diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/helper.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/helper.ts
index c9e0f2aa6674..67e2d2b85500 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/helper.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/helper.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const getSectionsFromFields = (fields: Record<string, any>) => {
 
   const [labelSections, otherSections] = partition(
     sections,
-    (section) => section.key === 'labels'
+    (section) => section.key === 'labels' || section.key === 'numeric_labels'
   );
 
   return [...labelSections, ...otherSections];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/metadata_table.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/metadata_table.test.tsx
index 084729a08146..f973879c7029 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/metadata_table.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/metadata_table.test.tsx
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ const renderOptions = {
 describe('MetadataTable', () => {
   it('shows sections', () => {
     const sections: SectionDescriptor[] = [
-      { key: 'foo', label: 'Foo', required: true, properties: [] },
+      { key: 'foo', label: 'Foo', properties: [] },
       {
         key: 'bar',
         label: 'Bar',
-        required: false,
         properties: [
           { field: 'props.A', value: ['A'] },
           { field: 'props.B', value: ['B'] },
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ describe('MetadataTable', () => {
         {
           key: 'foo',
           label: 'Foo',
-          required: true,
           properties: [],
         },
       ];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/types.ts
index 3ce7698460f3..fc08f3de2461 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/metadata_table/types.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@
 export interface SectionDescriptor {
   key: string;
   label: string;
-  required?: boolean;
   properties: Array<{ field: string; value: string[] | number[] }>;
 }