diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dbdc7f892d..8ddcc03d1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8352,7 +8352,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
  "tracing-test",
  "windows 0.61.3",
 ]
diff --git a/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/Cargo.toml b/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/Cargo.toml
index e4b86ad2c5..ed980db3e1 100644
--- a/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,5 +41,4 @@ windows = { version = "0.61", features = [
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile.workspace = true
-tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 tracing-test.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/src/lib.rs b/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/src/lib.rs
index 8ded2cfb61..8e0d400c65 100644
--- a/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nym-sqlx-pool-guard/src/lib.rs
@@ -184,12 +184,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
 
+    #[traced_test]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_wait_close() {
-        tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-            .with_max_level(tracing::Level::TRACE)
-            .init();
-
         let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
         let database_path = temp_dir.path().join("storage.db");