diff --git a/lib/lightstep/tracer/client_tracer.rb b/lib/lightstep/tracer/client_tracer.rb
index 6f9df48..3ec6a3c 100644
--- a/lib/lightstep/tracer/client_tracer.rb
+++ b/lib/lightstep/tracer/client_tracer.rb
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ class ClientTracer
       # Internal debugging flag that enables additional logging and
       # tracer checks. Not intended to run in production as it may add
       # logging "noise" to the calling code.
-      verbose: 0,
-
-      # Flag intended solely to unit testing convenience
-      debug_disable_flush: false
+      verbose: 0
     }
 
     # Modify some of the interdependent defaults based on what the user-specified
@@ -164,9 +161,6 @@ class ClientTracer
 
     return if @tracer_log_records.empty? && @tracer_span_records.empty?
 
-    # For unit testing
-    return if @tracer_options[:debug_disable_flush]
-
     @tracer_transport.ensure_connection(@tracer_options)
 
     # Ensure the log / span GUIDs are set correctly. This is covers a real