diff --git a/src/metabase/api/dashboard.clj b/src/metabase/api/dashboard.clj
index bec5bc9eab426743d0ea6d96ef3bec6a176a1321..bc9a2a56dc47836267a32d350c3ccdbe29d98b42 100644
--- a/src/metabase/api/dashboard.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/api/dashboard.clj
@@ -374,10 +374,7 @@
   [id]
   {id ms/PositiveInt}
   (let [dashboard (get-dashboard id)]
-    (span/with-span!
-      {:name       "publish-event!.dashboard-read"
-       :attributes {:dashboard/id id}}
-      (events/publish-event! :event/dashboard-read {:object dashboard :user-id api/*current-user-id*}))
+    (events/publish-event! :event/dashboard-read {:object dashboard :user-id api/*current-user-id*})
     (last-edit/with-last-edit-info dashboard :dashboard)))
 
 (defn- check-allowed-to-change-embedding
diff --git a/src/metabase/events.clj b/src/metabase/events.clj
index feb2eb2165d17f2f7501e3c7c9e070a67f9e8010..e662f51dd453219f3f36b3486faaeff93f352683 100644
--- a/src/metabase/events.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/events.clj
@@ -134,11 +134,8 @@
           (assert (map? event)
                   (format "Invalid event %s: event must be a map." (pr-str event))))
         (try
-          (span/with-span!
-            {:name       "publish-event!.schema-validation"
-             :attributes {}}
-            (when-let [schema (events.schema/topic->schema topic)]
-              (mu/validate-throw schema event)))
+          (when-let [schema (events.schema/topic->schema topic)]
+            (mu/validate-throw schema event))
           (span/with-span!
             {:name       "publish-event!.next-method"
              :attributes {}}