diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionAroundWrapper.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionAroundWrapper.java
index bdb9410b8..9fe1f4773 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionAroundWrapper.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/FunctionAroundWrapper.java
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ public abstract class FunctionAroundWrapper implements BiFunction<Object, Functi
 
 	@Override
 	public final Object apply(Object input, FunctionInvocationWrapper targetFunction) {
-		String functionalTracingEnabledStr = System.getProperty("spring.sleuth.function.enabled", "true");
-		boolean functionalTracingEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(functionalTracingEnabledStr);
+		String functionalTracingEnabledStr = System.getProperty("spring.sleuth.function.enabled");
+		boolean functionalTracingEnabled =
+			!StringUtils.hasText(functionalTracingEnabledStr) || Boolean.parseBoolean(functionalTracingEnabledStr);
 		if (functionalTracingEnabled) {
 			return this.doApply(input, targetFunction);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
index c8f51eeef..74d93d7fa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
@@ -566,16 +566,6 @@ public class BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests {
 		assertThat(result.getHeaders().get("after")).isEqualTo("bar");
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
-	@Test
-	public void testWrappedWithAroundAdviseNotMessageReturnConfiguration() {
-		FunctionCatalog catalog = this.configureCatalog(WrappedWithAroundAdviseNotMessageReturnConfiguration.class);
-		Function f = catalog.lookup("uppercase");
-		Message result = (Message) f.apply(MessageBuilder.withPayload("hello").setHeader("myHeader", "myValue").build());
-		assertThat(result.getHeaders()).containsEntry("myHeader", "myValue").containsEntry("advised", "true");
-		assertThat(result.getPayload()).isEqualTo("HELLO");
-	}
-
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
 	@Test
 	public void testEachElementInFluxIsProcessed() {
@@ -927,32 +917,6 @@ public class BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@EnableAutoConfiguration
-	@Configuration
-	protected static class WrappedWithAroundAdviseNotMessageReturnConfiguration {
-
-		@Bean
-		public Function<Message<String>, String> uppercase() {
-			return v -> v.getPayload().toUpperCase();
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		public FunctionAroundWrapper wrapper() {
-			return new FunctionAroundWrapper() {
-
-				@Override
-				protected Object doApply(Object input, FunctionInvocationWrapper targetFunction) {
-					// in this test we know input is a Message
-					Message<?> mInput = (Message<?>) input;
-					Message<?> advisedMessage = MessageBuilder.fromMessage(mInput).setHeader("advised", "true").build();
-					Object result = targetFunction.apply(advisedMessage);
-					assertThat(result).isInstanceOf(Message.class);
-					return result;
-				}
-			};
-		}
-	}
-
 	@EnableAutoConfiguration
 	@Configuration
 	protected static class SampleFunctionConfiguration {