diff --git a/sentry-android-sqlite/src/main/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentation.kt b/sentry-android-sqlite/src/main/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentation.kt
index 5099f38f69..f0998dfdc2 100644
--- a/sentry-android-sqlite/src/main/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentation.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-sqlite/src/main/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentation.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import io.sentry.SentryNanotimeDate
 import io.sentry.SentryStackTraceFactory
 import io.sentry.SpanDataConvention
 import io.sentry.SpanStatus
-import java.util.Date
 
 private const val SQLITE_TRACE_ORIGIN = "auto.db.sqlite"
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ private const val SQLITE_TRACE_ORIGIN = "auto.db.sqlite"
  * Sentinel for extracting a [SentryNanotimeDate]'s underlying [System.nanoTime] value via
  * [SentryDate.diff].
  */
-private val EMPTY_NANO_TIME = SentryNanotimeDate(Date(0), 0L)
+private val EMPTY_NANO_TIME = SentryNanotimeDate(0, 0L)
 
 /** Span instrumentation for [SentrySQLiteDriver]. */
 internal class SQLiteSpanInstrumentation(
diff --git a/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/ComputeNanoStartTimestampForChildTest.kt b/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/ComputeNanoStartTimestampForChildTest.kt
index 92a98b6e56..13ae1389b7 100644
--- a/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/ComputeNanoStartTimestampForChildTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/ComputeNanoStartTimestampForChildTest.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import io.sentry.DateUtils
 import io.sentry.ISpan
 import io.sentry.SentryLongDate
 import io.sentry.SentryNanotimeDate
-import java.util.Date
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertNull
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ class ComputeNanoStartTimestampForChildTest {
   }
 
   private fun spanWithNanotimeStart(wallClockMillis: Long, parentMonotonicNanos: Long): ISpan {
-    val startDate = SentryNanotimeDate(Date(wallClockMillis), parentMonotonicNanos)
+    val startDate = SentryNanotimeDate(wallClockMillis, parentMonotonicNanos)
     val span = mock<ISpan>()
     whenever(span.startDate).thenReturn(startDate)
     return span
diff --git a/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentationTest.kt b/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentationTest.kt
index a38be242ec..74bd1c7f88 100644
--- a/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-sqlite/src/test/java/io/sentry/sqlite/SQLiteSpanInstrumentationTest.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import io.sentry.SpanDataConvention
 import io.sentry.SpanStatus
 import io.sentry.TransactionContext
 import io.sentry.util.thread.IThreadChecker
-import java.util.Date
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertFalse
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ class SQLiteSpanInstrumentationTest {
     // Only the parent date is queued. If startTimestamp() were to call dateProvider.now(),
     // the queue would underflow and the test would fail loudly — this is what verifies the
     // optimization is in effect.
-    val parentDate = SentryNanotimeDate(Date(1_000_000L), 100_000_000L)
+    val parentDate = SentryNanotimeDate(1_000_000L, 100_000_000L)
     val sut = setUpWithNanotimeDates(parentDate)
 
     val start = sut.startTimestamp()
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class SQLiteSpanInstrumentationTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `startTimestamp falls back to date provider when parent does not use SentryNanotimeDate`() {
-    val providerDate = SentryNanotimeDate(Date(2_000_000L), 200_000_000L)
+    val providerDate = SentryNanotimeDate(2_000_000L, 200_000_000L)
     val parentSpan = mock<ISpan>()
     whenever(parentSpan.startDate).thenReturn(SentryLongDate(1_000_000_000_000_000L))
     val options =
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ class SQLiteSpanInstrumentationTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `startTimestamp falls back to date provider when no transaction is active`() {
-    val providerDate = SentryNanotimeDate(Date(2_000_000L), 200_000_000L)
+    val providerDate = SentryNanotimeDate(2_000_000L, 200_000_000L)
     val options =
       SentryOptions().apply {
         dsn = "https://key@sentry.io/proj"