diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/request_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/request_spec.rb
index 7d30ff74134..67981aeaa8e 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/http/request_spec.rb
@@ -348,19 +348,7 @@ def expect_request_without_distributed_headers
         let(:span) { spans.last }
 
         it 'adds distributed tracing headers' do
-          # The block syntax only works with Ruby < 2.3 and the hash syntax
-          # only works with Ruby >= 2.3, so we need to support both.
-          if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.3.0')
-            expect(WebMock).to(
-              have_requested(:get, "#{uri}#{path}").with { |req|
-                distributed_tracing_headers.all? do |(header, value)|
-                  req.headers[header.split('-').map(&:capitalize).join('-')] == value.to_s
-                end
-              }
-            )
-          else
-            expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:get, "#{uri}#{path}").with(headers: distributed_tracing_headers)
-          end
+          expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:get, "#{uri}#{path}").with(headers: distributed_tracing_headers)
         end
       end
 
@@ -394,19 +382,7 @@ def expect_request_without_distributed_headers
         let(:span) { spans.last }
 
         it 'adds distributed tracing headers' do
-          # The block syntax only works with Ruby < 2.3 and the hash syntax
-          # only works with Ruby >= 2.3, so we need to support both.
-          if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.3.0')
-            expect(WebMock).to(
-              have_requested(:get, "#{uri}#{path}").with { |req|
-                distributed_tracing_headers.all? do |(header, value)|
-                  req.headers[header.split('-').map(&:capitalize).join('-')] == value.to_s
-                end
-              }
-            )
-          else
-            expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:get, "#{uri}#{path}").with(headers: distributed_tracing_headers)
-          end
+          expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:get, "#{uri}#{path}").with(headers: distributed_tracing_headers)
         end
       end