diff --git a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.Trimming/build/Datadog.Trace.Trimming.xml b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.Trimming/build/Datadog.Trace.Trimming.xml
index a999cbb20eb7..d9801d4788ca 100644
--- a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.Trimming/build/Datadog.Trace.Trimming.xml
+++ b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.Trimming/build/Datadog.Trace.Trimming.xml
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@
    <assembly fullname="StackExchange.Redis" />
    <assembly fullname="StackExchange.Redis.StrongName" />
    <assembly fullname="System" />
-   <assembly fullname="System.Buffers">
-      <type fullname="System.Buffers.ArrayPool`1" />
-   </assembly>
    <assembly fullname="System.Collections">
       <type fullname="System.Collections.BitArray" />
       <type fullname="System.Collections.Generic.Comparer`1" />
diff --git a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/HttpOverStreams/ChunkedEncodingReadStream.cs b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/HttpOverStreams/ChunkedEncodingReadStream.cs
index 05aaf444a6a4..94fc17403b08 100644
--- a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/HttpOverStreams/ChunkedEncodingReadStream.cs
+++ b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/HttpOverStreams/ChunkedEncodingReadStream.cs
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Datadog.Trace.Util.Streams;
 
-#if NETCOREAPP
-using ArrayPool = System.Buffers.ArrayPool<byte>;
-#else
-using ArrayPool = Datadog.Trace.VendoredMicrosoftCode.System.Buffers.ArrayPool<byte>;
-#endif
-
 namespace Datadog.Trace.HttpOverStreams;
 
 internal sealed partial class ChunkedEncodingReadStream : DelegatingStream
@@ -45,8 +39,6 @@ internal sealed partial class ChunkedEncodingReadStream : DelegatingStream
         128;
 #endif
 
-    private static readonly ArrayPool Pool = ArrayPool.Shared;
-
     private readonly Stream _innerStream;
     private readonly byte[] _streamBuffer;
     private ulong _bytesRemainingInChunk;
@@ -63,7 +55,7 @@ public ChunkedEncodingReadStream(Stream innerStream)
         _innerStream = innerStream;
         // We use a buffer that is double the size of the read buffer, so that we can move
         // the bytes around if we end up hitting edge cases
-        _streamBuffer = Pool.Rent(ReadBufferSize * 2);
+        _streamBuffer = new byte[ReadBufferSize * 2];
         _currentPosition = new(offset: 0, count: 0);
     }
 
@@ -77,20 +69,6 @@ private enum ParsingState : byte
         Done
     }
 
-    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
-    {
-        Pool.Return(_streamBuffer);
-        base.Dispose(disposing);
-    }
-
-#if NETCOREAPP
-    public override ValueTask DisposeAsync()
-    {
-        Pool.Return(_streamBuffer);
-        return base.DisposeAsync();
-    }
-#endif
-
     // This is not called by our production code, so we're yolo-ing it
     // MockTracerAgent currently _does_ use this code path
     public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
diff --git a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Snapshots/PublicApiTests.Datadog.Trace.AssemblyReferencesHaveNotChanged.netcoreapp3.1.verified.txt b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Snapshots/PublicApiTests.Datadog.Trace.AssemblyReferencesHaveNotChanged.netcoreapp3.1.verified.txt
index dbd865b232a2..91a380e224cb 100644
--- a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Snapshots/PublicApiTests.Datadog.Trace.AssemblyReferencesHaveNotChanged.netcoreapp3.1.verified.txt
+++ b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Snapshots/PublicApiTests.Datadog.Trace.AssemblyReferencesHaveNotChanged.netcoreapp3.1.verified.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60
 Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60
 Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60
-System.Buffers, Version=4.0.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
 System.Collections, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
 System.Collections.Concurrent, Version=4.0.15.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
 System.Collections.NonGeneric, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a