diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/BraveAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/BraveAutoConfiguration.java
index 2e22a7507b..6b00ff79dc 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/BraveAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/BraveAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class BraveAutoConfiguration {
 			return switch (tracing.getPropagation().getType()) {
 				case B3 ->
 					B3Propagation.newFactoryBuilder().injectFormat(B3Propagation.Format.SINGLE_NO_PARENT).build();
-				case W3C -> new W3CPropagation(BRAVE_BAGGAGE_MANAGER, List.of());
+				case W3C -> new W3CPropagation();
 			};
 		}