diff --git a/cmd/lotus/daemon.go b/cmd/lotus/daemon.go
index e58523999..51995136b 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus/daemon.go
@@ -154,18 +154,6 @@ var DaemonCmd = &cli.Command{
 			Name:  "restore-config",
 			Usage: "config file to use when restoring from backup",
 		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:  "trace-to-json",
-			Usage: "starts tracer and outputs to json file defined with this flag",
-		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:  "trace-to-elasticsearch",
-			Usage: "starts tracer and outputs to elasticsearch, flag must contain connection string for elasticsearch",
-		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:  "trace-source-auth",
-			Usage: "auth token for trusted source of traces",
-		},
 	},
 	Action: func(cctx *cli.Context) error {
 		isLite := cctx.Bool("lite")
@@ -323,10 +311,6 @@ var DaemonCmd = &cli.Command{
 			log.Warnf("unable to inject prometheus ipfs/go-metrics exporter; some metrics will be unavailable; err: %s", err)
 		}
 
-		traceToJsonFile := cctx.String("trace-to-json")
-		traceToElasticsearch := cctx.String("trace-to-elasticsearch")
-		traceSourceAuth := cctx.String("trace-source-auth")
-
 		var api api.FullNode
 		stop, err := node.New(ctx,
 			node.FullAPI(&api, node.Lite(isLite)),
@@ -336,9 +320,6 @@ var DaemonCmd = &cli.Command{
 
 			node.Override(new(dtypes.Bootstrapper), isBootstrapper),
 			node.Override(new(dtypes.ShutdownChan), shutdownChan),
-			node.Override(new(dtypes.JsonTracer), traceToJsonFile),
-			node.Override(new(dtypes.ElasticSearchTracer), traceToElasticsearch),
-			node.Override(new(dtypes.TracerSourceAuth), traceSourceAuth),
 
 			genesis,
 			liteModeDeps,