diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4e882d88..1ff0afd9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1324,12 +1324,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ffc183a10b4478d04cbbbfc96d0873219d962dd5accaff2ffbd4ceb7df837f4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -1466,25 +1460,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.99",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strum"
-version = "0.26.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d8cec3501a5194c432b2b7976db6b7d10ec95c253208b45f83f7136aa985e29"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "strum_macros"
-version = "0.26.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6cf59daf282c0a494ba14fd21610a0325f9f90ec9d1231dea26bcb1d696c946"
-dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.18",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.99"
@@ -1709,8 +1684,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serial_test",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ed23b588..a06794c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ protobuf = { version = "2.27", features = ["with-serde"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 regex = "1"
 radix_trie = "0.2.1"
-strum = "0.26.2"
-strum_macros = "0.26.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 proxy-wasm-test-framework = { git = "https://github.com/Kuadrant/wasm-test-framework.git", branch = "kuadrant" }
diff --git a/src/filter/http_context.rs b/src/filter/http_context.rs
index 0f884dc5..e7cf9503 100644
--- a/src/filter/http_context.rs
+++ b/src/filter/http_context.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::envoy::{
     RateLimitDescriptor, RateLimitDescriptor_Entry, RateLimitRequest, RateLimitResponse,
     RateLimitResponse_Code,
 };
+use crate::filter::http_context::TracingHeader::{Baggage, Traceparent, Tracestate};
 use crate::utils::tokenize_with_escaping;
 use log::{debug, info, warn};
 use protobuf::Message;
@@ -13,14 +14,12 @@ use proxy_wasm::traits::{Context, HttpContext};
 use proxy_wasm::types::{Action, Bytes};
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
-use strum_macros::EnumIter;
 
 const RATELIMIT_SERVICE_NAME: &str = "envoy.service.ratelimit.v3.RateLimitService";
 const RATELIMIT_METHOD_NAME: &str = "ShouldRateLimit";
 
 // tracing headers
-#[derive(EnumIter)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum TracingHeader {
     Traceparent,
     Tracestate,
@@ -28,11 +27,15 @@ pub enum TracingHeader {
 }
 
 impl TracingHeader {
+    fn all() -> [Self; 3] {
+        [Traceparent, Tracestate, Baggage]
+    }
+
     fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
-            TracingHeader::Traceparent => "traceparent",
-            TracingHeader::Tracestate => "tracestate",
-            TracingHeader::Baggage => "baggage",
+            Traceparent => "traceparent",
+            Tracestate => "tracestate",
+            Baggage => "baggage",
         }
     }
 }
@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ impl HttpContext for Filter {
     fn on_http_request_headers(&mut self, _: usize, _: bool) -> Action {
         info!("on_http_request_headers #{}", self.context_id);
 
-        for header in TracingHeader::iter() {
+        for header in TracingHeader::all() {
             match self.get_http_request_header_bytes(header.as_str()) {
                 Some(value) => self.tracing_headers.push((header, value)),
                 None => (),