diff --git a/crates/parser/src/lexed_str.rs b/crates/parser/src/lexed_str.rs
index 7c78ba8faf5f..46d70487170d 100644
--- a/crates/parser/src/lexed_str.rs
+++ b/crates/parser/src/lexed_str.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct LexError {
 
 impl<'a> LexedStr<'a> {
     pub fn new(edition: Edition, text: &'a str) -> LexedStr<'a> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
         let _p = tracing::info_span!("LexedStr::new").entered();
         let mut conv = Converter::new(edition, text);
         if let Ok(script) = crate::frontmatter::ScriptSource::parse(text) {
diff --git a/crates/parser/src/lib.rs b/crates/parser/src/lib.rs
index 53444ef52cff..474372f23361 100644
--- a/crates/parser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/parser/src/lib.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ pub enum TopEntryPoint {
 
 impl TopEntryPoint {
     pub fn parse(&self, input: &Input, edition: Edition) -> Output {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
         let _p = tracing::info_span!("TopEntryPoint::parse", ?self).entered();
         let entry_point: fn(&'_ mut parser::Parser<'_>) = match self {
             TopEntryPoint::SourceFile => grammar::entry::top::source_file,
diff --git a/crates/parser/src/shortcuts.rs b/crates/parser/src/shortcuts.rs
index d5e513933f7a..cbe29935f4d3 100644
--- a/crates/parser/src/shortcuts.rs
+++ b/crates/parser/src/shortcuts.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub enum StrStep<'a> {
 
 impl LexedStr<'_> {
     pub fn to_input(&self, edition: Edition) -> crate::Input {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
         let _p = tracing::info_span!("LexedStr::to_input").entered();
         let mut res = crate::Input::with_capacity(self.len());
         let mut was_joint = false;
diff --git a/crates/syntax/Cargo.toml b/crates/syntax/Cargo.toml
index 1ee93013e3e8..06307d0c9329 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/syntax/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rustc-hash.workspace = true
 rustc-literal-escaper.workspace = true
 smol_str.workspace = true
 triomphe.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
+tracing = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 parser.workspace = true
 stdx.workspace = true
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ rustc_apfloat = "0.2.3"
 test-utils.workspace = true
 
 [features]
+default = ["tracing"]
 in-rust-tree = []
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/crates/syntax/src/lib.rs b/crates/syntax/src/lib.rs
index 7346b9319248..f73ef1b7af7e 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/syntax/src/lib.rs
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ impl ast::Expr {
     /// ast::Expr::parse("let fail = true;", Edition::CURRENT).tree();
     /// ```
     pub fn parse(text: &str, edition: Edition) -> Parse<ast::Expr> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
         let _p = tracing::info_span!("Expr::parse").entered();
         let (green, errors) = parsing::parse_text_at(text, parser::TopEntryPoint::Expr, edition);
         let root = SyntaxNode::new_root(green.clone());
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ pub use crate::ast::SourceFile;
 
 impl SourceFile {
     pub fn parse(text: &str, edition: Edition) -> Parse<SourceFile> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
         let _p = tracing::info_span!("SourceFile::parse").entered();
         let (green, errors) = parsing::parse_text(text, edition);
         let root = SyntaxNode::new_root(green.clone());
diff --git a/crates/syntax/src/parsing.rs b/crates/syntax/src/parsing.rs
index 9e286edc5f98..f8fdeea8fc1a 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/src/parsing.rs
+++ b/crates/syntax/src/parsing.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::{SyntaxError, SyntaxTreeBuilder, syntax_node::GreenNode};
 pub(crate) use crate::parsing::reparsing::incremental_reparse;
 
 pub(crate) fn parse_text(text: &str, edition: parser::Edition) -> (GreenNode, Vec<SyntaxError>) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
     let _p = tracing::info_span!("parse_text").entered();
     let lexed = parser::LexedStr::new(edition, text);
     let parser_input = lexed.to_input(edition);
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_text_at(
     entry: parser::TopEntryPoint,
     edition: parser::Edition,
 ) -> (GreenNode, Vec<SyntaxError>) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
     let _p = tracing::info_span!("parse_text_at").entered();
     let lexed = parser::LexedStr::new(edition, text);
     let parser_input = lexed.to_input(edition);
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_tree(
     lexed: parser::LexedStr<'_>,
     parser_output: parser::Output,
 ) -> (GreenNode, Vec<SyntaxError>, bool) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
     let _p = tracing::info_span!("build_tree").entered();
     let mut builder = SyntaxTreeBuilder::default();
 
diff --git a/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs b/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs
index 485140be8f69..42323308ffe1 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs
+++ b/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 pub(crate) fn validate(root: &SyntaxNode, errors: &mut Vec<SyntaxError>) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
     let _p = tracing::info_span!("parser::validate").entered();
     // FIXME:
     // * Add unescape validation of raw string literals and raw byte string literals