diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 7fd1c2134ae..455d5a74f75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
     - name: Run metrics tests
       run: |
-        cargo test --locked -p linera-base --features metrics,opentelemetry
+        cargo test --locked -p linera-base --features metrics
 
   wasm-application-test:
     needs: changed-files
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4986908b339..007bbeb6df2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5097,14 +5097,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "getrandom 0.2.16",
  "hex",
- "is-terminal",
  "k256",
  "linera-base",
  "linera-kywasmtime",
  "linera-witty",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry-otlp",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "port-selector",
  "prometheus",
  "proptest",
@@ -5124,9 +5120,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-chrome",
- "tracing-opentelemetry",
- "tracing-subscriber 0.3.19",
  "tracing-web",
  "trait-variant",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -5707,6 +5700,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "insta",
+ "is-terminal",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
  "linera-base",
@@ -5730,6 +5724,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "mini-moka",
  "native-fungible",
  "non-fungible",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry-otlp",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "papaya",
  "pathdiff",
  "port-selector",
@@ -5763,6 +5760,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower 0.4.13",
  "tower-http 0.6.6",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-chrome",
+ "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-subscriber 0.3.19",
 ]
 
@@ -5855,12 +5854,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "git2",
  "humantime",
- "linera-base",
  "linera-version",
  "octocrab",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber 0.3.19",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6104,6 +6103,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde-wasm-bindgen 0.6.5",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber 0.3.19",
+ "tracing-web",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 556b1ba5214..f0fec8a77de 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ARG binaries=
 ARG copy=${binaries:+_copy}
 ARG build_flag=--release
 ARG build_folder=release
-ARG build_features=scylladb,metrics,memory-profiling,opentelemetry
+ARG build_features=scylladb,metrics,memory-profiling
 ARG rustflags="-C force-frame-pointers=yes"
 
 FROM rust:1.74-slim-bookworm AS builder
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index 0a51cb035df..c56fa421adc 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -2987,12 +2987,6 @@ version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fbf6a919d6cf397374f7dfeeea91d974c7c0a7221d0d0f4f20d859d329e53fcc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -3452,17 +3446,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "is-terminal"
-version = "0.4.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "261f68e344040fbd0edea105bef17c66edf46f984ddb1115b775ce31be948f4b"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.4.0",
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -3605,11 +3588,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "futures",
  "hex",
- "is-terminal",
  "k256",
  "linera-witty",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "port-selector",
  "prometheus",
  "proptest",
@@ -3627,9 +3607,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-chrome",
- "tracing-opentelemetry",
- "tracing-subscriber",
  "trait-variant",
  "zstd",
 ]
@@ -4284,7 +4261,7 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "80e04d1dcff3aae0704555fe5fee3bcfaf3d1fdf8a7e521d5b9d2b42acb52cec"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.3.9",
+ "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
@@ -4386,16 +4363,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nu-ansi-term"
-version = "0.46.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
-dependencies = [
- "overload",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -4447,7 +4414,7 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.3.9",
+ "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -4505,44 +4472,6 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e296cf87e61c9cfc1a61c3c63a0f7f286ed4554e0e22be84e8a38e1d264a2a29"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.30.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aaf416e4cb72756655126f7dd7bb0af49c674f4c1b9903e80c009e0c37e552e6"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "js-sys",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "thiserror 2.0.9",
- "tracing",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
-version = "0.30.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11f644aa9e5e31d11896e024305d7e3c98a88884d9f8919dbf37a9991bc47a4b"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-executor",
- "futures-util",
- "opentelemetry",
- "percent-encoding",
- "rand 0.9.0",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror 2.0.9",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "overload"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "papaya"
 version = "0.1.9"
@@ -6630,17 +6559,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.100",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-chrome"
-version = "0.7.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf0a738ed5d6450a9fb96e86a23ad808de2b727fd1394585da5cdd6788ffe724"
-dependencies = [
- "serde_json",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-subscriber",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
 version = "0.1.32"
@@ -6648,7 +6566,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
- "valuable",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6663,45 +6580,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-log"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "tracing-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.31.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddcf5959f39507d0d04d6413119c04f33b623f4f951ebcbdddddfad2d0623a9c"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
- "smallvec",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
- "tracing-subscriber",
- "web-time",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-serde"
-version = "0.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc6b213177105856957181934e4920de57730fc69bf42c37ee5bb664d406d9e1"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "tracing-core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-subscriber"
 version = "0.3.18"
@@ -6709,18 +6587,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
 dependencies = [
  "matchers",
- "nu-ansi-term",
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "sharded-slab",
- "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
- "tracing-serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7104,16 +6976,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "web-time"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "0.25.4"
diff --git a/linera-base/Cargo.toml b/linera-base/Cargo.toml
index 00bb6bb9e5e..957ab27b707 100644
--- a/linera-base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linera-base/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ workspace = true
 metrics = ["prometheus"]
 reqwest = ["dep:reqwest"]
 revm = []
-opentelemetry = ["opentelemetry-otlp"]
 test = ["test-strategy", "proptest"]
 web = [
     "getrandom/js",
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ ed25519-dalek.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 getrandom = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hex.workspace = true
-is-terminal.workspace = true
 k256.workspace = true
 linera-kywasmtime = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 linera-witty = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
 tokio-stream.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
-tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["json", "fmt", "ansi"] }
 trait-variant.workspace = true
 wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 wasm-bindgen-futures = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -81,11 +78,6 @@ tracing-web = { optional = true, workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 chrono.workspace = true
-opentelemetry.workspace = true
-opentelemetry-otlp = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
-tracing-chrome.workspace = true
-tracing-opentelemetry.workspace = true
 rand = { workspace = true, features = ["getrandom", "std", "std_rng"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = [
     "process",
diff --git a/linera-base/src/lib.rs b/linera-base/src/lib.rs
index 39546ba23df..6e889eafada 100644
--- a/linera-base/src/lib.rs
+++ b/linera-base/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ pub mod vm;
 #[cfg(not(chain))]
 pub use task::Blocking;
 pub mod time;
-#[cfg_attr(web, path = "tracing_web.rs")]
-pub mod tracing;
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-pub mod tracing_opentelemetry;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod unit_tests;
 
diff --git a/linera-base/src/tracing_web.rs b/linera-base/src/tracing_web.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a0f5dc6729a..00000000000
--- a/linera-base/src/tracing_web.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Zefchain Labs, Inc.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-//! This module provides unified handling for tracing subscribers within Linera binaries.
-
-use tracing_subscriber::{
-    prelude::__tracing_subscriber_SubscriberExt as _, util::SubscriberInitExt as _,
-};
-
-/// Initializes tracing for the browser, sending messages to the developer console and
-/// span events to the [Performance
-/// API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance).
-pub fn init() {
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(
-            tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
-                .with_ansi(false)
-                .without_time()
-                .with_writer(tracing_web::MakeWebConsoleWriter::new()),
-        )
-        .with(
-            tracing_web::performance_layer()
-                .with_details_from_fields(tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::Pretty::default()),
-        )
-        .init();
-}
diff --git a/linera-sdk/tests/fixtures/Cargo.lock b/linera-sdk/tests/fixtures/Cargo.lock
index beba55492c7..21f8638a028 100644
--- a/linera-sdk/tests/fixtures/Cargo.lock
+++ b/linera-sdk/tests/fixtures/Cargo.lock
@@ -1682,12 +1682,6 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc0fef456e4baa96da950455cd02c081ca953b141298e41db3fc7e36b1da849c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -2033,17 +2027,6 @@ version = "2.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "469fb0b9cefa57e3ef31275ee7cacb78f2fdca44e4765491884a2b119d4eb130"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "is-terminal"
-version = "0.4.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e04d7f318608d35d4b61ddd75cbdaee86b023ebe2bd5a66ee0915f0bf93095a9"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -2149,11 +2132,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "futures",
  "hex",
- "is-terminal",
  "k256",
  "linera-witty",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "port-selector",
  "prometheus",
  "proptest",
@@ -2171,9 +2151,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-chrome",
- "tracing-opentelemetry",
- "tracing-subscriber",
  "trait-variant",
  "zstd",
 ]
@@ -2780,16 +2757,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nu-ansi-term"
-version = "0.46.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
-dependencies = [
- "overload",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2833,44 +2800,6 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4ce411919553d3f9fa53a0880544cda985a112117a0444d5ff1e870a893d6ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.30.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aaf416e4cb72756655126f7dd7bb0af49c674f4c1b9903e80c009e0c37e552e6"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "js-sys",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "thiserror 2.0.16",
- "tracing",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
-version = "0.30.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11f644aa9e5e31d11896e024305d7e3c98a88884d9f8919dbf37a9991bc47a4b"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-executor",
- "futures-util",
- "opentelemetry",
- "percent-encoding",
- "rand 0.9.2",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror 2.0.16",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "overload"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "papaya"
 version = "0.1.9"
@@ -3283,7 +3212,6 @@ version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
  "rand_core 0.9.3",
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -4550,17 +4478,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.106",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-chrome"
-version = "0.7.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf0a738ed5d6450a9fb96e86a23ad808de2b727fd1394585da5cdd6788ffe724"
-dependencies = [
- "serde_json",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-subscriber",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
 version = "0.1.34"
@@ -4568,46 +4485,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b9d12581f227e93f094d3af2ae690a574abb8a2b9b7a96e7cfe9647b2b617678"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
- "valuable",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-log"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "tracing-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.31.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddcf5959f39507d0d04d6413119c04f33b623f4f951ebcbdddddfad2d0623a9c"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
- "smallvec",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
- "tracing-subscriber",
- "web-time",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-serde"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "704b1aeb7be0d0a84fc9828cae51dab5970fee5088f83d1dd7ee6f6246fc6ff1"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "tracing-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4617,18 +4494,12 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
 dependencies = [
  "matchers",
- "nu-ansi-term",
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "sharded-slab",
- "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
- "tracing-serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4962,16 +4833,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "web-time"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "0.25.4"
diff --git a/linera-service/Cargo.toml b/linera-service/Cargo.toml
index a0fa0c397e5..4e016bf0102 100644
--- a/linera-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linera-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ futures.workspace = true
 heck.workspace = true
 http.workspace = true
 insta.workspace = true
+is-terminal.workspace = true
 k8s-openapi = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 kube = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 linera-base.workspace = true
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ linera-storage-service = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 linera-version.workspace = true
 linera-views.workspace = true
 mini-moka.workspace = true
+opentelemetry.workspace = true
+opentelemetry-otlp.workspace = true
+opentelemetry_sdk = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
 papaya.workspace = true
 pathdiff = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 port-selector.workspace = true
@@ -147,6 +151,9 @@ tonic-web.workspace = true
 tower.workspace = true
 tower-http = { workspace = true, features = ["cors"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
+tracing-chrome.workspace = true
+tracing-opentelemetry.workspace = true
+tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["json", "fmt", "ansi"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cfg_aliases.workspace = true
diff --git a/linera-service/src/benchmark.rs b/linera-service/src/benchmark.rs
index 6684a363d87..f984d52db1c 100644
--- a/linera-service/src/benchmark.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/benchmark.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ enum Args {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    linera_base::tracing::init("benchmark");
+    linera_service::tracing::init("benchmark");
 
     let args = Args::parse();
     match args {
diff --git a/linera-service/src/cli/main.rs b/linera-service/src/cli/main.rs
index 534ac12b946..a48f8341a4e 100644
--- a/linera-service/src/cli/main.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/cli/main.rs
@@ -2137,9 +2137,9 @@ async fn kill_all_processes(pids: &[u32]) {
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 fn init_tracing(
     options: &ClientOptions,
-) -> anyhow::Result<Option<linera_base::tracing::ChromeTraceGuard>> {
+) -> anyhow::Result<Option<linera_service::tracing::chrome::ChromeTraceGuard>> {
     if matches!(&options.command, ClientCommand::Faucet { .. }) {
-        linera_base::tracing::init_with_opentelemetry(
+        linera_service::tracing::opentelemetry::init(
             &options.command.log_file_name(),
             options.context_options.otlp_exporter_endpoint.as_deref(),
         );
@@ -2154,12 +2154,12 @@ fn init_tracing(
                 |s| s.to_string(),
             );
         let writer = std::fs::File::create(&trace_file_path)?;
-        Ok(Some(linera_base::tracing::init_with_chrome_trace_exporter(
+        Ok(Some(linera_service::tracing::chrome::init(
             &options.command.log_file_name(),
             writer,
         )))
     } else {
-        linera_base::tracing::init(&options.command.log_file_name());
+        linera_service::tracing::init(&options.command.log_file_name());
         Ok(None)
     }
 }
diff --git a/linera-service/src/exporter/main.rs b/linera-service/src/exporter/main.rs
index e0ff4006d96..ef373e2fd24 100644
--- a/linera-service/src/exporter/main.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/exporter/main.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl ExporterContext {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    linera_base::tracing::init("linera-exporter");
+    linera_service::tracing::init("linera-exporter");
     let options = <ExporterOptions as clap::Parser>::parse();
     options.run()
 }
diff --git a/linera-service/src/lib.rs b/linera-service/src/lib.rs
index 7997da7679f..6b8481eb505 100644
--- a/linera-service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ pub mod config;
 pub mod node_service;
 pub mod project;
 pub mod storage;
+pub mod tracing;
 pub mod util;
 pub mod wallet;
diff --git a/linera-service/src/proxy/main.rs b/linera-service/src/proxy/main.rs
index 1e136775923..24e7059ab28 100644
--- a/linera-service/src/proxy/main.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/proxy/main.rs
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ impl ProxyOptions {
         let server_config: ValidatorServerConfig =
             util::read_json(&self.config_path).expect("Fail to read server config");
         let public_key = &server_config.validator.public_key;
-        linera_base::tracing::init_with_opentelemetry(
+        linera_service::tracing::opentelemetry::init(
             &format!("validator-{public_key}-proxy"),
             self.otlp_exporter_endpoint.as_deref(),
         );
diff --git a/linera-service/src/server.rs b/linera-service/src/server.rs
index 871a79336d0..a872b70b524 100644
--- a/linera-service/src/server.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/server.rs
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ fn log_file_name_for(command: &ServerCommand) -> Cow<'static, str> {
 }
 
 async fn run(options: ServerOptions) {
-    linera_base::tracing::init_with_opentelemetry(
+    linera_service::tracing::opentelemetry::init(
         &log_file_name_for(&options.command),
         otlp_exporter_endpoint_for(&options.command),
     );
diff --git a/linera-service/src/tracing/chrome.rs b/linera-service/src/tracing/chrome.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee87463b3c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linera-service/src/tracing/chrome.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) Zefchain Labs, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt as _, util::SubscriberInitExt as _};
+
+/// Guard that flushes Chrome trace file when dropped.
+///
+/// Store this guard in a variable that lives for the duration of your program.
+/// When it's dropped, the trace file will be completed and closed.
+pub type ChromeTraceGuard = tracing_chrome::FlushGuard;
+
+/// Builds a Chrome trace layer and guard.
+///
+/// Returns a subscriber and guard. The subscriber should be used with `with_default`
+/// to avoid global state conflicts.
+pub fn build(
+    log_name: &str,
+    writer: impl std::io::Write + Send + 'static,
+) -> (impl tracing::Subscriber + Send + Sync, ChromeTraceGuard) {
+    let (chrome_layer, guard) = tracing_chrome::ChromeLayerBuilder::new()
+        .writer(writer)
+        .build();
+
+    let config = crate::tracing::get_env_config(log_name);
+    let maybe_log_file_layer = config.maybe_log_file_layer();
+    let stderr_layer = config.stderr_layer();
+
+    let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(chrome_layer)
+        .with(config.env_filter)
+        .with(maybe_log_file_layer)
+        .with(stderr_layer);
+
+    (subscriber, guard)
+}
+
+/// Initializes tracing with Chrome Trace JSON exporter.
+///
+/// Returns a guard that must be kept alive for the duration of the program.
+/// When the guard is dropped, the trace data is flushed and completed.
+///
+/// Exports traces to Chrome Trace JSON format which can be visualized in:
+/// - Chrome: `chrome://tracing`
+/// - Perfetto UI: <https://ui.perfetto.dev>
+///
+/// Note: Uses `try_init()` to avoid panicking if a global subscriber is already set.
+/// In that case, tracing may not work as expected.
+pub fn init(log_name: &str, writer: impl std::io::Write + Send + 'static) -> ChromeTraceGuard {
+    let (subscriber, guard) = build(log_name, writer);
+    let _ = subscriber.try_init();
+    guard
+}
diff --git a/linera-base/src/tracing.rs b/linera-service/src/tracing/mod.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from linera-base/src/tracing.rs
rename to linera-service/src/tracing/mod.rs
index 5d965f9fb64..bba0ba1f204 100644
--- a/linera-base/src/tracing.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/tracing/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 //! This module provides unified handling for tracing subscribers within Linera binaries.
 
+pub mod chrome;
+pub mod opentelemetry;
+
 use std::{
     env,
     fs::{File, OpenOptions},
@@ -25,11 +28,6 @@ use tracing_subscriber::{
     EnvFilter,
 };
 
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-pub use crate::tracing_opentelemetry::{
-    init_with_chrome_trace_exporter, init_with_opentelemetry, ChromeTraceGuard,
-};
-
 pub(crate) struct EnvConfig {
     pub(crate) env_filter: EnvFilter,
     span_events: FmtSpan,
diff --git a/linera-base/src/tracing_opentelemetry.rs b/linera-service/src/tracing/opentelemetry.rs
similarity index 61%
rename from linera-base/src/tracing_opentelemetry.rs
rename to linera-service/src/tracing/opentelemetry.rs
index 848723ac552..c6cb4090d98 100644
--- a/linera-base/src/tracing_opentelemetry.rs
+++ b/linera-service/src/tracing/opentelemetry.rs
@@ -3,21 +3,17 @@
 
 //! OpenTelemetry integration for tracing with OTLP export and Chrome trace export.
 
-use tracing_chrome::ChromeLayerBuilder;
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt as _, util::SubscriberInitExt as _};
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
-use {
-    opentelemetry::{global, trace::TracerProvider},
-    opentelemetry_otlp::{SpanExporter, WithExportConfig},
-    opentelemetry_sdk::{
-        trace::{InMemorySpanExporter, SdkTracerProvider},
-        Resource,
-    },
-    tracing_opentelemetry::OpenTelemetryLayer,
-    tracing_subscriber::{
-        filter::{filter_fn, FilterFn},
-        layer::Layer,
-    },
+use opentelemetry::{global, trace::TracerProvider};
+use opentelemetry_otlp::{SpanExporter, WithExportConfig};
+#[cfg(with_testing)]
+use opentelemetry_sdk::trace::InMemorySpanExporter;
+use opentelemetry_sdk::{trace::SdkTracerProvider, Resource};
+use tracing_opentelemetry::OpenTelemetryLayer;
+use tracing_subscriber::{
+    filter::{filter_fn, FilterFn},
+    layer::Layer,
+    prelude::__tracing_subscriber_SubscriberExt as _,
+    util::SubscriberInitExt,
 };
 
 /// Creates a filter that excludes spans with the `opentelemetry.skip` field.
@@ -39,7 +35,6 @@ use {
 ///     // created with knowledge that it might be skipped
 /// }
 /// ```
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
 fn opentelemetry_skip_filter() -> FilterFn<impl Fn(&tracing::Metadata<'_>) -> bool> {
     filter_fn(|metadata| {
         if !metadata.is_span() {
@@ -52,7 +47,6 @@ fn opentelemetry_skip_filter() -> FilterFn<impl Fn(&tracing::Metadata<'_>) -> bo
 /// Initializes tracing with a custom OpenTelemetry tracer provider.
 ///
 /// This is an internal function used by both production and test code.
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
 fn init_with_tracer_provider(log_name: &str, tracer_provider: SdkTracerProvider) {
     global::set_tracer_provider(tracer_provider.clone());
     let tracer = tracer_provider.tracer("linera");
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ fn init_with_tracer_provider(log_name: &str, tracer_provider: SdkTracerProvider)
 ///
 /// This is used for testing to avoid setting the global subscriber.
 /// Returns the layer, exporter, and tracer provider (which must be kept alive and shutdown).
-#[cfg(all(with_testing, feature = "opentelemetry"))]
+#[cfg(with_testing)]
 pub fn build_opentelemetry_layer_with_test_exporter(
     log_name: &str,
 ) -> (
@@ -111,8 +105,7 @@ pub fn build_opentelemetry_layer_with_test_exporter(
 /// Requires the `opentelemetry` feature.
 /// Only enables OpenTelemetry if LINERA_OTLP_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT env var is set.
 /// This prevents DNS errors in environments where OpenTelemetry is not deployed.
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
-pub fn init_with_opentelemetry(log_name: &str, otlp_endpoint: Option<&str>) {
+pub fn init(log_name: &str, otlp_endpoint: Option<&str>) {
     // Check if OpenTelemetry endpoint is configured via parameter or env var
     let endpoint = match otlp_endpoint {
         Some(ep) if !ep.is_empty() => ep.to_string(),
@@ -147,64 +140,3 @@ pub fn init_with_opentelemetry(log_name: &str, otlp_endpoint: Option<&str>) {
 
     init_with_tracer_provider(log_name, tracer_provider);
 }
-
-/// Fallback when opentelemetry feature is not enabled.
-#[cfg(not(feature = "opentelemetry"))]
-pub fn init_with_opentelemetry(log_name: &str, _otlp_endpoint: Option<&str>) {
-    eprintln!(
-        "OTLP export requires the 'opentelemetry' feature to be enabled! Falling back to default tracing initialization."
-    );
-    crate::tracing::init(log_name);
-}
-
-/// Guard that flushes Chrome trace file when dropped.
-///
-/// Store this guard in a variable that lives for the duration of your program.
-/// When it's dropped, the trace file will be completed and closed.
-pub type ChromeTraceGuard = tracing_chrome::FlushGuard;
-
-/// Builds a Chrome trace layer and guard.
-///
-/// Returns a subscriber and guard. The subscriber should be used with `with_default`
-/// to avoid global state conflicts.
-pub fn build_chrome_trace_layer_with_exporter<W>(
-    log_name: &str,
-    writer: W,
-) -> (impl tracing::Subscriber + Send + Sync, ChromeTraceGuard)
-where
-    W: std::io::Write + Send + 'static,
-{
-    let (chrome_layer, guard) = ChromeLayerBuilder::new().writer(writer).build();
-
-    let config = crate::tracing::get_env_config(log_name);
-    let maybe_log_file_layer = config.maybe_log_file_layer();
-    let stderr_layer = config.stderr_layer();
-
-    let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(chrome_layer)
-        .with(config.env_filter)
-        .with(maybe_log_file_layer)
-        .with(stderr_layer);
-
-    (subscriber, guard)
-}
-
-/// Initializes tracing with Chrome Trace JSON exporter.
-///
-/// Returns a guard that must be kept alive for the duration of the program.
-/// When the guard is dropped, the trace data is flushed and completed.
-///
-/// Exports traces to Chrome Trace JSON format which can be visualized in:
-/// - Chrome: `chrome://tracing`
-/// - Perfetto UI: <https://ui.perfetto.dev>
-///
-/// Note: Uses `try_init()` to avoid panicking if a global subscriber is already set.
-/// In that case, tracing may not work as expected.
-pub fn init_with_chrome_trace_exporter<W>(log_name: &str, writer: W) -> ChromeTraceGuard
-where
-    W: std::io::Write + Send + 'static,
-{
-    let (subscriber, guard) = build_chrome_trace_layer_with_exporter(log_name, writer);
-    let _ = subscriber.try_init();
-    guard
-}
diff --git a/linera-base/tests/opentelemetry_tests.rs b/linera-service/tests/opentelemetry.rs
similarity index 85%
rename from linera-base/tests/opentelemetry_tests.rs
rename to linera-service/tests/opentelemetry.rs
index 9ba88623c66..11b47767b7d 100644
--- a/linera-base/tests/opentelemetry_tests.rs
+++ b/linera-service/tests/opentelemetry.rs
@@ -1,29 +1,23 @@
 // Copyright (c) Zefchain Labs, Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
-use {
-    tracing::{info_span, instrument},
-    tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt as _, registry::Registry},
-};
+use tracing::{info_span, instrument};
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt as _, registry::Registry};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
 #[instrument]
 fn span_with_export() {
     tracing::info!("This span should be exported");
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
 #[instrument(skip_all, fields(opentelemetry.skip = true))]
 fn span_without_export() {
     tracing::info!("This span should NOT be exported");
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "opentelemetry")]
 #[test]
 fn test_opentelemetry_filters_skip() {
     let (opentelemetry_layer, exporter, tracer_provider) =
-        linera_base::tracing_opentelemetry::build_opentelemetry_layer_with_test_exporter(
+        linera_service::tracing::opentelemetry::build_opentelemetry_layer_with_test_exporter(
             "test_opentelemetry",
         );
 
diff --git a/linera-summary/Cargo.toml b/linera-summary/Cargo.toml
index e5e5aab7316..3da717c66dc 100644
--- a/linera-summary/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linera-summary/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 git2.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
-linera-base.workspace = true
 linera-version.workspace = true
 octocrab.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
+tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "linera-summary"
diff --git a/linera-summary/src/main.rs b/linera-summary/src/main.rs
index 319a54386ae..4def44ba1f2 100644
--- a/linera-summary/src/main.rs
+++ b/linera-summary/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ use linera_summary::{
     github::Github, performance_summary::PerformanceSummary, summary_options::SummaryOptions,
 };
 use tracing::{error, Instrument};
+use tracing_subscriber::{
+    prelude::__tracing_subscriber_SubscriberExt as _, util::SubscriberInitExt as _,
+};
 
 async fn run(options: SummaryOptions) -> Result<()> {
     let tracked_workflows = options.workflows();
@@ -20,7 +23,10 @@ async fn run(options: SummaryOptions) -> Result<()> {
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let options = SummaryOptions::init();
 
-    linera_base::tracing::init("summary");
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .init();
 
     let mut runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread();
 
diff --git a/web/@linera/client/Cargo.toml b/web/@linera/client/Cargo.toml
index 5bf0b29b664..0712a062eea 100644
--- a/web/@linera/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/web/@linera/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ serde.workspace = true
 serde-wasm-bindgen.workspace = true
 tokio-util.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
+tracing-web.workspace = true
 wasm-bindgen.workspace = true
 wasm-bindgen-futures.workspace = true
 
+[dependencies.tracing-subscriber]
+features = ["ansi", "fmt", "std"]
+workspace = true
+
 [dependencies.linera-base]
 features = ["web"]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/web/@linera/client/src/lib.rs b/web/@linera/client/src/lib.rs
index 77ad42d826e..159b23c708d 100644
--- a/web/@linera/client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/web/@linera/client/src/lib.rs
@@ -504,6 +504,22 @@ impl Application {
 
 #[wasm_bindgen(start)]
 pub fn main() {
+    use tracing_subscriber::{
+        prelude::__tracing_subscriber_SubscriberExt as _, util::SubscriberInitExt as _,
+    };
+
     std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(console_error_panic_hook::hook));
-    linera_base::tracing::init();
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(
+            tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+                .with_ansi(false)
+                .without_time()
+                .with_writer(tracing_web::MakeWebConsoleWriter::new()),
+        )
+        .with(
+            tracing_web::performance_layer()
+                .with_details_from_fields(tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::Pretty::default()),
+        )
+        .init();
 }