diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
index be2db34e368..eb419c514a7 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ public DDTracerBuilder extractor(HttpCodec.Extractor extractor) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
     public DDTracerBuilder scopeManager(ScopeManager scopeManager) {
+      log.warn(
+          "Custom ScopeManagers are deprecated and will be removed in a future release of dd-trace-ot");
       this.scopeManager = scopeManager;
       return this;
     }