diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts
index a95fe7c394f9..2469594ad687 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ export class Transaction extends SentrySpan implements TransactionInterface {
   public get metadata(): TransactionMetadata {
     // We merge attributes in for backwards compatibility
     return {
-      // Defaults
-      spanMetadata: {},
-
       // Legacy metadata
       ...this._metadata,
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/transaction.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/transaction.test.ts
index 781b9bdc1472..aebdc7933fed 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/transaction.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/transaction.test.ts
@@ -32,15 +32,12 @@ describe('transaction', () => {
     /* eslint-disable deprecation/deprecation */
     it('works with defaults', () => {
       const transaction = new Transaction({ name: 'span name' });
-      expect(transaction.metadata).toEqual({
-        spanMetadata: {},
-      });
+      expect(transaction.metadata).toEqual({});
     });
 
     it('allows to set metadata in constructor', () => {
       const transaction = new Transaction({ name: 'span name', metadata: { request: {} } });
       expect(transaction.metadata).toEqual({
-        spanMetadata: {},
         request: {},
       });
     });
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ describe('transaction', () => {
 
       expect(transaction.metadata).toEqual({
         sampleRate: 0.5,
-        spanMetadata: {},
         request: {},
       });
 
@@ -74,7 +70,6 @@ describe('transaction', () => {
       transaction.setMetadata({ request: {} });
 
       expect(transaction.metadata).toEqual({
-        spanMetadata: {},
         request: {},
       });
     });
diff --git a/packages/replay-internal/test/fixtures/transaction.ts b/packages/replay-internal/test/fixtures/transaction.ts
index a732c3c0dbb1..6264802f74d8 100644
--- a/packages/replay-internal/test/fixtures/transaction.ts
+++ b/packages/replay-internal/test/fixtures/transaction.ts
@@ -115,112 +115,6 @@ export function Transaction(traceId?: string, obj?: Partial<Event>): any {
         trace_id: '3e0ff8aff4dc4236a80b77a37ef66c7d',
         sample_rate: '1',
       },
-      spanMetadata: {
-        '9ea106e8efbce4a0': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.react.mount' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        b4c7b421761d903a: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.react.update' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '808967f15cae9251': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.long-task' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '9a0de85dfd88085c': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.react.render' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '863c6099f1929910': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.react.update' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '87497c337838d561': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'http.client' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '81638bb5251f9e3f': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'http.client' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        bf25ff92b2dc7498: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.long-task' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        a7c3320e88b04076: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.react.update' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '95c892e987b8e0f5': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.long-task' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        b734c15c4d94b7b6: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'ui.long-task' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '934881bfe9a8e043': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'http.client' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '9bc8a019012e4692': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        b3c5eb78c15aa492: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '84a72c34a78232b7': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        b523103902ac1f0d: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '84f863de30175a64': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        b0532b585ec47f05: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '9c3612dc22c5aea5': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '82b74a44ef06ae13': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        b2d11e8d407329fd: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        '98146db11c338f31': {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        a05774f4b2885c47: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        a0c0d4f8ec6bfcd7: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        ab2e6ef0852bfc64: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.script' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-        b7fad2cd42783af4: {
-          logMessage:
-            "[Tracing] Starting 'resource.other' span on transaction '/organizations/:orgId/replays/:replaySlug/' (b44b173b1c74a782).",
-        },
-      },
       sampleRate: 1,
     }, // }}}
     transaction_info: {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/transaction.ts b/packages/types/src/transaction.ts
index 533401455488..d3db4afe0add 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/transaction.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/transaction.ts
@@ -186,12 +186,6 @@ export interface TransactionMetadata {
   /** For transactions tracing server-side request handling, the path of the request being tracked. */
   /** TODO: If we rm -rf `instrumentServer`, this can go, too */
   requestPath?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Metadata for the transaction's spans, keyed by spanId.
-   * @deprecated This will be removed in v8.
-   */
-  spanMetadata: { [spanId: string]: { [key: string]: unknown } };
 }
 
 /**