diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index a741259..637339d 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.2.4
+current_version = 1.2.5
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+)(?P<build>\d+))?
diff --git a/oauth2_lib/__init__.py b/oauth2_lib/__init__.py
index 1584d7d..8230e46 100644
--- a/oauth2_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/oauth2_lib/__init__.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 
 """This is the SURF Oauth2 module that interfaces with the oauth2 setup."""
 
-__version__ = "1.2.4"
+__version__ = "1.2.5"
diff --git a/oauth2_lib/async_api_client.py b/oauth2_lib/async_api_client.py
index 43bc992..75284d5 100644
--- a/oauth2_lib/async_api_client.py
+++ b/oauth2_lib/async_api_client.py
@@ -10,25 +10,15 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-import contextlib
 from asyncio import new_event_loop
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from typing import Any, Generator
+from typing import Any
 
 import structlog
-import urllib3
 from authlib.integrations.base_client import BaseOAuth
-from opentelemetry import context
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import http_status_to_status_code
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.version import __version__
-from opentelemetry.propagate import inject
-from opentelemetry.trace import Span, SpanKind, get_tracer
-from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status
 
 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
-_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY = "suppress_http_instrumentation"
-
 
 def is_api_exception(ex: Exception) -> bool:
     """Test for swagger-codegen ApiException.
@@ -47,27 +37,6 @@ def is_api_exception(ex: Exception) -> bool:
     return ex.__class__.__name__ == "ApiException"
 
 
-def _apply_response(span: Span, response: urllib3.response.HTTPResponse) -> None:
-    if not span.is_recording():
-        return
-    span.set_attribute("http.status_code", response.status)
-    span.set_attribute("http.status_text", response.reason)
-    span.set_status(Status(http_status_to_status_code(response.status)))
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def _suppress_further_instrumentation() -> Generator:
-    token = context.attach(context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True))
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        context.detach(token)
-
-
-def _is_instrumentation_suppressed() -> bool:
-    return bool(context.get_value("suppress_instrumentation") or context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY))
-
-
 class AsyncAuthMixin:
     """Authorization mixin for swagger-codegen generated ApiClients.
 
@@ -160,44 +129,22 @@ def request(  # type:ignore
     ):
         headers = {} if headers is None else headers
 
-        span_attributes = {
-            "http.method": method,
-            "http.url": url,
-        }
-
-        with get_tracer(__name__, __version__).start_as_current_span(
-            f"External Api Call {self.__class__.__name__}", kind=SpanKind.CLIENT, attributes=span_attributes
-        ) as span:
-            try:
+        try:
+            self.add_client_creds_token_header(headers)
+            return super().request(  # type:ignore
+                method, url, query_params, headers, post_params, body, _preload_content, _request_timeout
+            )
+        except Exception as ex:
+            if is_api_exception(ex) and ex.status in (HTTPStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN):  # type:ignore
+                logger.warning("Access Denied. Token expired? Retrying.", api_exception=str(ex))
+                loop = new_event_loop()
+                loop.run_until_complete(self.refresh_client_creds_token(force=True))
                 self.add_client_creds_token_header(headers)
 
-                if self._tracing_enabled and not _is_instrumentation_suppressed():
-                    inject(type(headers).__setitem__, headers)
-
-                with _suppress_further_instrumentation():
-                    response = super().request(  # type:ignore
-                        method, url, query_params, headers, post_params, body, _preload_content, _request_timeout
-                    )
-                _apply_response(span, response)
-                return response
-            except Exception as ex:
-                if is_api_exception(ex) and ex.status in (HTTPStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN):  # type:ignore
-                    logger.warning("Access Denied. Token expired? Retrying.", api_exception=str(ex))
-                    loop = new_event_loop()
-                    loop.run_until_complete(self.refresh_client_creds_token(force=True))
-                    self.add_client_creds_token_header(headers)
-
-                    if self._tracing_enabled and not _is_instrumentation_suppressed():
-                        inject(type(headers).__setitem__, headers)
-
-                    with _suppress_further_instrumentation():
-                        response = super().request(  # type:ignore
-                            method, url, query_params, headers, post_params, body, _preload_content, _request_timeout
-                        )
-                    _apply_response(span, response)
-                    return response
-
-                else:
-                    logger.exception("Could not call API.", client=self.__class__.__name__)
-                    _apply_response(span, ex)
-                    raise
+                return super().request(  # type:ignore
+                    method, url, query_params, headers, post_params, body, _preload_content, _request_timeout
+                )
+
+            else:
+                logger.exception("Could not call API.", client=self.__class__.__name__)
+                raise
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 601a763..2bf480c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ requires = [
     "requests>=2.19.0",
     "ruamel.yaml~=0.16.10",
     "structlog>=20.2.0",
-    "fastapi>=0.65.1",
+    "fastapi>=0.90.1",
     "httpx[http2]==0.23.0",
     "authlib==1.0.1",
     "pydantic>=1.8.0",
-    "opentelemetry-distro",
 ]
 description-file = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">3.8"