diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be8ff9e1a..228dce77e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 - Fix breadcrumb serialization error message to be an object ([#2584](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2584))
   - Fixes [#2478](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/issues/2478)
 
+### Internal
+
+- Remove `user_segment` from DSC ([#2586](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2586))
+
 ## 5.23.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb
index db2f58b8f..4112689ff 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ def populate_head_baggage
         "trace_id" => trace_id,
         "environment" => configuration.environment,
         "release" => configuration.release,
-        "public_key" => configuration.dsn&.public_key,
-        "user_segment" => @scope.user && @scope.user["segment"]
+        "public_key" => configuration.dsn&.public_key
       }
 
       items.compact!
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transaction.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transaction.rb
index 6fc2524b0..4e6411a8f 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transaction.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transaction.rb
@@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ def populate_head_baggage
 
       items["transaction"] = name unless source_low_quality?
 
-      user = @hub.current_scope&.user
-      items["user_segment"] = user["segment"] if user && user["segment"]
-
       items.compact!
       @baggage = Baggage.new(items, mutable: false)
     end