diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/AdditionalLibraryIgnoresMatcher.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/AdditionalLibraryIgnoresMatcher.java
index 687b3b3c7f4..8d28bb3926f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/AdditionalLibraryIgnoresMatcher.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/bytebuddy/matcher/AdditionalLibraryIgnoresMatcher.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public boolean matches(final T target) {
 
     if (name.startsWith("org.springframework.")) {
       if ((name.startsWith("org.springframework.aop.")
-              && !(name.equals("org.springframework.aop.interceptor.AsyncExecutionInterceptor")))
+              && !name.equals("org.springframework.aop.interceptor.AsyncExecutionInterceptor"))
           || name.startsWith("org.springframework.cache.")
           || name.startsWith("org.springframework.dao.")
           || name.startsWith("org.springframework.ejb.")
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpannedMethodInvocation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpannedMethodInvocation.java
index 18af5a10410..efad69115d8 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpannedMethodInvocation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpannedMethodInvocation.java
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ public Object proceed() throws Throwable {
       // if the delegate does async work is everything OK because of this?
       // if the delegate does async work, should I need to worry about it here?
       scope.setAsyncPropagation(true);
-      Object result = delegate.proceed();
-      // question? Why can't this just be AutoCloseable? Dogma?
+      return delegate.proceed();
+    } finally {
+      // question: Why can't this just be AutoCloseable? Dogma?
       span.finish();
-      return result;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpringAsyncAdvice.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpringAsyncAdvice.java
index cdee3cb0f11..3454133fc87 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpringAsyncAdvice.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springscheduling/SpringAsyncAdvice.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ public class SpringAsyncAdvice {
   @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
   public static void scheduleAsync(
       @Advice.Argument(value = 0, readOnly = false) MethodInvocation invocation) {
-    // wrap so that when the invocation is invoked, it can be wrapped with a span's start and stop
     invocation = new SpannedMethodInvocation(activeSpan(), invocation);
   }
 }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/test/groovy/SpringAsyncTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/test/groovy/SpringAsyncTest.groovy
index 2ec9bcb0e1f..8f5f0f05c8e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/test/groovy/SpringAsyncTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring-scheduling-3.1/src/test/groovy/SpringAsyncTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner
-import datadog.trace.api.Trace
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext
 
 import static datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.TraceUtils.runUnderTrace
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ class SpringAsyncTest extends AgentTestRunner {
       trace(0, 3) {
         span(0) {
           resourceName "root"
-          threadNameStartsWith "main"
         }
         span(1) {
           resourceName "AsyncTask.async"
@@ -34,42 +32,4 @@ class SpringAsyncTest extends AgentTestRunner {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  def "context propagated to @async task" () {
-    setup:
-    def context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(AsyncTaskConfig)
-    AsyncTask asyncTask = context.getBean(AsyncTask)
-    when:
-    runUnderTrace("root") {
-      asyncTask.async().join()
-    }
-    then:
-    assertTraces(1) {
-      trace(0, 2) {
-        span(0) {
-          resourceName "root"
-          threadNameStartsWith "main"
-        }
-        span(1) {
-          resourceName "AsyncTask.async"
-          threadNameStartsWith "SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor"
-          childOf span(0)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  static class Leaf {
-
-    private int i
-
-    Leaf(int i) {
-      this.i = i
-    }
-
-    @Trace
-    int leaf() {
-      return i
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/AsyncTask.java b/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/AsyncTask.java
index 27c05ec327d..01157ccf6b7 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/AsyncTask.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/AsyncTask.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package datadog.smoketest.springboot;
 
 import datadog.smoketest.springboot.grpc.AsynchronousGreeter;
-import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
-
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
 
 public class AsyncTask {
 
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/SpringbootGrpcApplication.java b/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/SpringbootGrpcApplication.java
index b86268e37f6..52defc38210 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/SpringbootGrpcApplication.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/SpringbootGrpcApplication.java
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package datadog.smoketest.springboot;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-
 import datadog.smoketest.springboot.grpc.AsynchronousGreeter;
 import datadog.smoketest.springboot.grpc.LocalInterface;
 import datadog.smoketest.springboot.grpc.SynchronousGreeter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/controller/WebController.java b/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/controller/WebController.java
index 74bade965ab..7dc8eb7f29d 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/controller/WebController.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/springboot-grpc/src/main_java8/java/datadog/smoketest/springboot/controller/WebController.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import datadog.smoketest.springboot.AsyncTask;
 import datadog.smoketest.springboot.grpc.AsynchronousGreeter;
 import datadog.smoketest.springboot.grpc.SynchronousGreeter;
-
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -24,13 +23,13 @@ public class WebController {
   private final SynchronousGreeter greeter;
   private final AsyncTask asyncTask;
 
-  public WebController(AsynchronousGreeter asyncGreeter, SynchronousGreeter greeter, AsyncTask asyncTask) {
+  public WebController(
+      AsynchronousGreeter asyncGreeter, SynchronousGreeter greeter, AsyncTask asyncTask) {
     this.asyncGreeter = asyncGreeter;
     this.greeter = greeter;
     this.asyncTask = asyncTask;
   }
 
-
   @RequestMapping("/greeting")
   public String greeting() {
     return greeter.greet();
@@ -79,5 +78,4 @@ public String call() {
   public String asyncAnnotationGreeting() {
     return asyncTask.greet().join();
   }
-
 }