diff --git a/python/langsmith/client.py b/python/langsmith/client.py
index c3a49f337..b3b5fc993 100644
--- a/python/langsmith/client.py
+++ b/python/langsmith/client.py
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ class Client:
         "_write_api_urls",
         "_settings",
         "_manual_cleanup",
-        "_pyo3_client",
     ]
 
     def __init__(
@@ -517,54 +516,6 @@ def __init__(
             else ls_utils.get_env_var("HIDE_OUTPUTS") == "true"
         )
 
-        # To set this up on the Rust side:
-        # - Navigate to the rust/crates/langsmith-pyo3 directory.
-        # - Run:
-        #   maturin build --release
-        # - Then, back inside python/langsmith, run:
-        #   poetry install --with pyo3
-        #
-        # To trigger this code, set the `LANGSMITH_USE_PYO3_CLIENT` env var to any value.
-        #
-        # Currently this requires Python 3.13 since the Poetry setup references the 3.13 wheel.
-        # Once the PyO3 package is uploaded to PyPI, we won't have to specify the *wheel* itself
-        # and can instead reference the *PyPI package name*. That will allow Poetry to choose
-        # a wheel that matches the locally-installed version of Python.
-        self._pyo3_client = None
-        if ls_utils.get_env_var("USE_PYO3_CLIENT") is not None:
-            langsmith_pyo3 = None
-            try:
-                import langsmith_pyo3
-            except ImportError as e:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Failed to import `langsmith_pyo3` when PyO3 client was requested, "
-                    "falling back to Python impl: %s",
-                    repr(e),
-                )
-
-            if langsmith_pyo3:
-                # TODO: tweak these constants as needed
-                queue_capacity = 1_000_000
-                batch_size = 100
-                batch_timeout_millis = 1000
-                worker_threads = 1
-
-                try:
-                    self._pyo3_client = langsmith_pyo3.BlockingTracingClient(
-                        self.api_url,
-                        self.api_key,
-                        queue_capacity,
-                        batch_size,
-                        batch_timeout_millis,
-                        worker_threads,
-                    )
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.warning(
-                        "Failed to instantiate `langsmith_pyo3.BlockingTracingClient` "
-                        "when PyO3 client was requested, falling back to Python impl: %s",
-                        repr(e),
-                    )
-
         self._settings: Union[ls_schemas.LangSmithSettings, None] = None
 
         self._manual_cleanup = False
@@ -1275,26 +1226,16 @@ def create_run(
             copy=False,
         )
         self._insert_runtime_env([run_create])
-
         if (
+            self.tracing_queue is not None
             # batch ingest requires trace_id and dotted_order to be set
-            run_create.get("trace_id") is not None
+            and run_create.get("trace_id") is not None
             and run_create.get("dotted_order") is not None
         ):
-            if self._pyo3_client is not None:
-                # `self._run_transform()` above turns the `id` key into a `UUID` object.
-                # We need to pass a string since `orjson` doesn't seem to serialize `UUID` objects.
-                run_create["id"] = str(run_create["id"])
-                self._pyo3_client.create_run(run_create)
-            elif self.tracing_queue is not None:
-                serialized_op = serialize_run_dict("post", run_create)
-                self.tracing_queue.put(
-                    TracingQueueItem(run_create["dotted_order"], serialized_op)
-                )
-            else:
-                # Neither Rust nor Python batch ingestion is configured,
-                # fall back to the non-batch approach.
-                self._create_run(run_create)
+            serialized_op = serialize_run_dict("post", run_create)
+            self.tracing_queue.put(
+                TracingQueueItem(run_create["dotted_order"], serialized_op)
+            )
         else:
             self._create_run(run_create)
 
diff --git a/python/poetry.lock b/python/poetry.lock
index c20503c2e..2b362f986 100644
--- a/python/poetry.lock
+++ b/python/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.4 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -590,20 +590,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "jiter-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c061d9738535497b5509f8970584f20de1e900806b239a39a9994fc191dad630"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "langsmith-pyo3"
-version = "0.1.0"
-description = ""
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "langsmith_pyo3-0.1.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:ad2ed04b910c5aaf4d5b8c3f97409a6e0ba5e20f5159a54f4c2e3abf64fae4cd"},
-]
-
-[package.source]
-type = "file"
-url = "../rust/target/wheels/langsmith_pyo3-0.1.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "marshmallow"
 version = "3.22.0"
@@ -2084,4 +2070,4 @@ vcr = []
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
-content-hash = "da81a1c72795bd7fdb2d039621adfcdc760b3b452936c79b45f9ac015a6c6b9e"
+content-hash = "a5a6c61cba1b5ce9cf739700a780c2df63ff7aaa482c29de9910418263318586"
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index df2649123..51dfb7e3f 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ openai = "^1.10"
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
 pytest-socket = "^0.7.0"
 
-[tool.poetry.group.pyo3.dependencies]
-langsmith-pyo3 = {path = "../rust/target/wheels/langsmith_pyo3-0.1.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_34_x86_64.whl"}
-
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 vcr = ["vcrpy"]