diff --git a/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/instrumentation.rb
index cdb411b96..ef418e934 100644
--- a/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/instrumentation.rb
@@ -7,22 +7,6 @@
 module OpenTelemetry
   module Instrumentation
     module Trilogy
-      # @api private
-      class NoopPropagator
-        EMPTY_LIST = [].freeze
-        private_constant(:EMPTY_LIST)
-
-        def inject(carrier, context: Context.current, setter: nil); end
-
-        def extract(carrier, context: Context.current, getter: nil)
-          context
-        end
-
-        def fields
-          EMPTY_LIST
-        end
-      end
-
       # The Instrumentation class contains logic to detect and install the Trilogy instrumentation
       class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
         install do |config|
@@ -61,10 +45,10 @@ def configure_propagator(config)
           propagator = config[:propagator]
           @propagator = case propagator
                         when 'vitess' then fetch_propagator(propagator, 'OpenTelemetry::Propagator::Vitess')
-                        when 'none', nil then NoopPropagator.new
+                        when "none", nil
+                          nil
                         else
                           OpenTelemetry.logger.warn "The #{propagator} propagator is unknown and cannot be configured"
-                          NoopPropagator.new
                         end
         end
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/patches/client.rb b/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/patches/client.rb
index fbfb6e65e..842a22075 100644
--- a/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/patches/client.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/trilogy/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/trilogy/patches/client.rb
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ def query(sql)
               ),
               kind: :client
             ) do |_span, context|
-              sql = sql.dup unless !sql.frozen? || propagator.is_a?(OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Trilogy::NoopPropagator)
-              propagator.inject(sql, context: context)
+              if propagator
+                sql = sql.dup if sql.frozen?
+                propagator.inject(sql, context: context)
+              end
+
               super(sql.freeze)
             end
           end