diff --git a/common/features/processor/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/features/processor/FeatureHandler.java b/common/features/processor/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/features/processor/FeatureHandler.java
index a1098ed2c96..8800ca5112c 100644
--- a/common/features/processor/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/features/processor/FeatureHandler.java
+++ b/common/features/processor/src/main/java/io/helidon/common/features/processor/FeatureHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ private void processModule(Element moduleElement) {
                 annotation.getElementValues()
                         .forEach((method, value) -> {
                             if (method.getSimpleName().contentEquals("since")) {
-                                descriptor.since((String) value.getValue());
+                                descriptor.deprecatedSince((String) value.getValue());
                             }
                         });
                 if (descriptor.noDeprecatedSince()) {
                     messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR, "Failed to process feature metadata annotation processor. "
-                            + " Module " + moduleName + " has @Deprecated without since. Since must be defined");
+                            + " Module " + moduleName + " has @Deprecated without since. Since must be defined.");
                     throw new IllegalStateException("Deprecated without since in module " + moduleName);
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/docs/mp/tracing.adoc b/docs/mp/tracing.adoc
index 3bcced435ea..c817744ebce 100644
--- a/docs/mp/tracing.adoc
+++ b/docs/mp/tracing.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-    Copyright (c) 2018, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+    Copyright (c) 2018, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ include::{rootdir}/includes/mp.adoc[]
 
 == Overview
 
+WARNING: The OpenTracing Specification that MP OpenTracing is based on is no longer maintained.
+The MP OpenTracing specification is no longer required by MicroProfile. This feature is marked as `@Deprecated` in Helidon. The specification is Superseded by link:https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-telemetry[MicroProfile Telemetry specification].
+
 Distributed tracing is a critical feature of micro-service based applications, since it traces workflow both
 within a service and across multiple services. This provides insight to sequence and timing data for specific blocks of work,
 which helps you identify performance and operational issues. Helidon MP includes support for distributed tracing
diff --git a/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/pom.xml b/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/pom.xml
index 502ce87f511..d66cccddf66 100644
--- a/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/pom.xml
+++ b/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2019, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+    Copyright (c) 2019, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
             <groupId>io.helidon.microprofile.rest-client</groupId>
             <artifactId>helidon-microprofile-rest-client</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.helidon.microprofile.tracing</groupId>
-            <artifactId>helidon-microprofile-tracing</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-media-json-binding</artifactId>
diff --git a/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/src/main/java/module-info.java b/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/src/main/java/module-info.java
index ef2b0cd1d9c..9afa63698ea 100644
--- a/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/microprofile/bundles/helidon-microprofile/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     requires transitive io.helidon.microprofile.metrics;
     requires transitive io.helidon.microprofile.faulttolerance;
     requires transitive io.helidon.microprofile.jwt.auth;
-    requires transitive io.helidon.microprofile.tracing;
     requires transitive io.helidon.microprofile.restclient;
     requires transitive io.helidon.microprofile.openapi;
     requires transitive jakarta.json.bind;
diff --git a/microprofile/tests/tck/tck-opentracing/pom.xml b/microprofile/tests/tck/tck-opentracing/pom.xml
index cc260dddea5..0518bc21a31 100644
--- a/microprofile/tests/tck/tck-opentracing/pom.xml
+++ b/microprofile/tests/tck/tck-opentracing/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-    Copyright (c) 2019, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+    Copyright (c) 2019, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
             <artifactId>opentracing-mock</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.helidon.microprofile.tracing</groupId>
+            <artifactId>helidon-microprofile-tracing</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/microprofile/tracing/src/main/java/module-info.java b/microprofile/tracing/src/main/java/module-info.java
index c4db20c3e87..c2fee5d4c53 100644
--- a/microprofile/tracing/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/microprofile/tracing/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 @Feature(value = "Tracing",
         description = "MicroProfile tracing spec implementation",
         in = HelidonFlavor.MP,
-        path = "Tracing"
-)
+        path = "Tracing",
+        since = "1.0.0")
+@Deprecated(since="4.0.0", forRemoval = true)
 module io.helidon.microprofile.tracing {
     requires static io.helidon.common.features.api;
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/zipkin-mp-2.2/pom.xml b/tests/integration/zipkin-mp-2.2/pom.xml
index 319faaaeecd..b5617bf2d7e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/zipkin-mp-2.2/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration/zipkin-mp-2.2/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-    Copyright (c) 2019, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+    Copyright (c) 2019, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
             <groupId>io.helidon.tracing</groupId>
             <artifactId>helidon-tracing-zipkin</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.helidon.microprofile.tracing</groupId>
+            <artifactId>helidon-microprofile-tracing</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
             <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>