diff --git a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/trace/noop_trace.go b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/trace/noop_trace.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package trace
+
+import (
+	"context"
+)
+
+type noopTracer struct{}
+
+var _ Tracer = noopTracer{}
+
+// Start starts a noop span.
+func (noopTracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, opts ...SpanOption) (context.Context, Span) {
+	span := noopSpan{}
+	return ContextWithSpan(ctx, span), span
+}