diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/setupSentry.js b/app/scripts/lib/setupSentry.js
index e268d25b2810..b2286777c32f 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/setupSentry.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/setupSentry.js
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ function getClientOptions() {
     integrations: [
       Sentry.dedupeIntegration(),
       Sentry.extraErrorDataIntegration(),
-      Sentry.browserTracingIntegration(),
+      Sentry.browserTracingIntegration({
+        shouldCreateSpanForRequest: (url) => {
+          // Do not create spans for outgoing requests to a 'sentry.io' domain.
+          return !url.match(/sentry\.io\/?$/u);
+        },
+      }),
       filterEvents({ getMetaMetricsEnabled, log }),
     ],
     release: RELEASE,