diff --git a/http/sentryhttp.go b/http/sentryhttp.go
index b2a7351cf..86c5df380 100644
--- a/http/sentryhttp.go
+++ b/http/sentryhttp.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (h *Handler) handle(handler http.Handler) http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 		// We don't mind getting an existing transaction back so we don't need to
 		// check if it is.
-		transaction, _ := sentry.StartTransaction(ctx,
+		transaction := sentry.StartTransaction(ctx,
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", r.Method, r.URL.Path),
 			options...,
 		)
diff --git a/tracing.go b/tracing.go
index 4af7e5308..77666d4b5 100644
--- a/tracing.go
+++ b/tracing.go
@@ -636,11 +636,10 @@ func spanFromContext(ctx context.Context) *Span {
 
 // StartTransaction will create a transaction (root span) if there's no existing
 // transaction in the context otherwise, it will return the existing transaction.
-// The boolean indicates if it returned the existing transaction or not.
-func StartTransaction(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...SpanOption) (*Span, bool) {
-	currentTransaction := ctx.Value(spanContextKey{})
-	if currentTransaction != nil {
-		return currentTransaction.(*Span), true
+func StartTransaction(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...SpanOption) *Span {
+	currentTransaction, exists := ctx.Value(spanContextKey{}).(*Span)
+	if exists {
+		return currentTransaction
 	}
 	hub := GetHubFromContext(ctx)
 	if hub == nil {
@@ -652,5 +651,5 @@ func StartTransaction(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...SpanOption) (
 		ctx,
 		"",
 		options...,
-	), false
+	)
 }
diff --git a/tracing_test.go b/tracing_test.go
index f5fb6f4bd..347a6dded 100644
--- a/tracing_test.go
+++ b/tracing_test.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func TestStartTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 	data := map[string]interface{}{
 		"k": "v",
 	}
-	transaction, _ := StartTransaction(ctx,
+	transaction := StartTransaction(ctx,
 		transactionName,
 		func(s *Span) {
 			s.Description = description
@@ -298,20 +298,6 @@ func TestStartTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestStartTransactionAlreadyInProgress(t *testing.T) {
-	transport := &TransportMock{}
-	ctx := NewTestContext(ClientOptions{
-		Transport: transport,
-	})
-	// Simulate a transaction already in progress
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, spanContextKey{}, &Span{})
-	transactionName := "Test Transaction"
-	_, existing := StartTransaction(ctx, transactionName)
-	if !existing {
-		t.Fatal("StartTransaction should return true if a transaction is already in progress")
-	}
-}
-
 // testContextKey is used to store a value in a context so that we can check
 // that SDK operations on that context preserve the original context values.
 type testContextKey struct{}