diff --git a/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/BaseTraceFactory.java b/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/BaseTraceFactory.java
index b8aa44227966..8bd6ecaa6754 100644
--- a/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/BaseTraceFactory.java
+++ b/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/BaseTraceFactory.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public interface BaseTraceFactory {
     // picked as sampling target at remote
     Trace continueTraceObject(TraceId traceId);
 
-    Trace continueTraceObject(Trace trace);
-
     @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate("vert.x")
     Trace continueAsyncTraceObject(TraceId traceId);
 
diff --git a/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/DefaultBaseTraceFactory.java b/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/DefaultBaseTraceFactory.java
index 8c165376c5d5..a2f83db5deae 100644
--- a/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/DefaultBaseTraceFactory.java
+++ b/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/DefaultBaseTraceFactory.java
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ private ActiveTraceHandle registerActiveTrace(long localTransactionId, long star
     }
 
 
-    @Override
-    public Trace continueTraceObject(Trace trace) {
-        return trace;
-    }
 
 
     @Override
diff --git a/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/LoggingBaseTraceFactory.java b/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/LoggingBaseTraceFactory.java
index 28cda36a2bbc..197f584eec28 100644
--- a/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/LoggingBaseTraceFactory.java
+++ b/profiler/src/main/java/com/navercorp/pinpoint/profiler/context/LoggingBaseTraceFactory.java
@@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ public Trace continueTraceObject(TraceId traceId) {
         return baseTraceFactory.continueTraceObject(traceId);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Trace continueTraceObject(Trace trace) {
-        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            logger.debug("continueTraceObject(trace:{})", trace);
-        }
-
-        return baseTraceFactory.continueTraceObject(trace);
-    }
 
     @Override
     @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate("vert.x")