diff --git a/packages/serverless/src/awsservices.ts b/packages/serverless/src/awsservices.ts
index 41b73f58464e..8992b7a7adb0 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/src/awsservices.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/src/awsservices.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/node';
+import { startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/node';
 import type { Integration, Span } from '@sentry/types';
 import { fill } from '@sentry/utils';
 // 'aws-sdk/global' import is expected to be type-only so it's erased in the final .js file.
@@ -57,19 +57,13 @@ function wrapMakeRequest<TService extends AWSService, TResult>(
 ): MakeRequestFunction<GenericParams, TResult> {
   return function (this: TService, operation: string, params?: GenericParams, callback?: MakeRequestCallback<TResult>) {
     let span: Span | undefined;
-    const scope = getCurrentScope();
-    // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-    const transaction = scope.getTransaction();
     const req = orig.call(this, operation, params);
     req.on('afterBuild', () => {
-      if (transaction) {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-        span = transaction.startChild({
-          description: describe(this, operation, params),
-          op: 'http.client',
-          origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
-        });
-      }
+      span = startInactiveSpan({
+        name: describe(this, operation, params),
+        op: 'http.client',
+        origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
+      });
     });
     req.on('complete', () => {
       if (span) {
diff --git a/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-grpc.ts b/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-grpc.ts
index 74a88f622333..458af78872f7 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-grpc.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-grpc.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { EventEmitter } from 'events';
-import { getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/node';
-import type { Integration, Span } from '@sentry/types';
+import { startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/node';
+import type { Integration } from '@sentry/types';
 import { fill } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 interface GrpcFunction extends CallableFunction {
@@ -107,18 +107,11 @@ function fillGrpcFunction(stub: Stub, serviceIdentifier: string, methodName: str
         if (typeof ret?.on !== 'function') {
           return ret;
         }
-        let span: Span | undefined;
-        const scope = getCurrentScope();
-        // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-        const transaction = scope.getTransaction();
-        if (transaction) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-          span = transaction.startChild({
-            description: `${callType} ${methodName}`,
-            op: `grpc.${serviceIdentifier}`,
-            origin: 'auto.grpc.serverless',
-          });
-        }
+        const span = startInactiveSpan({
+          name: `${callType} ${methodName}`,
+          op: `grpc.${serviceIdentifier}`,
+          origin: 'auto.grpc.serverless',
+        });
         ret.on('status', () => {
           if (span) {
             span.end();
diff --git a/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-http.ts b/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-http.ts
index 87687a52f82e..369fa6ad230d 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-http.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/src/google-cloud-http.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // '@google-cloud/common' import is expected to be type-only so it's erased in the final .js file.
 // When TypeScript compiler is upgraded, use `import type` syntax to explicitly assert that we don't want to load a module here.
 import type * as common from '@google-cloud/common';
-import { getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/node';
-import type { Integration, Span } from '@sentry/types';
+import { startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/node';
+import type { Integration } from '@sentry/types';
 import { fill } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 type RequestOptions = common.DecorateRequestOptions;
@@ -51,19 +51,12 @@ export class GoogleCloudHttp implements Integration {
 /** Returns a wrapped function that makes a request with tracing enabled */
 function wrapRequestFunction(orig: RequestFunction): RequestFunction {
   return function (this: common.Service, reqOpts: RequestOptions, callback: ResponseCallback): void {
-    let span: Span | undefined;
-    const scope = getCurrentScope();
-    // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-    const transaction = scope.getTransaction();
-    if (transaction) {
-      const httpMethod = reqOpts.method || 'GET';
-      // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-      span = transaction.startChild({
-        description: `${httpMethod} ${reqOpts.uri}`,
-        op: `http.client.${identifyService(this.apiEndpoint)}`,
-        origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
-      });
-    }
+    const httpMethod = reqOpts.method || 'GET';
+    const span = startInactiveSpan({
+      name: `${httpMethod} ${reqOpts.uri}`,
+      op: `http.client.${identifyService(this.apiEndpoint)}`,
+      origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
+    });
     orig.call(this, reqOpts, (...args: Parameters<ResponseCallback>) => {
       if (span) {
         span.end();
diff --git a/packages/serverless/test/__mocks__/@sentry/node.ts b/packages/serverless/test/__mocks__/@sentry/node.ts
index fb929737f8d4..b3ff9edeaa9f 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/test/__mocks__/@sentry/node.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/test/__mocks__/@sentry/node.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export const fakeScope = {
   setTag: jest.fn(),
   setContext: jest.fn(),
   setSpan: jest.fn(),
-  getTransaction: jest.fn(() => fakeTransaction),
   setSDKProcessingMetadata: jest.fn(),
   setPropagationContext: jest.fn(),
 };
@@ -22,11 +21,6 @@ export const fakeSpan = {
   end: jest.fn(),
   setHttpStatus: jest.fn(),
 };
-export const fakeTransaction = {
-  end: jest.fn(),
-  setHttpStatus: jest.fn(),
-  startChild: jest.fn(() => fakeSpan),
-};
 export const init = jest.fn();
 export const addGlobalEventProcessor = jest.fn();
 export const getCurrentScope = jest.fn(() => fakeScope);
@@ -36,11 +30,9 @@ export const withScope = jest.fn(cb => cb(fakeScope));
 export const flush = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
 export const getClient = jest.fn(() => ({}));
 export const startSpanManual = jest.fn((ctx, callback: (span: any) => any) => callback(fakeSpan));
+export const startInactiveSpan = jest.fn(() => fakeSpan);
 
 export const resetMocks = (): void => {
-  fakeTransaction.setHttpStatus.mockClear();
-  fakeTransaction.end.mockClear();
-  fakeTransaction.startChild.mockClear();
   fakeSpan.end.mockClear();
   fakeSpan.setHttpStatus.mockClear();
 
@@ -48,7 +40,6 @@ export const resetMocks = (): void => {
   fakeScope.setTag.mockClear();
   fakeScope.setContext.mockClear();
   fakeScope.setSpan.mockClear();
-  fakeScope.getTransaction.mockClear();
 
   init.mockClear();
   addGlobalEventProcessor.mockClear();
diff --git a/packages/serverless/test/awslambda.test.ts b/packages/serverless/test/awslambda.test.ts
index 0da204b31fa4..0d923074067f 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/test/awslambda.test.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/test/awslambda.test.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '../src';
 
 const { wrapHandler } = Sentry.AWSLambda;
 
-/**
- * Why @ts-expect-error some Sentry.X calls
- *
- * A hack-ish way to contain everything related to mocks in the same __mocks__ file.
- * Thanks to this, we don't have to do more magic than necessary. Just add and export desired method and assert on it.
- */
-
 // Default `timeoutWarningLimit` is 500ms so leaving some space for it to trigger when necessary
 const DEFAULT_EXECUTION_TIME = 100;
 let fakeEvent: { [key: string]: unknown };
diff --git a/packages/serverless/test/awsservices.test.ts b/packages/serverless/test/awsservices.test.ts
index e4abda7c9364..16464e315fa6 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/test/awsservices.test.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/test/awsservices.test.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ import * as nock from 'nock';
 
 import { AWSServices } from '../src/awsservices';
 
-/**
- * Why @ts-expect-error some Sentry.X calls
- *
- * A hack-ish way to contain everything related to mocks in the same __mocks__ file.
- * Thanks to this, we don't have to do more magic than necessary. Just add and export desired method and assert on it.
- */
-
 describe('AWSServices', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     new AWSServices().setupOnce();
@@ -30,11 +23,10 @@ describe('AWSServices', () => {
       nock('https://foo.s3.amazonaws.com').get('/bar').reply(200, 'contents');
       const data = await s3.getObject({ Bucket: 'foo', Key: 'bar' }).promise();
       expect(data.Body?.toString('utf-8')).toEqual('contents');
-      // @ts-expect-error see "Why @ts-expect-error" note
-      expect(SentryNode.fakeTransaction.startChild).toBeCalledWith({
+      expect(SentryNode.startInactiveSpan).toBeCalledWith({
         op: 'http.client',
         origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
-        description: 'aws.s3.getObject foo',
+        name: 'aws.s3.getObject foo',
       });
       // @ts-expect-error see "Why @ts-expect-error" note
       expect(SentryNode.fakeSpan.end).toBeCalled();
@@ -48,11 +40,10 @@ describe('AWSServices', () => {
         expect(data.Body?.toString('utf-8')).toEqual('contents');
         done();
       });
-      // @ts-expect-error see "Why @ts-expect-error" note
-      expect(SentryNode.fakeTransaction.startChild).toBeCalledWith({
+      expect(SentryNode.startInactiveSpan).toBeCalledWith({
         op: 'http.client',
         origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
-        description: 'aws.s3.getObject foo',
+        name: 'aws.s3.getObject foo',
       });
     });
   });
@@ -64,11 +55,10 @@ describe('AWSServices', () => {
       nock('https://lambda.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com').post('/2015-03-31/functions/foo/invocations').reply(201, 'reply');
       const data = await lambda.invoke({ FunctionName: 'foo' }).promise();
       expect(data.Payload?.toString('utf-8')).toEqual('reply');
-      // @ts-expect-error see "Why @ts-expect-error" note
-      expect(SentryNode.fakeTransaction.startChild).toBeCalledWith({
+      expect(SentryNode.startInactiveSpan).toBeCalledWith({
         op: 'http.client',
         origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
-        description: 'aws.lambda.invoke foo',
+        name: 'aws.lambda.invoke foo',
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/serverless/test/gcpfunction.test.ts b/packages/serverless/test/gcpfunction.test.ts
index f4486415988b..29cfe0541a0c 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/test/gcpfunction.test.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/test/gcpfunction.test.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ import type {
   Request,
   Response,
 } from '../src/gcpfunction/general';
-/**
- * Why @ts-expect-error some Sentry.X calls
- *
- * A hack-ish way to contain everything related to mocks in the same __mocks__ file.
- * Thanks to this, we don't have to do more magic than necessary. Just add and export desired method and assert on it.
- */
 
 describe('GCPFunction', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-grpc.test.ts b/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-grpc.test.ts
index a9fd8f726e08..39ebb4a54ecd 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-grpc.test.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-grpc.test.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ import * as nock from 'nock';
 
 import { GoogleCloudGrpc } from '../src/google-cloud-grpc';
 
-/**
- * Why @ts-expect-error some Sentry.X calls
- *
- * A hack-ish way to contain everything related to mocks in the same __mocks__ file.
- * Thanks to this, we don't have to do more magic than necessary. Just add and export desired method and assert on it.
- */
-
 const spyConnect = jest.spyOn(http2, 'connect');
 
 /** Fake HTTP2 stream */
@@ -126,11 +119,10 @@ describe('GoogleCloudGrpc tracing', () => {
       mockHttp2Session().mockUnaryRequest(Buffer.from('00000000120a1031363337303834313536363233383630', 'hex'));
       const resp = await pubsub.topic('nicetopic').publish(Buffer.from('data'));
       expect(resp).toEqual('1637084156623860');
-      // @ts-expect-error see "Why @ts-expect-error" note
-      expect(SentryNode.fakeTransaction.startChild).toBeCalledWith({
+      expect(SentryNode.startInactiveSpan).toBeCalledWith({
         op: 'grpc.pubsub',
         origin: 'auto.grpc.serverless',
-        description: 'unary call publish',
+        name: 'unary call publish',
       });
       await pubsub.close();
     });
diff --git a/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-http.test.ts b/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-http.test.ts
index b285a9a862c8..0ef1466647a5 100644
--- a/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-http.test.ts
+++ b/packages/serverless/test/google-cloud-http.test.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ import * as nock from 'nock';
 
 import { GoogleCloudHttp } from '../src/google-cloud-http';
 
-/**
- * Why @ts-expect-error some Sentry.X calls
- *
- * A hack-ish way to contain everything related to mocks in the same __mocks__ file.
- * Thanks to this, we don't have to do more magic than necessary. Just add and export desired method and assert on it.
- */
-
 describe('GoogleCloudHttp tracing', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     new GoogleCloudHttp().setupOnce();
@@ -57,17 +50,15 @@ describe('GoogleCloudHttp tracing', () => {
         );
       const resp = await bigquery.query('SELECT true AS foo');
       expect(resp).toEqual([[{ foo: true }]]);
-      // @ts-expect-error see "Why @ts-expect-error" note
-      expect(SentryNode.fakeTransaction.startChild).toBeCalledWith({
+      expect(SentryNode.startInactiveSpan).toBeCalledWith({
         op: 'http.client.bigquery',
         origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
-        description: 'POST /jobs',
+        name: 'POST /jobs',
       });
-      // @ts-expect-error see "Why @ts-expect-error" note
-      expect(SentryNode.fakeTransaction.startChild).toBeCalledWith({
+      expect(SentryNode.startInactiveSpan).toBeCalledWith({
         op: 'http.client.bigquery',
         origin: 'auto.http.serverless',
-        description: expect.stringMatching(/^GET \/queries\/.+/),
+        name: expect.stringMatching(/^GET \/queries\/.+/),
       });
     });
   });