diff --git a/packages/tracing/src/transaction.ts b/packages/tracing/src/transaction.ts
index 460e202b059c..2b509763743d 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/src/transaction.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing/src/transaction.ts
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ export class Transaction extends SpanClass implements TransactionInterface {
     const { environment, release } = client.getOptions() || {};
     const { publicKey: public_key } = client.getDsn() || {};
 
-    const rate = this.metadata && this.metadata.transactionSampling && this.metadata.transactionSampling.rate;
     const sample_rate =
-      rate !== undefined
-        ? rate.toLocaleString('fullwide', { useGrouping: false, maximumFractionDigits: 16 })
-        : undefined;
+      this.metadata &&
+      this.metadata.transactionSampling &&
+      this.metadata.transactionSampling.rate &&
+      this.metadata.transactionSampling.rate.toString();
 
     const scope = hub.getScope();
     const { segment: user_segment } = (scope && scope.getUser()) || {};
diff --git a/packages/tracing/test/span.test.ts b/packages/tracing/test/span.test.ts
index 16a1a03749d7..7bb53faca235 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/test/span.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing/test/span.test.ts
@@ -449,30 +449,6 @@ describe('Span', () => {
       expect(baggage && getThirdPartyBaggage(baggage)).toStrictEqual('');
     });
 
-    test('exponential sample rate notation is converted to decimal notation', () => {
-      const transaction = new Transaction(
-        {
-          name: 'tx',
-          metadata: {
-            transactionSampling: { rate: 1.45e-14, method: 'client_rate' },
-          },
-        },
-        hub,
-      );
-
-      const baggage = transaction.getBaggage();
-
-      expect(baggage && isSentryBaggageEmpty(baggage)).toBe(false);
-      expect(baggage && getSentryBaggageItems(baggage)).toStrictEqual({
-        release: '1.0.1',
-        environment: 'production',
-        // transaction: 'tx',
-        sample_rate: '0.0000000000000145',
-        trace_id: expect.any(String),
-      });
-      expect(baggage && getThirdPartyBaggage(baggage)).toStrictEqual('');
-    });
-
     describe('Including transaction name in DSC', () => {
       test.each([
         ['is not included if transaction source is not set', undefined],