diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py
index 70f8422e2c..8361028dcb 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import Integration
-from sentry_sdk.scope import should_send_default_pii
 from sentry_sdk.utils import SENSITIVE_DATA_SUBSTITUTE
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -161,14 +160,9 @@ def _include_tracing_fields(self) -> bool:
         """
         By default, the values of tracing fields are not included in case they
         contain PII. A user may override that by passing `True` for the
-        `include_tracing_fields` keyword argument of this integration or by
-        setting `send_default_pii` to `True` in their Sentry client options.
+        `include_tracing_fields` keyword argument of this integration.
         """
-        return (
-            should_send_default_pii()
-            if self.include_tracing_fields is None
-            else self.include_tracing_fields
-        )
+        return bool(self.include_tracing_fields)
 
     def on_event(self, event: str, sentry_span: "Span") -> None:
         deserialized_event = json.loads(event)
diff --git a/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py b/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py
index a7ecb4cdb8..a057cabe8d 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py
@@ -463,21 +463,15 @@ def span_filter(metadata: Dict[str, object]) -> bool:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "send_default_pii, include_tracing_fields, tracing_fields_expected",
+    "include_tracing_fields, tracing_fields_expected",
     [
-        (True, True, True),
-        (True, False, False),
-        (True, None, True),
-        (False, True, True),
-        (False, False, False),
-        (False, None, False),
+        (True, True),
+        (False, False),
+        (None, False),
     ],
 )
 def test_include_tracing_fields(
-    sentry_init,
-    send_default_pii,
-    include_tracing_fields,
-    tracing_fields_expected,
+    sentry_init, include_tracing_fields, tracing_fields_expected
 ):
     rust_tracing = FakeRustTracing()
     integration = RustTracingIntegration(
@@ -489,7 +483,6 @@ def test_include_tracing_fields(
     sentry_init(
         integrations=[integration],
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
-        send_default_pii=send_default_pii,
     )
     with sentry_sdk.start_span(name="custom parent"):
         rust_tracing.new_span(RustTracingLevel.Info, 3)