diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3414e2233..abf6080c2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ gem 'graphql', '~> 1.9', '>= 1.9.4'
 gem 'graphql-errors', '~> 0.3.0'
 gem 'graphql-batch', '~> 0.4.0'
 gem 'graphql-cache', '~> 0.6.0', git: "https://github.com/stackshareio/graphql-cache"
-gem 'ddtrace', '~> 0.23.3'
+# gem 'ddtrace', '~> 0.23.3'
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.8', '>= 3.8.2'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9ba9262b6..3121a46aa 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -134,14 +134,13 @@ GEM
     builder (3.2.3)
     byebug (11.0.1)
     cancancan (2.3.0)
-    capybara (3.20.1)
+    capybara (3.20.2)
       addressable
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
       rack (>= 1.6.0)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       regexp_parser (~> 1.2)
-      uglifier
       xpath (~> 3.2)
     case_transform (0.2)
       activesupport
@@ -176,8 +175,6 @@ GEM
       addressable
     dalli (2.7.10)
     database_cleaner (1.7.0)
-    ddtrace (0.23.3)
-      msgpack
     debug_inspector (0.0.3)
     diff-lcs (1.3)
     diffy (3.3.0)
@@ -211,7 +208,6 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (>= 1.4.3)
     erubi (1.8.0)
     excon (0.64.0)
-    execjs (2.7.0)
     facets (3.1.0)
     factory_bot (4.11.1)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -514,8 +510,6 @@ GEM
       tilt (>= 1.4, < 3)
     tzinfo (1.2.5)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
-    uglifier (4.1.20)
-      execjs (>= 0.3.0, < 3)
     unf (0.1.4)
       unf_ext
     unf_ext (0.0.7.6)
@@ -558,7 +552,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   country_select (~> 3.1)
   dalli (~> 2.7, >= 2.7.6)
   database_cleaner
-  ddtrace (~> 0.23.3)
   diffy (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.1)
   dotenv
   elasticsearch-extensions (~> 0.0.29)
diff --git a/config/initializers/datadog.rb b/config/initializers/datadog.rb
index 0966c59be..327f52afa 100644
--- a/config/initializers/datadog.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/datadog.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require "ddtrace"
+# require "ddtrace"
 
-Datadog.configure do |c|
-  # This will activate auto-instrumentation for Rails
-  c.use :rails, service_name: "client-api"
-end
+# Datadog.configure do |c|
+#   # This will activate auto-instrumentation for Rails
+#   c.use :rails, service_name: "client-api"
+# end