diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch.rb
index 02a9eee3e69..cbfae6c0cee 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def datadog_before_request(continue_from: nil)
               @datadog_span = Tracing.trace(
                 Ext::SPAN_REQUEST,
                 service: uri ? service_name(uri.host, datadog_configuration) : datadog_configuration[:service_name],
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_OUTBOUND,
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_OUTBOUND,
                 **trace_options
               )
               datadog_trace = Tracing.active_trace
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grape/endpoint.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grape/endpoint.rb
index 3231b853074..0bffa2ddd0c 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grape/endpoint.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grape/endpoint.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def endpoint_start_process(_name, _start, _finish, _id, payload)
               span = Tracing.trace(
                 Ext::SPAN_ENDPOINT_RUN,
                 service: service_name,
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
                 resource: resource
               )
               trace = Tracing.active_trace
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def endpoint_start_render(*)
               span = Tracing.trace(
                 Ext::SPAN_ENDPOINT_RENDER,
                 service: service_name,
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_TEMPLATE
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_TEMPLATE
               )
 
               span.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_COMPONENT, Ext::TAG_COMPONENT)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def endpoint_run_filters(name, start, finish, id, payload)
               span = Tracing.trace(
                 Ext::SPAN_ENDPOINT_RUN_FILTERS,
                 service: service_name,
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
                 start_time: start
               )
 
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client.rb
index 1ae5eb3c4de..b65c8592bc8 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/client.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def trace(keywords)
               formatter = GRPC::Formatting::FullMethodStringFormatter.new(keywords[:method])
 
               options = {
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_OUTBOUND,
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_OUTBOUND,
                 service: service_name, # Maintain client-side service name configuration
                 resource: formatter.resource_name,
                 on_error: on_error
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/server.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/server.rb
index b0204b53b55..0d7409afb02 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/server.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/grpc/datadog_interceptor/server.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def trace(keywords)
               formatter = GRPC::Formatting::MethodObjectFormatter.new(keywords[:method])
 
               options = {
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
                 service: service_name, # TODO: Remove server-side service name configuration
                 resource: formatter.resource_name,
                 on_error: on_error
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/action_tracer.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/action_tracer.rb
index ed8de4ebe62..2b5b95ffef7 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/action_tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/action_tracer.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def call(env)
               Ext::SPAN_ACTION,
               resource: @action.to_s,
               service: configuration[:service_name],
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
             ) do |span_op, trace_op|
               span_op.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_COMPONENT, Ext::TAG_COMPONENT)
               span_op.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_OPERATION, Ext::TAG_OPERATION_ACTION)
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/renderer_policy_tracing.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/renderer_policy_tracing.rb
index 52b7e8ce62c..4d84148e60f 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/renderer_policy_tracing.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/renderer_policy_tracing.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def render(env, response)
               Ext::SPAN_RENDER,
               service: configuration[:service_name],
               resource: action_klass.to_s,
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
             ) do |span_op, _trace_op|
               span_op.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_COMPONENT, Ext::TAG_COMPONENT)
               span_op.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_OPERATION, Ext::TAG_OPERATION_RENDER)
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/router_tracing.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/router_tracing.rb
index a6019000321..2a22f70c3ab 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/router_tracing.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/hanami/router_tracing.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def call(env)
             Tracing.trace(
               Ext::SPAN_ROUTING,
               service: configuration[:service_name],
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
             ) do |span_op, trace_op|
               begin
                 span_op.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_COMPONENT, Ext::TAG_COMPONENT)
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/mongodb/subscribers.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/mongodb/subscribers.rb
index 42ee9be28a5..0cdb8e54660 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/mongodb/subscribers.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/mongodb/subscribers.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def started(event)
             # thread is involved in this execution so thread-local storage should be safe. Reference:
             # https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-ruby-driver/blob/master/lib/mongo/monitoring.rb#L70
             # https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-ruby-driver/blob/master/lib/mongo/monitoring/publishable.rb#L38-L56
-            span = Tracing.trace(Ext::SPAN_COMMAND, service: service, span_type: Ext::SPAN_TYPE_COMMAND)
+            span = Tracing.trace(Ext::SPAN_COMMAND, service: service, type: Ext::SPAN_TYPE_COMMAND)
             set_span(event, span)
 
             # build a quantized Query using the Parser module
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/que/tracer.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/que/tracer.rb
index bcde7ec66cd..72c90ad4438 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/que/tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/que/tracer.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Tracer
           def call(job)
             trace_options = {
               service: configuration[:service_name],
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
               on_error: configuration[:on_error]
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rack/middlewares.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rack/middlewares.rb
index 3784f5ed210..3c79c45586d 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rack/middlewares.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rack/middlewares.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def call(env)
             # (i.e. Apache, nginx) if the header is properly set
             frontend_span = compute_queue_time(env)
 
-            trace_options = { span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND }
+            trace_options = { type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND }
             trace_options[:service] = configuration[:service_name] if configuration[:service_name]
 
             # start a new request span and attach it to the current Rack environment;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def configuration
           def trace_http_server(span_name, start_time:)
             Tracing.trace(
               span_name,
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_PROXY,
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_PROXY,
               start_time: start_time,
               service: configuration[:web_service_name]
             )
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rest_client/request_patch.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rest_client/request_patch.rb
index 22dc3c894d8..a285db9ec62 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rest_client/request_patch.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/rest_client/request_patch.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def datadog_trace_request(uri)
               span = Tracing.trace(
                 Ext::SPAN_REQUEST,
                 service: datadog_configuration[:split_by_domain] ? uri.host : datadog_configuration[:service_name],
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_OUTBOUND
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_OUTBOUND
               )
 
               trace = Tracing.active_trace
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/shoryuken/tracer.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/shoryuken/tracer.rb
index fe72da6b472..9f695b2c862 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/shoryuken/tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/shoryuken/tracer.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def call(worker_instance, queue, sqs_msg, body)
             Tracing.trace(
               Ext::SPAN_JOB,
               service: @shoryuken_service,
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
               on_error: @on_error
             ) do |span|
               span.set_tag(Contrib::Ext::Messaging::TAG_SYSTEM, Ext::TAG_MESSAGING_SYSTEM)
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sidekiq/server_tracer.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sidekiq/server_tracer.rb
index 6d933379fda..53d08ce79be 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sidekiq/server_tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sidekiq/server_tracer.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def call(worker, job, queue)
             Datadog::Tracing.trace(
               Ext::SPAN_JOB,
               service: service,
-              span_type: Datadog::Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
+              type: Datadog::Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
               on_error: @on_error
             ) do |span|
               span.resource = resource
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer.rb
index 5b52e7649e7..b0f160d4e55 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module Base
             def render(engine, data, *)
               return super unless Tracing.enabled?
 
-              Tracing.trace(Ext::SPAN_RENDER_TEMPLATE, span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_TEMPLATE) do |span|
+              Tracing.trace(Ext::SPAN_RENDER_TEMPLATE, type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_TEMPLATE) do |span|
                 span.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_COMPONENT, Ext::TAG_COMPONENT)
                 span.set_tag(Tracing::Metadata::Ext::TAG_OPERATION, Ext::TAG_OPERATION_RENDER_TEMPLATE)
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def route_eval
               Tracing.trace(
                 Ext::SPAN_ROUTE,
                 service: configuration[:service_name],
-                span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
+                type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND,
                 resource: "#{request.request_method} #{datadog_route}",
               ) do |span, trace|
                 span.set_tag(Ext::TAG_APP_NAME, settings.name || settings.superclass.name)
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer_middleware.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer_middleware.rb
index 8bff960a653..38d55dd0376 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer_middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sinatra/tracer_middleware.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def call(env)
             Tracing.trace(
               Ext::SPAN_REQUEST,
               service: configuration[:service_name],
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::HTTP::TYPE_INBOUND
             ) do |span|
               begin
                 # this is kept nil until we set a correct one (either in the route or with a fallback in the ensure below)
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sneakers/tracer.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sneakers/tracer.rb
index cc3426fe1a1..d444921a7c8 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sneakers/tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/sneakers/tracer.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def initialize(app, *args)
           def call(deserialized_msg, delivery_info, metadata, handler)
             trace_options = {
               service: configuration[:service_name],
-              span_type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
+              type: Tracing::Metadata::Ext::AppTypes::TYPE_WORKER,
               on_error: configuration[:on_error]
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/tracer.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/tracer.rb
index 94beff757b1..7745effd77c 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/tracer.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ def trace(
         start_time: nil,
         tags: nil,
         type: nil,
-        span_type: nil,
         _context: nil,
         &block
       )
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ def trace(
               service: service,
               start_time: start_time,
               tags: tags,
-              type: span_type || type,
+              type: type,
               _trace: trace,
               &block
             )
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ def trace(
             service: service,
             start_time: start_time,
             tags: tags,
-            type: span_type || type,
+            type: type,
             _trace: trace
           )
         end
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/tracer_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/tracer_spec.rb
index 17fd8a35cda..c6e1f8bc087 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/tracer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/tracer_spec.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         end
 
         context 'span_type:' do
-          let(:options) { { span_type: span_type } }
+          let(:options) { { type: span_type } }
           let(:span_type) { 'my-span_type' }
 
           it 'sets the span resource' do