diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/Constants.java b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/Constants.java
index 4d813c65a..438e6e354 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/Constants.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/Constants.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ public class Constants {
   // TODO these should be configurable
   public static final String X_UBER_SOURCE = "x-uber-source";
 
-  public static final int MAX_TAG_LENGTH = 256;
-
   /**
    * Span tag key to describe the type of sampler used on the root span.
    */
diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverter.java b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverter.java
index e61d329e7..54ca6fb29 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverter.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverter.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 package com.uber.jaeger.reporters.protocols;
 
-import com.uber.jaeger.Constants;
 import com.uber.jaeger.LogData;
 import com.uber.jaeger.Reference;
 import com.uber.jaeger.Span;
@@ -126,14 +125,6 @@ static Tag buildTag(String tagKey, Object tagValue) {
 
   static void buildStringTag(Tag tag, Object tagValue) {
     tag.setVType(TagType.STRING);
-    String stringTagValue = String.valueOf(tagValue);
-    tag.setVStr(truncateString(stringTagValue));
-  }
-
-  protected static String truncateString(String s) {
-    if (s.length() > Constants.MAX_TAG_LENGTH) {
-      return s.substring(0, Constants.MAX_TAG_LENGTH);
-    }
-    return s;
+    tag.setVStr(String.valueOf(tagValue));
   }
 }
diff --git a/jaeger-core/src/test/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverterTest.java b/jaeger-core/src/test/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverterTest.java
index 8b126f982..f4221deba 100644
--- a/jaeger-core/src/test/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverterTest.java
+++ b/jaeger-core/src/test/java/com/uber/jaeger/reporters/protocols/JaegerThriftSpanConverterTest.java
@@ -141,25 +141,4 @@ public void testConvertSpan() {
     assertEquals("k", thriftTag.getKey());
     assertEquals("v", thriftTag.getVStr());
   }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testTruncateString() {
-    String testString =
-        "k9bHT50f9JNpPUggw3Qz\n"
-        + "Q1MUhMobIMPA5ItaB3KD\n"
-        + "vNUoBPRjOpJw2C46vgn3\n"
-        + "UisXI5KIIH8Wd8uqJ8Wn\n"
-        + "Z8NVmrcpIBwxc2Qje5d6\n"
-        + "1mJdQnPMc3VmX1v75As8\n"
-        + "pUyoicWVPeGEidRuhHpt\n"
-        + "R1sIR1YNjwtBIy9Swwdq\n"
-        + "LUIZXdLcPmCvQVPB3cYw\n"
-        + "VGAtFXG7D8ksLsKw94eY\n"
-        + "c7PNm74nEV3jIIvlJ217\n"
-        + "SLBfUBHW6SEjrHcz553i\n"
-        + "VSjpBvJYXR6CsoEMGce0\n"
-        + "LqSypCXJHDAzb0DL1w8B\n"
-        + "kS9g0wCgregSAlq63OIf";
-    assertEquals(256, JaegerThriftSpanConverter.truncateString(testString).length());
-  }
 }
diff --git a/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/senders/zipkin/ThriftSpanConverter.java b/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/senders/zipkin/ThriftSpanConverter.java
index 45bf6ccce..882be0e2d 100644
--- a/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/senders/zipkin/ThriftSpanConverter.java
+++ b/jaeger-zipkin/src/main/java/com/uber/jaeger/senders/zipkin/ThriftSpanConverter.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import com.twitter.zipkin.thriftjava.BinaryAnnotation;
 import com.twitter.zipkin.thriftjava.Endpoint;
 import com.twitter.zipkin.thriftjava.zipkincoreConstants;
-import com.uber.jaeger.Constants;
 import com.uber.jaeger.LogData;
 import com.uber.jaeger.Span;
 import com.uber.jaeger.SpanContext;
@@ -134,14 +133,7 @@ private static List<BinaryAnnotation> buildBinaryAnnotations(Span span, Endpoint
 
   private static BinaryAnnotation buildBinaryAnnotation(String tagKey, Object tagValue) {
     BinaryAnnotation banno = new BinaryAnnotation().setKey(tagKey);
-
-    String stringTagValue = tagValue.toString();
-    if (stringTagValue.length() > Constants.MAX_TAG_LENGTH) {
-      tagValue = stringTagValue.substring(0, Constants.MAX_TAG_LENGTH);
-    }
-
-    banno.setValue(stringTagValue.getBytes(UTF_8)).setAnnotation_type(AnnotationType.STRING);
-
+    banno.setValue(String.valueOf(tagValue).getBytes(UTF_8)).setAnnotation_type(AnnotationType.STRING);
     return banno;
   }