diff --git a/instana/instrumentation/redis.py b/instana/instrumentation/redis.py
index 65c297c4..f8eb4605 100644
--- a/instana/instrumentation/redis.py
+++ b/instana/instrumentation/redis.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-import opentracing
-import opentracing.ext.tags as ext
 import wrapt
 
 from ..log import logger
@@ -10,70 +8,74 @@
 try:
     import redis
 
-    @wrapt.patch_function_wrapper('redis.client','StrictRedis.execute_command')
-    def execute_command_with_instana(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
-        parent_span = tracer.active_span
-
-        # If we're not tracing, just return
-        if parent_span is None:
-            return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        with tracer.start_active_span("redis", child_of=parent_span) as scope:
-
-            try:
-                ckw = instance.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
-                url = "redis://%s:%d/%d" % (ckw['host'], ckw['port'], ckw['db'])
-                scope.span.set_tag("connection", url)
-                scope.span.set_tag("driver", "redis-py")
-                scope.span.set_tag("command", args[0])
-
-                rv = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
-            except Exception as e:
-                scope.span.set_tag("redis.error", str(e))
-                scope.span.set_tag("error", True)
-                ec = scope.span.tags.get('ec', 0)
-                scope.span.set_tag("ec", ec+1)
-                raise
-            else:
-                return rv
-
-    @wrapt.patch_function_wrapper('redis.client','BasePipeline.execute')
-    def execute_with_instana(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
-        parent_span = tracer.active_span
-
-        # If we're not tracing, just return
-        if parent_span is None:
-            return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        with tracer.start_active_span("redis", child_of=parent_span) as scope:
-
-            try:
-                ckw = instance.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
-                url = "redis://%s:%d/%d" % (ckw['host'], ckw['port'], ckw['db'])
-                scope.span.set_tag("connection", url)
-                scope.span.set_tag("driver", "redis-py")
-                scope.span.set_tag("command", 'PIPELINE')
+    if redis.VERSION < (3, 0, 0):
+
+        @wrapt.patch_function_wrapper('redis.client','StrictRedis.execute_command')
+        def execute_command_with_instana(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
+            parent_span = tracer.active_span
+
+            # If we're not tracing, just return
+            if parent_span is None:
+                return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            with tracer.start_active_span("redis", child_of=parent_span) as scope:
 
                 try:
-                    pipe_cmds = []
-                    for e in instance.command_stack:
-                        pipe_cmds.append(e[0][0])
-                    scope.span.set_tag("subCommands", pipe_cmds)
+                    ckw = instance.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
+                    url = "redis://%s:%d/%d" % (ckw['host'], ckw['port'], ckw['db'])
+                    scope.span.set_tag("connection", url)
+                    scope.span.set_tag("driver", "redis-py")
+                    scope.span.set_tag("command", args[0])
+
+                    rv = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
                 except Exception as e:
-                    # If anything breaks during cmd collection, just log a
-                    # debug message
-                    logger.debug("Error collecting pipeline commands")
-
-                rv = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
-            except Exception as e:
-                scope.span.set_tag("redis.error", str(e))
-                scope.span.set_tag("error", True)
-                ec = scope.span.tags.get('ec', 0)
-                scope.span.set_tag("ec", ec+1)
-                raise
-            else:
-                return rv
-
-    logger.debug("Instrumenting redis")
+                    scope.span.set_tag("redis.error", str(e))
+                    scope.span.set_tag("error", True)
+                    ec = scope.span.tags.get('ec', 0)
+                    scope.span.set_tag("ec", ec+1)
+                    raise
+                else:
+                    return rv
+
+        @wrapt.patch_function_wrapper('redis.client','BasePipeline.execute')
+        def execute_with_instana(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
+            parent_span = tracer.active_span
+
+            # If we're not tracing, just return
+            if parent_span is None:
+                return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
+
+            with tracer.start_active_span("redis", child_of=parent_span) as scope:
+
+                try:
+                    ckw = instance.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
+                    url = "redis://%s:%d/%d" % (ckw['host'], ckw['port'], ckw['db'])
+                    scope.span.set_tag("connection", url)
+                    scope.span.set_tag("driver", "redis-py")
+                    scope.span.set_tag("command", 'PIPELINE')
+
+                    try:
+                        pipe_cmds = []
+                        for e in instance.command_stack:
+                            pipe_cmds.append(e[0][0])
+                        scope.span.set_tag("subCommands", pipe_cmds)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        # If anything breaks during cmd collection, just log a
+                        # debug message
+                        logger.debug("Error collecting pipeline commands")
+
+                    rv = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    scope.span.set_tag("redis.error", str(e))
+                    scope.span.set_tag("error", True)
+                    ec = scope.span.tags.get('ec', 0)
+                    scope.span.set_tag("ec", ec+1)
+                    raise
+                else:
+                    return rv
+
+        logger.debug("Instrumenting redis")
+    else:
+        logger.debug("redis >=3.0.0 not supported (yet)")
 except ImportError:
     pass