diff --git a/src/checkoutservice/main.go b/src/checkoutservice/main.go
index b2b4315..fdf1c83 100644
--- a/src/checkoutservice/main.go
+++ b/src/checkoutservice/main.go
@@ -131,15 +131,7 @@ func initStats(exporter *stackdriver.Exporter) {
 	}
 }
 
-func initTracing() {
-	// This is a demo app with low QPS. trace.AlwaysSample() is used here
-	// to make sure traces are available for observation and analysis.
-	// In a production environment or high QPS setup please use
-	// trace.ProbabilitySampler set at the desired probability.
-	trace.ApplyConfig(trace.Config{DefaultSampler: trace.AlwaysSample()})
-
-	initJaegerTracing()
-
+func initStackDriverTracing() {
 	// TODO(ahmetb) this method is duplicated in other microservices using Go
 	// since they are not sharing packages.
 	for i := 1; i <= 3; i++ {
@@ -161,6 +153,11 @@ func initTracing() {
 	log.Warn("could not initialize stackdriver exporter after retrying, giving up")
 }
 
+func initTracing() {
+	initJaegerTracing()
+	initStackDriverTracing()
+}
+
 func initProfiling(service, version string) {
 	// TODO(ahmetb) this method is duplicated in other microservices using Go
 	// since they are not sharing packages.