diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 80d69ce843..c8ac0089c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ the release.
   ([#1448](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1448))
 * [cartservice] update .NET to .NET 8.0.3
   ([#1460](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1460))
+* [frontendproxy] remove deprecated start_child_span option
+  ([#1469](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1469))
 
 ## 1.8.0
 
diff --git a/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml b/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml
index c78c8b5c82..cb4dd0c8b3 100644
--- a/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml
+++ b/src/frontendproxy/envoy.tmpl.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ static_resources:
                   - name: envoy.filters.http.router
                     typed_config:
                       "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.router.v3.Router
-                      start_child_span: true
 
   clusters:
     - name: opentelemetry_collector_grpc