diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java
index 27d63c930de..937367e3d34 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpc.java
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
-import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -239,6 +237,7 @@ public class GapicSpannerRpc implements SpannerRpc {
   private static final String CLIENT_LIBRARY_LANGUAGE = "spanner-java";
   public static final String DEFAULT_USER_AGENT =
       CLIENT_LIBRARY_LANGUAGE + "/" + GaxProperties.getLibraryVersion(GapicSpannerRpc.class);
+  public static boolean DIRECTPATH_CHANNEL_CREATED = false;
   private static final String API_FILE = "grpc-gcp-apiconfig.json";
 
   private boolean rpcIsClosed;
@@ -281,8 +280,6 @@ public class GapicSpannerRpc implements SpannerRpc {
   private final int numChannels;
   private final boolean isGrpcGcpExtensionEnabled;
 
-  private Supplier<Boolean> directPathEnabledSupplier = () -> false;
-
   private final GrpcCallContext baseGrpcCallContext;
 
   public static GapicSpannerRpc create(SpannerOptions options) {
@@ -361,9 +358,7 @@ public GapicSpannerRpc(final SpannerOptions options) {
                   SpannerInterceptorProvider.create(
                           MoreObjects.firstNonNull(
                               options.getInterceptorProvider(),
-                              SpannerInterceptorProvider.createDefault(
-                                  options.getOpenTelemetry(),
-                                  (() -> directPathEnabledSupplier.get()))))
+                              SpannerInterceptorProvider.createDefault(options.getOpenTelemetry())))
                       // This sets the trace context headers.
                       .withTraceContext(endToEndTracingEnabled, options.getOpenTelemetry())
                       // This sets the response compressor (Server -> Client).
@@ -425,12 +420,9 @@ public GapicSpannerRpc(final SpannerOptions options) {
         this.spannerStub =
             GrpcSpannerStubWithStubSettingsAndClientContext.create(
                 spannerStubSettings, clientContext);
-        this.directPathEnabledSupplier =
-            Suppliers.memoize(
-                () -> {
-                  return ((GrpcTransportChannel) clientContext.getTransportChannel()).isDirectPath()
-                      && isAttemptDirectPathXds;
-                });
+        DIRECTPATH_CHANNEL_CREATED =
+            ((GrpcTransportChannel) clientContext.getTransportChannel()).isDirectPath()
+                && isAttemptDirectPathXds;
         this.readRetrySettings =
             options.getSpannerStubSettings().streamingReadSettings().getRetrySettings();
         this.readRetryableCodes =
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/HeaderInterceptor.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/HeaderInterceptor.java
index e3bc848dc1e..01aa28d8d93 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/HeaderInterceptor.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/HeaderInterceptor.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -99,12 +98,8 @@ class HeaderInterceptor implements ClientInterceptor {
   private static final Level LEVEL = Level.INFO;
   private final SpannerRpcMetrics spannerRpcMetrics;
 
-  private final Supplier<Boolean> directPathEnabledSupplier;
-
-  HeaderInterceptor(
-      SpannerRpcMetrics spannerRpcMetrics, Supplier<Boolean> directPathEnabledSupplier) {
+  HeaderInterceptor(SpannerRpcMetrics spannerRpcMetrics) {
     this.spannerRpcMetrics = spannerRpcMetrics;
-    this.directPathEnabledSupplier = directPathEnabledSupplier;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -293,7 +288,7 @@ private Map<String, String> getBuiltInMetricAttributes(String key, DatabaseName
               BuiltInMetricsConstant.INSTANCE_ID_KEY.getKey(), databaseName.getInstance());
           attributes.put(
               BuiltInMetricsConstant.DIRECT_PATH_ENABLED_KEY.getKey(),
-              String.valueOf(this.directPathEnabledSupplier.get()));
+              String.valueOf(GapicSpannerRpc.DIRECTPATH_CHANNEL_CREATED));
           return attributes;
         });
   }
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/SpannerInterceptorProvider.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/SpannerInterceptorProvider.java
index c3c05b8af15..ec7a4e54a03 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/SpannerInterceptorProvider.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/SpannerInterceptorProvider.java
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ public static SpannerInterceptorProvider createDefault(OpenTelemetry openTelemet
             }));
   }
 
+  @ObsoleteApi("DirectPathEnabledSupplier is not used")
   public static SpannerInterceptorProvider createDefault(
       OpenTelemetry openTelemetry, Supplier<Boolean> directPathEnabledSupplier) {
     List<ClientInterceptor> defaultInterceptorList = new ArrayList<>();
     defaultInterceptorList.add(new SpannerErrorInterceptor());
     defaultInterceptorList.add(
         new LoggingInterceptor(Logger.getLogger(GapicSpannerRpc.class.getName()), Level.FINER));
-    defaultInterceptorList.add(
-        new HeaderInterceptor(new SpannerRpcMetrics(openTelemetry), directPathEnabledSupplier));
+    defaultInterceptorList.add(new HeaderInterceptor(new SpannerRpcMetrics(openTelemetry)));
     return new SpannerInterceptorProvider(ImmutableList.copyOf(defaultInterceptorList));
   }