diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h
index 57785e633c..6755704291 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace trace
 {
+
+/**
+ * DefaultSpan provides a non-operational Span that propagates
+ * the tracer context by wrapping it inside the Span object.
+ */
+
 class DefaultSpan : public Span
 {
 public:
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_tracer.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_tracer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b00e60079..0000000000
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/default_tracer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-#pragma once
-#include "opentelemetry/nostd/unique_ptr.h"
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/default_span.h"
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/span.h"
-#include "opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h"
-
-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 common::KeyValueIterable &attributes,
-                                    const StartSpanOptions &options = {}) override noexcept
-  {
-    return nostd::unique_ptr<Span>(new DefaultSpan::GetInvalid());
-  }
-
-  void ForceFlushWithMicroseconds(uint64_t timeout) override noexcept {}
-
-  void CloseWithMicroseconds(uint64_t timeout) override noexcept {}
-};
-}  // namespace trace
-OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE