diff --git a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.csproj b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.csproj
index fe5494803257..90402e2af723 100644
--- a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.csproj
+++ b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.csproj
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTracing" Version="0.12.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETFramework' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework' ">
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests.csproj b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests.csproj
index 3be078e49ecd..04ee0740bb0c 100644
--- a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing.Tests.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" !$(TargetFramework.StartsWith('net4')) ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
 
     <!-- These are only required because we load Datadog.Trace using reflection  -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="2.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />