diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 11f080a90..c853e158a 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -876,15 +876,6 @@ version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9cace84e55f07e7301bae1c519df89cdad8cc3cd868413d3fdbdeca9ff3db484"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.8"
@@ -1045,9 +1036,6 @@ name = "deranged"
 version = "0.3.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f2696e8a945f658fd14dc3b87242e6b80cd0f36ff04ea560fa39082368847946"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
@@ -1079,27 +1067,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-next"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b98cf8ebf19c3d1b223e151f99a4f9f0690dca41414773390fc824184ac833e1"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "dirs-sys-next",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys-next"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "redox_users",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -1338,16 +1305,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wintun",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "flate2"
-version = "1.0.27"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6c98ee8095e9d1dcbf2fcc6d95acccb90d1c81db1e44725c6a984b1dbdfb010"
-dependencies = [
- "crc32fast",
- "miniz_oxide",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -1465,31 +1422,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gcp_auth"
-version = "0.7.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ab5724fa45095bf1965ff491e75182818ba13f2a8755b04d484a9ec6408b622"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "base64 0.21.4",
- "dirs-next",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-rustls",
- "ring",
- "rustls 0.20.9",
- "rustls-pemfile",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
- "time",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-futures",
- "url",
- "which",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -1723,20 +1655,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-rustls"
-version = "0.23.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1788965e61b367cd03a62950836d5cd41560c3577d90e40e0819373194d1661c"
-dependencies = [
- "http",
- "hyper",
- "rustls 0.20.9",
- "rustls-native-certs",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.23.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-timeout"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -2406,35 +2324,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "24e33428e6bf08c6f7fcea4ddb8e358fab0fe48ab877a87c70c6ebe20f673ce5"
-dependencies = [
- "opentelemetry",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "opentelemetry-stackdriver"
-version = "0.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff78d1abfa634182471924e542004d1b46996a31a481da114eda4abaad9d5b61"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "futures",
- "gcp_auth",
- "hex",
- "http",
- "hyper",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
- "thiserror",
- "tonic",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry_api"
 version = "0.19.0"
@@ -2529,7 +2418,7 @@ checksum = "93f00c865fe7cabf650081affecd3871070f26767e7b2070a3ffae14c654b447"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
+ "redox_syscall",
  "smallvec",
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
@@ -2780,15 +2669,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-types"
-version = "0.11.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "213622a1460818959ac1181aaeb2dc9c7f63df720db7d788b3e24eacd1983e13"
-dependencies = [
- "prost",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-error"
 version = "1.2.3"
@@ -2875,15 +2755,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.2.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -2893,17 +2764,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_users"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
- "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.9.5"
@@ -2967,7 +2827,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
- "opentelemetry-stackdriver",
  "phoenix-channel",
  "prometheus-client",
  "proptest",
@@ -3112,18 +2971,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki 0.21.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls"
-version = "0.20.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b80e3dec595989ea8510028f30c408a4630db12c9cbb8de34203b89d6577e99"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "ring",
- "sct 0.7.0",
- "webpki 0.22.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.21.7"
@@ -3637,7 +3484,7 @@ checksum = "cb94d2f3cc536af71caac6b6fcebf65860b347e7ce0cc9ebe8f70d3e521054ef"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "fastrand",
- "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
+ "redox_syscall",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
@@ -3776,17 +3623,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.31",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-rustls"
-version = "0.23.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c43ee83903113e03984cb9e5cebe6c04a5116269e900e3ddba8f068a62adda59"
-dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.20.9",
- "tokio",
- "webpki 0.22.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.24.1"
@@ -3819,7 +3655,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls 0.21.7",
  "rustls-native-certs",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
+ "tokio-rustls",
  "tungstenite",
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
@@ -3849,7 +3685,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "bytes",
- "flate2",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
@@ -3861,10 +3696,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
  "prost-derive",
- "rustls-native-certs",
- "rustls-pemfile",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.23.4",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower",
diff --git a/rust/relay/Cargo.toml b/rust/relay/Cargo.toml
index b5e7efd7b..93be672da 100644
--- a/rust/relay/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/relay/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "net", "t
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", features = ["log"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "json", "fmt"] }
 tracing-stackdriver = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["opentelemetry"] }
-opentelemetry-stackdriver = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false, features = ["gcp_auth", "tls-native-roots"] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = "0.19.0"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 opentelemetry-otlp = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/rust/relay/src/main.rs b/rust/relay/src/main.rs
index 5a65e3e0d..fec72477f 100644
--- a/rust/relay/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/relay/src/main.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
 use clap::Parser;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::{future, FutureExt, SinkExt, StreamExt};
-use opentelemetry::sdk::trace::TracerProvider;
-use opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider as _;
 use opentelemetry_otlp::WithExportConfig;
-use opentelemetry_stackdriver::Authorizer;
 use phoenix_channel::{Error, Event, PhoenixChannel};
 use prometheus_client::registry::Registry;
 use rand::rngs::StdRng;
@@ -94,8 +91,6 @@ enum LogFormat {
 
 #[derive(clap::ValueEnum, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 enum TraceCollector {
-    /// Sends traces to Google Cloud Trace.
-    GoogleCloudTrace,
     /// Sends traces to an OTLP collector.
     Otlp,
 }
@@ -203,17 +198,6 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 ///
 /// See [`log_layer`] for details on the base log layer.
 ///
-/// ## Integration with Google Cloud Trace
-///
-/// If the user has specified [`TraceCollector::GoogleCloudTrace`], we will attempt to connect to Google Cloud Trace.
-/// This requires authentication.
-/// Here is how we will attempt to obtain those, for details see <https://docs.rs/gcp_auth/0.9.0/gcp_auth/struct.AuthenticationManager.html#method.new>.
-///
-/// 1. Check if the `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable if set; if so, use a custom service account as the token source.
-/// 2. Look for credentials in `.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json`; if found, use these credentials to request refresh tokens.
-/// 3. Send a HTTP request to the internal metadata server to retrieve a token; if it succeeds, use the default service account as the token source.
-/// 4. Check if the `gcloud` tool is available on the PATH; if so, use the `gcloud auth print-access-token` command as the token source.
-///
 /// ## Integration with OTLP
 ///
 /// If the user has specified [`TraceCollector::Otlp`], we will set up an OTLP-exporter that connects to an OTLP collector specified at `Args.otlp_grpc_endpoint`.
@@ -221,44 +205,11 @@ async fn setup_tracing(args: &Args) -> Result<()> {
     // Use `tracing_core` directly for the temp logger because that one does not initialize a `log` logger.
     // A `log` Logger cannot be unset once set, so we can't use that for our temp logger during the setup.
     let temp_logger_guard = tracing_core::dispatcher::set_default(
-        &tracing_subscriber::registry()
-            .with(log_layer(args, args.google_cloud_project_id.clone()))
-            .into(),
+        &tracing_subscriber::registry().with(log_layer(args)).into(),
     );
 
     let dispatch: Dispatch = match args.trace_collector {
-        None => tracing_subscriber::registry()
-            .with(log_layer(args, args.google_cloud_project_id.clone()))
-            .into(),
-        Some(TraceCollector::GoogleCloudTrace) => {
-            tracing::trace!("Setting up Google-Cloud-Trace collector");
-
-            let authorizer = opentelemetry_stackdriver::GcpAuthorizer::new()
-                .await
-                .context("Failed to find GCP credentials")?;
-
-            let project_id = authorizer.project_id().to_owned();
-
-            tracing::trace!(%project_id, "Successfully retrieved authentication token for Google services");
-
-            let (exporter, driver) = opentelemetry_stackdriver::Builder::default()
-                .build(authorizer)
-                .await
-                .context("Failed to create StackDriverExporter")?;
-            tokio::spawn(driver);
-
-            let tracer = TracerProvider::builder()
-                .with_batch_exporter(exporter, opentelemetry::runtime::Tokio)
-                .build()
-                .tracer("relay");
-
-            tracing::trace!("Successfully initialized trace provider on tokio runtime");
-
-            tracing_subscriber::registry()
-                .with(log_layer(args, Some(project_id)))
-                .with(tracing_opentelemetry::layer().with_tracer(tracer))
-                .into()
-        }
+        None => tracing_subscriber::registry().with(log_layer(args)).into(),
         Some(TraceCollector::Otlp) => {
             let grpc_endpoint = format!("http://{}", args.otlp_grpc_endpoint);
 
@@ -279,7 +230,7 @@ async fn setup_tracing(args: &Args) -> Result<()> {
             // TODO: This is where we could also configure metrics.
 
             tracing_subscriber::registry()
-                .with(log_layer(args, args.google_cloud_project_id.clone()))
+                .with(log_layer(args))
                 .with(tracing_opentelemetry::layer().with_tracer(tracer))
                 .into()
         }
@@ -301,10 +252,7 @@ async fn setup_tracing(args: &Args) -> Result<()> {
 /// - human-centered formatting
 /// - JSON-formatting
 /// - Google Cloud optimised formatting
-fn log_layer<T>(
-    args: &Args,
-    google_cloud_trace_project_id: Option<String>,
-) -> Box<dyn Layer<T> + Send + Sync>
+fn log_layer<T>(args: &Args) -> Box<dyn Layer<T> + Send + Sync>
 where
     T: Subscriber + for<'a> tracing_subscriber::registry::LookupSpan<'a>,
 {
@@ -312,7 +260,7 @@ where
         .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
         .from_env_lossy();
 
-    let log_layer = match (args.log_format, google_cloud_trace_project_id) {
+    let log_layer = match (args.log_format, args.google_cloud_project_id.clone()) {
         (LogFormat::Human, _) => tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().boxed(),
         (LogFormat::Json, _) => tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().json().boxed(),
         (LogFormat::GoogleCloud, None) => {