diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 130ec2f1a7..54b302fe25 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "mockall",
  "moka",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
  "paste",
  "regex",
  "router-bridge",
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
  "tower-test",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "typed-builder",
  "url",
diff --git a/apollo-router-core/Cargo.toml b/apollo-router-core/Cargo.toml
index 69fa95efdb..ffaf8b06c2 100644
--- a/apollo-router-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apollo-router-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ miette = { version = "3.3.0", features = ["fancy"] }
 mockall = "0.11.0"
 moka = { version = "0.6.4", features = ["future", "futures-util"] }
 once_cell = "1.9.0"
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 paste = "1.0.6"
 regex = "1.5.4"
 router-bridge = { git = "https://github.com/apollographql/federation-rs.git", rev = "cf87257b9d58701cd9e09e8b5992f809147a2165" }
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ tower = { version = "0.4.12", features = ["full"] }
 tower-service = "0.3.1"
 tower-test = "0.4.0"
 tracing = "0.1.31"
-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.17.2"
 typed-builder = "0.9.1"
 url = "2.2.2"
 urlencoding = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/apollo-router-core/src/layers/mod.rs b/apollo-router-core/src/layers/mod.rs
index 807b111315..2835e51324 100644
--- a/apollo-router-core/src/layers/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router-core/src/layers/mod.rs
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ pub mod cache;
 pub mod deduplication;
 pub mod forbid_http_get_mutations;
 pub mod headers;
-pub mod opentracing;
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap
index 9dca9eff54..ba4512fe1c 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap
+++ b/apollo-router/src/configuration/snapshots/apollo_router__configuration__tests__schema_generation.snap
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 source: apollo-router/src/configuration/mod.rs
-assertion_line: 645
+assertion_line: 474
 expression: "&schema"
 
 ---
@@ -235,13 +235,6 @@ expression: "&schema"
         }
       ]
     },
-    "PropagationFormat": {
-      "type": "string",
-      "enum": [
-        "jaeger",
-        "zipkin_b3"
-      ]
-    },
     "RemoveConfig": {
       "oneOf": [
         {
@@ -318,11 +311,6 @@ expression: "&schema"
                 "required": [
                   "headers_remove"
                 ]
-              },
-              {
-                "required": [
-                  "opentracing"
-                ]
               }
             ],
             "properties": {
@@ -337,9 +325,6 @@ expression: "&schema"
               },
               "headers_remove": {
                 "$ref": "#/definitions/RemoveConfig"
-              },
-              "opentracing": {
-                "$ref": "#/definitions/OpenTracingConfig"
               }
             }
           }
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/layers/mod.rs b/apollo-router/src/layers/mod.rs
index 8cb6ff0069..44908cdb9f 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/layers/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/layers/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 mod hello;
+pub mod opentracing;
diff --git a/apollo-router-core/src/layers/opentracing.rs b/apollo-router/src/layers/opentracing.rs
similarity index 90%
rename from apollo-router-core/src/layers/opentracing.rs
rename to apollo-router/src/layers/opentracing.rs
index 5a99deb0d7..0ff0f4d9a6 100644
--- a/apollo-router-core/src/layers/opentracing.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/layers/opentracing.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
-use crate::layer::ConfigurableLayer;
-use crate::{register_layer, services, SubgraphRequest};
+use apollo_router_core::{ConfigurableLayer, SubgraphRequest};
 use http::HeaderValue;
 use opentelemetry::trace::TraceContextExt;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
@@ -12,11 +11,9 @@ use tracing::instrument::Instrumented;
 use tracing::{span, Instrument, Level, Span};
 use tracing_opentelemetry::OpenTelemetrySpanExt;
 
-register_layer!("opentracing", OpenTracingLayer);
-
 #[derive(Clone, JsonSchema, Deserialize, Debug)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
-enum PropagationFormat {
+pub enum PropagationFormat {
     Jaeger,
     ZipkinB3,
 }
@@ -30,12 +27,13 @@ impl Display for PropagationFormat {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, JsonSchema, Deserialize)]
-struct OpenTracingConfig {
+#[derive(Clone, JsonSchema, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct OpenTracingConfig {
     format: PropagationFormat,
 }
 
-struct OpenTracingLayer {
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct OpenTracingLayer {
     format: PropagationFormat,
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ impl<S> Layer<S> for OpenTracingLayer {
     }
 }
 
-struct OpenTracingService<S> {
+pub struct OpenTracingService<S> {
     inner: S,
     format: PropagationFormat,
 }
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ where
 {
     type Response = S::Response;
     type Error = S::Error;
-    type Future = Instrumented<<S as tower::Service<services::SubgraphRequest>>::Future>;
+    type Future = Instrumented<<S as tower::Service<SubgraphRequest>>::Future>;
 
     fn poll_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
         self.inner.poll_ready(cx)
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/reporting.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/reporting.rs
index 43843a773c..c28dddf26a 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/reporting.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/reporting.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ use crate::apollo_telemetry::new_pipeline;
 use crate::apollo_telemetry::SpaceportConfig;
 use crate::apollo_telemetry::StudioGraph;
 use crate::configuration::{default_service_name, default_service_namespace};
+use crate::layers::opentracing::OpenTracingConfig;
+use crate::layers::opentracing::OpenTracingLayer;
 use crate::set_subscriber;
 use crate::GLOBAL_ENV_FILTER;
+
+use apollo_router_core::ConfigurableLayer;
+use apollo_router_core::SubgraphRequest;
+use apollo_router_core::SubgraphResponse;
 use apollo_router_core::{register_plugin, Plugin};
 use apollo_spaceport::server::ReportSpaceport;
 use derivative::Derivative;
@@ -28,7 +34,9 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use tower::BoxError;
+use tower::util::BoxService;
+use tower::Layer;
+use tower::{BoxError, ServiceExt};
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
@@ -159,6 +167,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for ReportingError {}
 struct Reporting {
     config: Conf,
     tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<SpaceportConfig>,
+    opentracing_layer: Option<OpenTracingLayer>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
@@ -168,6 +177,8 @@ struct Conf {
     pub graph: Option<StudioGraph>,
 
     pub opentelemetry: Option<OpenTelemetry>,
+
+    pub opentracing: Option<OpenTracingConfig>,
 }
 
 fn studio_graph() -> Option<StudioGraph> {
@@ -254,11 +265,29 @@ impl Plugin for Reporting {
             }
             tracing::debug!("terminating spaceport loop");
         });
+
+        let mut opentracing_layer = None;
+        if let Some(opentracing_conf) = &configuration.opentracing {
+            opentracing_layer = OpenTracingLayer::new(opentracing_conf.clone())?.into();
+        }
+
         Ok(Reporting {
             config: configuration,
             tx,
+            opentracing_layer,
         })
     }
+
+    fn subgraph_service(
+        &mut self,
+        _name: &str,
+        service: BoxService<SubgraphRequest, SubgraphResponse, BoxError>,
+    ) -> BoxService<SubgraphRequest, SubgraphResponse, BoxError> {
+        match &self.opentracing_layer {
+            Some(opentracing_layer) => opentracing_layer.layer(service).boxed(),
+            None => service,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Reporting {