diff --git a/tests/tracing/test_deprecated.py b/tests/tracing/test_deprecated.py
index 0ce9096b6e..ba296350ec 100644
--- a/tests/tracing/test_deprecated.py
+++ b/tests/tracing/test_deprecated.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import pytest
 from sentry_sdk import start_span
 
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import Span
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="This deprecated feature has been removed in SDK 2.0.")
 def test_start_span_to_start_transaction(sentry_init, capture_events):
     # XXX: this only exists for backwards compatibility with code before
     # Transaction / start_transaction were introduced.