diff --git a/agentops/sdk/attributes.py b/agentops/sdk/attributes.py
index bf77db7ce..a4e4b5697 100644
--- a/agentops/sdk/attributes.py
+++ b/agentops/sdk/attributes.py
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ def get_global_resource_attributes(
     """
     Get all global resource attributes for telemetry.
 
-    Combines service metadata, system information, and imported libraries
-    into a complete resource attributes dictionary.
+    Combines service metadata and imported libraries into a complete
+    resource attributes dictionary.
 
     Args:
         service_name: Name of the service
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ def get_global_resource_attributes(
     # Start with service attributes
     attributes: dict[str, Any] = {
         ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME: service_name,
-        **get_system_resource_attributes(),
     }
 
     if project_id:
diff --git a/agentops/sdk/core.py b/agentops/sdk/core.py
index f4c09f23e..92afd0a52 100644
--- a/agentops/sdk/core.py
+++ b/agentops/sdk/core.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     get_trace_attributes,
     get_span_attributes,
     get_session_end_attributes,
+    get_system_resource_attributes,
 )
 from agentops.semconv import SpanKind
 from agentops.helpers.dashboard import log_trace_url
@@ -352,8 +353,9 @@ def start_trace(
             logger.warning("Global tracer not initialized. Cannot start trace.")
             return None
 
-        # Build trace attributes
+        # Build trace attributes and include system metadata only for session spans
         attributes = get_trace_attributes(tags=tags)
+        attributes.update(get_system_resource_attributes())
 
         # make_span creates and starts the span, and activates it in the current context
         # It returns: span, context_object, context_token