	span := &Span{
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go
index b9311693ee..6bc8aee7fa 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ func BenchmarkStartSpanConcurrent(b *testing.B) {
 func BenchmarkGenSpanID(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		generateSpanID(0)
+		generateSpanID()
 	}
 }