diff --git a/internal/gitmetadata.go b/internal/gitmetadata.go
index f7eb9b78c3..6dabe6a444 100644
--- a/internal/gitmetadata.go
+++ b/internal/gitmetadata.go
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ package internal
 import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"sync"
+
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -73,6 +76,32 @@ func getTagsFromDDTags() map[string]string {
 	}
 }
 
+// getTagsFromBinary extracts git metadata from binary metadata
+func getTagsFromBinary() map[string]string {
+	res := make(map[string]string)
+	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if !ok {
+		log.Debug("ReadBuildInfo failed, skip source code metadata extracting")
+		return res
+	}
+	goPath := info.Path
+	var vcs, commitSha string
+	for _, s := range info.Settings {
+		if s.Key == "vcs" {
+			vcs = s.Value
+		} else if s.Key == "vcs.revision" {
+			commitSha = s.Value
+		}
+	}
+	if vcs != "git" {
+		log.Debug("Unknown VCS: '%s', skip source code metadata extracting", vcs)
+		return res
+	}
+	res[TagCommitSha] = commitSha
+	res[TagGoPath] = goPath
+	return res
+}
+
 // GetGitMetadataTags returns git metadata tags
 func GetGitMetadataTags() map[string]string {
 	lock.Lock()
diff --git a/internal/gitmetadatabinary.go b/internal/gitmetadatabinary.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 84ded5eda2..0000000000
--- a/internal/gitmetadatabinary.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
-// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
-// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
-// Copyright 2023 Datadog, Inc.
-
-//go:build go1.18
-// +build go1.18
-
-package internal
-
-import (
-	"runtime/debug"
-
-	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/log"
-)
-
-// getTagsFromBinary extracts git metadata from binary metadata
-func getTagsFromBinary() map[string]string {
-	res := make(map[string]string)
-	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
-	if !ok {
-		log.Debug("ReadBuildInfo failed, skip source code metadata extracting")
-		return res
-	}
-	goPath := info.Path
-	var vcs, commitSha string
-	for _, s := range info.Settings {
-		if s.Key == "vcs" {
-			vcs = s.Value
-		} else if s.Key == "vcs.revision" {
-			commitSha = s.Value
-		}
-	}
-	if vcs != "git" {
-		log.Debug("Unknown VCS: '%s', skip source code metadata extracting", vcs)
-		return res
-	}
-	res[TagCommitSha] = commitSha
-	res[TagGoPath] = goPath
-	return res
-}
diff --git a/internal/gitmetadatabinary_legacy.go b/internal/gitmetadatabinary_legacy.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 85bcb43cc6..0000000000
--- a/internal/gitmetadatabinary_legacy.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
-// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
-// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
-// Copyright 2023 Datadog, Inc.
-
-//go:build !go1.18
-// +build !go1.18
-
-package internal
-
-import (
-	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/log"
-)
-
-// getTagsFromBinary extracts git metadata from binary metadata
-func getTagsFromBinary() map[string]string {
-	log.Warn("go version below 1.18, BuildInfo has no vcs info, skip source code metadata extracting")
-	return make(map[string]string)
-}