diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d77c1591db4..af98ee9cf0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ### Removed
 
+- Remove the deprecated `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus.NewTracer`. (#4706)
 - Remove the deprecated `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/example/view` module. (#4708)
 
 ## [1.20.0/0.43.0] 2023-11-10
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/example_test.go b/bridge/opencensus/example_test.go
index 57fef19e168..3fa3b62179c 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/example_test.go
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/example_test.go
@@ -15,21 +15,10 @@
 package opencensus_test
 
 import (
-	octrace "go.opencensus.io/trace"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 )
 
-func ExampleNewTracer() {
-	// Create an OpenTelemetry Tracer to use to record spans.
-	tracer := otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer("go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus")
-	// Overwrite the OpenCensus DefaultTracer so that it uses OpenTelemetry
-	// rather than OpenCensus.
-	octrace.DefaultTracer = opencensus.NewTracer(tracer)
-}
-
 func ExampleNewMetricProducer() {
 	// Create the OpenCensus Metric bridge.
 	bridge := opencensus.NewMetricProducer()
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/trace.go b/bridge/opencensus/trace.go
index b1df5a3ca6c..92ec6d6961a 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/trace.go
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/trace.go
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-// NewTracer returns an implementation of the OpenCensus Tracer interface which
-// uses OpenTelemetry APIs.  Using this implementation of Tracer "upgrades"
-// libraries that use OpenCensus to OpenTelemetry to facilitate a migration.
-//
-// Deprecated: Use InstallTraceBridge instead.
-func NewTracer(tracer trace.Tracer) octrace.Tracer {
-	return internal.NewTracer(tracer)
-}
-
 // InstallTraceBridge installs the OpenCensus trace bridge, which overwrites
 // the global OpenCensus tracer implementation. Once the bridge is installed,
 // spans recorded using OpenCensus are redirected to the OpenTelemetry SDK.