diff --git a/sentry-tracing/src/converters.rs b/sentry-tracing/src/converters.rs
index b2945e63..283296aa 100644
--- a/sentry-tracing/src/converters.rs
+++ b/sentry-tracing/src/converters.rs
@@ -147,10 +147,7 @@ impl Visit for FieldVisitor {
 }
 
 /// Creates a [`Breadcrumb`] from a given [`tracing_core::Event`]
-pub fn breadcrumb_from_event<'context, S>(
-    event: &tracing_core::Event,
-    _ctx: impl Into<Option<Context<'context, S>>>,
-) -> Breadcrumb
+pub fn breadcrumb_from_event<S>(event: &tracing_core::Event) -> Breadcrumb
 where
     S: Subscriber + for<'a> LookupSpan<'a>,
 {
diff --git a/sentry-tracing/src/layer.rs b/sentry-tracing/src/layer.rs
index 28c2f180..a7c94073 100644
--- a/sentry-tracing/src/layer.rs
+++ b/sentry-tracing/src/layer.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ where
                 match (self.event_filter)(event.metadata()) {
                     EventFilter::Ignore => EventMapping::Ignore,
                     EventFilter::Breadcrumb => {
-                        EventMapping::Breadcrumb(breadcrumb_from_event(event, span_ctx))
+                        EventMapping::Breadcrumb(breadcrumb_from_event::<S>(event))
                     }
                     EventFilter::Event => EventMapping::Event(event_from_event(event, span_ctx)),
                     EventFilter::Exception => {