diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/opentracing/propagation/text_map.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/opentracing/propagation/text_map.js
index 346e5e00911..1346f85de72 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/opentracing/propagation/text_map.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/opentracing/propagation/text_map.js
@@ -236,8 +236,7 @@ class TextMapPropagator {
   }
 
   _hasParentIdInTags (spanContext) {
-    return tags.DD_PARENT_ID in spanContext._trace.tags &&
-      spanContext._trace.tags[tags.DD_PARENT_ID] !== zeroTraceId
+    return tags.DD_PARENT_ID in spanContext._trace.tags
   }
 
   _updateParentIdFromDdHeaders (carrier, firstSpanContext) {
@@ -445,10 +444,6 @@ class TextMapPropagator {
         }
       })
 
-      if (!spanContext._trace.tags[tags.DD_PARENT_ID]) {
-        spanContext._trace.tags[tags.DD_PARENT_ID] = zeroTraceId
-      }
-
       this._extractBaggageItems(carrier, spanContext)
       return spanContext
     }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/opentracing/propagation/text_map.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/opentracing/propagation/text_map.spec.js
index e6a206a8bbd..58ee69047ba 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/opentracing/propagation/text_map.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/opentracing/propagation/text_map.spec.js
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ describe('TextMapPropagator', () => {
 
       const carrier = textMap
       const spanContext = propagator.extract(carrier)
-      expect(spanContext._trace.tags).to.have.property('_dd.parent_id', '0000000000000000')
+      expect(spanContext._trace.tags).to.not.have.property('_dd.parent_id')
     })
 
     it('should not extract tracestate from tracecontext when trace IDs don\'t match', () => {