diff --git a/src/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContext.php b/src/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContext.php
index c3a704a53..cf159ed59 100644
--- a/src/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContext.php
+++ b/src/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContext.php
@@ -182,12 +182,6 @@ public static function fromTransaction(Transaction $transaction, HubInterface $h
             }
         }
 
-        $hub->configureScope(static function (Scope $scope) use ($samplingContext): void {
-            if ($scope->getUser() !== null && $scope->getUser()->getSegment() !== null) {
-                $samplingContext->set('user_segment', $scope->getUser()->getSegment());
-            }
-        });
-
         if ($transaction->getSampled() !== null) {
             $samplingContext->set('sampled', $transaction->getSampled() ? 'true' : 'false');
         }
@@ -218,10 +212,6 @@ public static function fromOptions(Options $options, Scope $scope): self
             $samplingContext->set('environment', $options->getEnvironment());
         }
 
-        if ($scope->getUser() !== null && $scope->getUser()->getSegment() !== null) {
-            $samplingContext->set('user_segment', $scope->getUser()->getSegment());
-        }
-
         $samplingContext->freeze();
 
         return $samplingContext;
diff --git a/src/UserDataBag.php b/src/UserDataBag.php
index 5e08dbb5b..ec536faef 100644
--- a/src/UserDataBag.php
+++ b/src/UserDataBag.php
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ public function setEmail(?string $email): self
 
     /**
      * Gets the segement of the user.
+     *
+     * @deprecated since version 4.4. To be removed in version 5.0
      */
     public function getSegment(): ?string
     {
@@ -193,6 +195,8 @@ public function getSegment(): ?string
      * Sets the segment of the user.
      *
      * @param string|null $segment The segment
+     *
+     * @deprecated since version 4.4. To be removed in version 5.0. You may use a custom tag or context instead.
      */
     public function setSegment(?string $segment): self
     {
diff --git a/tests/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContextTest.php b/tests/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContextTest.php
index 137e7030c..73ecb5052 100644
--- a/tests/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContextTest.php
+++ b/tests/Tracing/DynamicSamplingContextTest.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 use Sentry\Tracing\Transaction;
 use Sentry\Tracing\TransactionContext;
 use Sentry\Tracing\TransactionSource;
-use Sentry\UserDataBag;
 
 final class DynamicSamplingContextTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ public function testFromHeader(
         ?string $expectedSampleRate,
         ?string $expectedRelease,
         ?string $expectedEnvironment,
-        ?string $expectedUserSegment,
         ?string $expectedTransaction
     ): void {
         $samplingContext = DynamicSamplingContext::fromHeader($header);
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ public function testFromHeader(
         $this->assertSame($expectedSampleRate, $samplingContext->get('sample_rate'));
         $this->assertSame($expectedRelease, $samplingContext->get('release'));
         $this->assertSame($expectedEnvironment, $samplingContext->get('environment'));
-        $this->assertSame($expectedUserSegment, $samplingContext->get('user_segment'));
         $this->assertSame($expectedTransaction, $samplingContext->get('transaction'));
     }
 
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@ public static function fromHeaderDataProvider(): \Generator
             null,
             null,
             null,
-            null,
         ];
 
         yield [
@@ -74,7 +70,6 @@ public static function fromHeaderDataProvider(): \Generator
             '1',
             '1.0.0',
             'test',
-            'my_segment',
             '<unlabeled transaction>',
         ];
     }
@@ -90,13 +85,7 @@ public function testFromTransaction(): void
                 'environment' => 'test',
             ]));
 
-        $user = new UserDataBag();
-        $user->setSegment('my_segment');
-
-        $scope = new Scope();
-        $scope->setUser($user);
-
-        $hub = new Hub($client, $scope);
+        $hub = new Hub($client);
 
         $transactionContext = new TransactionContext();
         $transactionContext->setName('foo');
@@ -112,7 +101,6 @@ public function testFromTransaction(): void
         $this->assertSame('public', $samplingContext->get('public_key'));
         $this->assertSame('1.0.0', $samplingContext->get('release'));
         $this->assertSame('test', $samplingContext->get('environment'));
-        $this->assertSame('my_segment', $samplingContext->get('user_segment'));
         $this->assertTrue($samplingContext->isFrozen());
     }
 
@@ -143,11 +131,7 @@ public function testFromOptions(): void
         $propagationContext = PropagationContext::fromDefaults();
         $propagationContext->setTraceId(new TraceId('21160e9b836d479f81611368b2aa3d2c'));
 
-        $user = new UserDataBag();
-        $user->setSegment('my_segment');
-
         $scope = new Scope();
-        $scope->setUser($user);
         $scope->setPropagationContext($propagationContext);
 
         $samplingContext = DynamicSamplingContext::fromOptions($options, $scope);
@@ -157,7 +141,6 @@ public function testFromOptions(): void
         $this->assertSame('public', $samplingContext->get('public_key'));
         $this->assertSame('1.0.0', $samplingContext->get('release'));
         $this->assertSame('test', $samplingContext->get('environment'));
-        $this->assertSame('my_segment', $samplingContext->get('user_segment'));
         $this->assertTrue($samplingContext->isFrozen());
     }