diff --git a/pkg/tracing/helpers.go b/pkg/tracing/helpers.go
index 981da6c79..ab1278ef1 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/helpers.go
@@ -19,20 +19,11 @@ package tracing
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 )
 
-const (
-	spanDelimiter = "."
-)
-
-func makeSpanName(names ...string) string {
-	return strings.Join(names, spanDelimiter)
-}
-
-func any(k string, v interface{}) attribute.KeyValue {
+func keyValue(k string, v any) attribute.KeyValue {
 	if v == nil {
 		return attribute.String(k, "<nil>")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tracing/log.go b/pkg/tracing/log.go
index 98fa16f93..5834d03b0 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/log.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/log.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (h *LogrusHook) Fire(entry *logrus.Entry) error {
 func logrusDataToAttrs(data logrus.Fields) []attribute.KeyValue {
 	attrs := make([]attribute.KeyValue, 0, len(data))
 	for k, v := range data {
-		attrs = append(attrs, any(k, v))
+		attrs = append(attrs, keyValue(k, v))
 	}
 	return attrs
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
index 1d2738606..c6c6b1264 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package tracing
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
@@ -99,14 +100,16 @@ func (s *Span) SetAttributes(kv ...attribute.KeyValue) {
 	s.otelSpan.SetAttributes(kv...)
 }
 
+const spanDelimiter = "."
+
 // Name sets the span name by joining a list of strings in dot separated format.
 func Name(names ...string) string {
-	return makeSpanName(names...)
+	return strings.Join(names, spanDelimiter)
 }
 
 // Attribute takes a key value pair and returns attribute.KeyValue type.
-func Attribute(k string, v interface{}) attribute.KeyValue {
-	return any(k, v)
+func Attribute(k string, v any) attribute.KeyValue {
+	return keyValue(k, v)
 }
 
 // HTTPStatusCodeAttributes generates attributes of the HTTP namespace as specified by the OpenTelemetry