diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/context/context_value.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/context/context_value.h
index 27bd40fb057a1..655effe0a1daa 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/context/context_value.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/context/context_value.h
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
 #include "opentelemetry/version.h"
 
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-namespace baggage
-{
-class Baggage;
-}  // namespace baggage
-
 namespace trace
 {
 class Span;
@@ -29,7 +24,6 @@ using ContextValue = nostd::variant<nostd::monostate,
                                     uint64_t,
                                     double,
                                     nostd::shared_ptr<trace::Span>,
-                                    nostd::shared_ptr<trace::SpanContext>,
-                                    nostd::shared_ptr<baggage::Baggage>>;
+                                    nostd::shared_ptr<trace::SpanContext>>;
 }  // namespace context
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE