diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracing.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracing.scala
index 99c468d..9211a5a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracing.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracing.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ trait ActorTracing extends AroundReceiveOverrideHack { self: Actor =>
     msg match {
       case ts: BaseTracingSupport if receive.isDefinedAt(msg) =>
         trace.start(ts, serviceName)
-        trace.record(ts, "request: " + msg.toString)
       case _ =>
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracingSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracingSpec.scala
index 908a790..87ae51e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracingSpec.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/github/levkhomich/akka/tracing/ActorTracingSpec.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ class ActorTracingSpec extends Specification with TracingTestCommons with Tracin
       trace.finish(message)
 
       val span = receiveSpan()
-      checkAnnotation(span, "request: " + message)
+      span.get_annotations.size mustEqual 2
+      span.get_binary_annotations mustEqual null
     }
 
   }