diff --git a/sentry_sdk/consts.py b/sentry_sdk/consts.py
index 23f79ebd63..782fa45514 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/consts.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/consts.py
@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@ def __init__(
         debug=None,  # type: Optional[bool]
         attach_stacktrace=False,  # type: bool
         ca_certs=None,  # type: Optional[str]
-        propagate_traces=True,  # type: bool
         traces_sample_rate=None,  # type: Optional[float]
         traces_sampler=None,  # type: Optional[TracesSampler]
         profiles_sample_rate=None,  # type: Optional[float]
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
index dc48aac0e6..0863bacba8 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
@@ -63,12 +63,10 @@ class CeleryIntegration(Integration):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        propagate_traces=True,
         monitor_beat_tasks=False,
         exclude_beat_tasks=None,
     ):
-        # type: (bool, bool, Optional[List[str]]) -> None
-        self.propagate_traces = propagate_traces
+        # type: (bool, Optional[List[str]]) -> None
         self.monitor_beat_tasks = monitor_beat_tasks
         self.exclude_beat_tasks = exclude_beat_tasks
 
@@ -256,9 +254,7 @@ def apply_async(*args, **kwargs):
             return f(*args, **kwargs)
 
         kwarg_headers = kwargs.get("headers") or {}
-        propagate_traces = kwarg_headers.pop(
-            "sentry-propagate-traces", integration.propagate_traces
-        )
+        propagate_traces = kwarg_headers.pop("sentry-propagate-traces", True)
 
         if not propagate_traces:
             return f(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/scope.py b/sentry_sdk/scope.py
index ab0f1f4156..33a388940c 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/scope.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/scope.py
@@ -620,8 +620,6 @@ def iter_trace_propagation_headers(self, *args, **kwargs):
         If no span is given, the trace data is taken from the scope.
         """
         client = self.get_client()
-        if not client.options.get("propagate_traces"):
-            return
 
         span = kwargs.pop("span", None)
         span = span or self.span
diff --git a/tests/integrations/celery/integration_tests/test_celery_beat_cron_monitoring.py b/tests/integrations/celery/integration_tests/test_celery_beat_cron_monitoring.py
index 53f2f63215..20539a1af2 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/celery/integration_tests/test_celery_beat_cron_monitoring.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/celery/integration_tests/test_celery_beat_cron_monitoring.py
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ def celery_init(sentry_init, celery_config):
 
     from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration
 
-    def inner(propagate_traces=True, monitor_beat_tasks=False, **kwargs):
+    def inner(monitor_beat_tasks=False, **kwargs):
         sentry_init(
             integrations=[
                 CeleryIntegration(
-                    propagate_traces=propagate_traces,
                     monitor_beat_tasks=monitor_beat_tasks,
                 )
             ],
diff --git a/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py b/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
index e51341599f..8e9f933ed7 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def inner(signal, f):
 @pytest.fixture
 def init_celery(sentry_init, request):
     def inner(
-        propagate_traces=True,
         backend="always_eager",
         monitor_beat_tasks=False,
         **kwargs,
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ def inner(
         sentry_init(
             integrations=[
                 CeleryIntegration(
-                    propagate_traces=propagate_traces,
                     monitor_beat_tasks=monitor_beat_tasks,
                 )
             ],
@@ -267,24 +265,6 @@ def dummy_task():
     assert not sentry_sdk.get_isolation_scope()._tags
 
 
-def test_simple_no_propagation(capture_events, init_celery):
-    celery = init_celery(propagate_traces=False)
-    events = capture_events()
-
-    @celery.task(name="dummy_task")
-    def dummy_task():
-        1 / 0
-
-    with start_transaction() as transaction:
-        dummy_task.delay()
-
-    (event,) = events
-    assert event["contexts"]["trace"]["trace_id"] != transaction.trace_id
-    assert event["transaction"] == "dummy_task"
-    (exception,) = event["exception"]["values"]
-    assert exception["type"] == "ZeroDivisionError"
-
-
 def test_ignore_expected(capture_events, celery):
     events = capture_events()
 
@@ -530,11 +510,9 @@ def dummy_task(self, x, y):
 def test_sentry_propagate_traces_override(init_celery):
     """
     Test if the `sentry-propagate-traces` header given to `apply_async`
-    overrides the `propagate_traces` parameter in the integration constructor.
+    overrides the default trace propagation behavior.
     """
-    celery = init_celery(
-        propagate_traces=True, traces_sample_rate=1.0, release="abcdef"
-    )
+    celery = init_celery(traces_sample_rate=1.0, release="abcdef")
 
     @celery.task(name="dummy_task", bind=True)
     def dummy_task(self, message):
@@ -550,7 +528,7 @@ def dummy_task(self, message):
         ).get()
         assert transaction_trace_id == task_transaction_id
 
-        # should NOT propagate trace (overrides `propagate_traces` parameter in integration constructor)
+        # should NOT propagate trace 
         task_transaction_id = dummy_task.apply_async(
             args=("another message",),
             headers={"sentry-propagate-traces": False},