diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch_spec.rb
index 6d6021cf33c..45d5a1bf85d 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/easy_patch_spec.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/shared_examples'
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/analytics_examples'
 
-require 'spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers'
-
 RSpec.describe Datadog::Tracing::Contrib::Ethon::EasyPatch do
   let(:configuration_options) { {} }
-  let(:easy) { EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new }
+  let(:easy) { Ethon::Easy.new }
   let(:server_error_statuses) { nil }
 
   before do
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@
 
   context 'when basic auth in url' do
     it 'does not collect auth info' do
-      easy = EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new(url: 'http://username:pasword@example.com/sample/path')
+      easy = Ethon::Easy.new(url: 'http://username:pasword@example.com/sample/path')
 
       easy.perform
 
@@ -263,7 +261,7 @@
 
   context 'when query string in url' do
     it 'does not collect query string' do
-      easy = EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new(url: 'http://example.com/sample/path?foo=bar')
+      easy = Ethon::Easy.new(url: 'http://example.com/sample/path?foo=bar')
 
       easy.perform
 
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb
index be11f2a5168..34317898562 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/support/spec_helper'
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/support/http'
 
-require 'spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers'
-
 RSpec.describe 'Ethon integration tests' do
   skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   context 'with Easy HTTP request' do
     subject(:request) do
-      easy = EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new
+      easy = Ethon::Easy.new
       easy.http_request(url, 'GET', params: query, timeout_ms: timeout * 1000)
       easy.perform
       # Use Typhoeus response wrapper to simplify tests
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@
 
   context 'with simple Easy & headers override' do
     subject(:request) do
-      easy = EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new(url: url)
+      easy = Ethon::Easy.new(url: url)
       easy.customrequest = 'GET'
       easy.set_attributes(timeout_ms: timeout * 1000)
       easy.headers = request_headers
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@
   context 'with single Multi request' do
     subject(:request) do
       multi = Ethon::Multi.new
-      easy = EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new
+      easy = Ethon::Easy.new
       easy.http_request(url, 'GET', params: query, timeout_ms: timeout * 1000)
       multi.add(easy)
       multi.perform
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/multi_patch_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/multi_patch_spec.rb
index 063e39f576c..553e8c62082 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/multi_patch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/multi_patch_spec.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/environment_service_name_examples'
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/span_attribute_schema_examples'
 
-require 'spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers'
-
 RSpec.describe Datadog::Tracing::Contrib::Ethon::MultiPatch do
   let(:configuration_options) { {} }
 
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@
   end
 
   describe '#add' do
-    let(:easy) { EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new }
+    let(:easy) { Ethon::Easy.new }
     let(:span) { easy.instance_eval { @datadog_span } }
     let(:multi_span) { multi.instance_eval { @datadog_multi_span } }
     let(:multi) { ::Ethon::Multi.new }
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@
   end
 
   describe '#perform' do
-    let(:easy) { EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new }
+    let(:easy) { Ethon::Easy.new }
     let(:easy_span) { spans.find { |span| span.name == 'ethon.request' } }
     let(:multi_span) { spans.find { |span| span.name == 'ethon.multi.request' } }
     let(:multi) { ::Ethon::Multi.new }
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b62d8b2d9c..00000000000
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec/support/thread_helpers'
-require 'ethon'
-
-module EthonSupport
-  module_function
-
-  # Ethon will lazily initialize LibCurl,
-  # which spans a leaky native thread.
-  #
-  # LibCurl is normally first initialized when
-  # a new instance of Ethon::Easy is created.
-  # We tag the newly created thread in the :ethon
-  # group to allow for later reporting.
-  #
-  # This tagging allows us to still ensure that the integration
-  # itself is leak-free.
-  def ethon_easy_new(*args)
-    ThreadHelpers.with_leaky_thread_creation(:ethon) do
-      Ethon::Easy.new(*args)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb
index a99b55166c1..4fc982f55c1 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/shared_examples'
 require 'datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_context'
-require 'spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers'
 
 RSpec.describe Datadog::Tracing::Contrib::Ethon do
   skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@
     #
     # This allows us to still ensure that the integration
     # itself is leak-free.
-    EthonSupport.ethon_easy_new
+    Ethon::Easy.new
   end
 
   context 'with Typhoeus request' do