diff --git a/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go
index 3f09c215a77..f8f1db557f7 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -272,7 +272,9 @@ func (ots *TracingService) initOpentelemetryTracer() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	tp = NewProfilingTracerProvider(tp)
+	if ots.cfg.ProfilingIntegration {
+		tp = NewProfilingTracerProvider(tp)
+	}
 
 	// Register our TracerProvider as the global so any imported
 	// instrumentation in the future will default to using it
diff --git a/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing_config.go b/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing_config.go
index 14c878a2351..36d5ca6f908 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing_config.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/tracing/tracing_config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type TracingConfig struct {
 
 	ServiceName    string
 	ServiceVersion string
+
+	ProfilingIntegration bool
 }
 
 func ProvideTracingConfig(cfg *setting.Cfg) (*TracingConfig, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go b/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go
index 1f9f77048a8..2e276a9f85e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func (o *TracingOptions) ApplyTo(config *genericapiserver.RecommendedConfig) err
 	tracingCfg.Sampler = o.SamplerType
 	tracingCfg.SamplerParam = o.SamplerParam
 	tracingCfg.SamplerRemoteURL = o.SamplingServiceURL
+	tracingCfg.ProfilingIntegration = true
 
 	ts, err := tracing.ProvideService(tracingCfg)
 	if err != nil {