diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts
index 20f305596152d..2a932bb221dec 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ export const baseFlamegraph: BaseFlameGraph = {
   Size: 35,
   SamplingRate: 1,
   SelfCPU: 7,
-  TotalCPU: 245,
   TotalSamples: 7,
   TotalSeconds: 4.980000019073486,
 };
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/stacktraces.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/stacktraces.ts
index 82d9b92285a5b..4b177762190d7 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/stacktraces.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/__fixtures__/stacktraces.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,5 @@ export const stacktraces: StackTraceResponse = {
   },
   executables: { '5JfXt00O17Yra2Rwh8HT8Q': 'vmlinux', fwIcP8qXDOl7k0VhWU8z9Q: 'metricbeat' },
   stack_trace_events: { ['c2TovSbgCECd_RtKHxMtyQ']: 7 },
-  total_frames: 34,
   sampling_rate: 1,
 };
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/flamegraph.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/flamegraph.ts
index 9b8dc42b9463c..c79fb561c96cf 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/flamegraph.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/flamegraph.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export interface BaseFlameGraph {
   /** sampling rate */
   SamplingRate: number;
   TotalSamples: number;
-  TotalCPU: number;
   SelfCPU: number;
   AnnualCO2TonsExclusive: number[];
   AnnualCO2TonsInclusive: number[];
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ export function createFlameGraph(
     TotalSeconds: base.TotalSeconds,
     TotalSamples: base.TotalSamples,
     SelfCPU: base.SelfCPU,
-    TotalCPU: base.TotalCPU,
     SelfAnnualCO2KgsItems: base.AnnualCO2TonsExclusive.map(convertTonsToKgs),
     TotalAnnualCO2KgsItems: base.AnnualCO2TonsInclusive.map(convertTonsToKgs),
     SelfAnnualCostsUSDItems: base.AnnualCostsUSDExclusive,
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.test.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.test.ts
index 7b8975c1b678a..e050977226a65 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
 describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
   test('empty stack trace response', () => {
     const original: StackTraceResponse = {
-      total_frames: 0,
       sampling_rate: 1.0,
     };
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
       stackTraces: new Map(),
       stackFrames: new Map(),
       executables: new Map(),
-      totalFrames: 0,
       samplingRate: 1.0,
     };
 
@@ -43,9 +41,6 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
 
     expect(decoded.events.size).toEqual(expected.events.size);
     expect(decoded.events.size).toEqual(0);
-
-    expect(decoded.totalFrames).toEqual(expected.totalFrames);
-    expect(decoded.totalFrames).toEqual(0);
   });
 
   test('stack trace response without undefineds', () => {
@@ -82,7 +77,6 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
         abc: 'pthread.c',
         def: 'def.c',
       },
-      total_frames: 1,
       sampling_rate: 1.0,
     };
 
@@ -138,7 +132,6 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
         ['abc', { FileName: 'pthread.c' }],
         ['def', { FileName: 'def.c' }],
       ]),
-      totalFrames: 1,
       samplingRate: 1.0,
     };
 
@@ -155,9 +148,6 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
 
     expect(decoded.events.size).toEqual(expected.events.size);
     expect(decoded.events.size).toEqual(1);
-
-    expect(decoded.totalFrames).toEqual(expected.totalFrames);
-    expect(decoded.totalFrames).toEqual(1);
   });
 
   test('stack trace response with undefineds', () => {
@@ -188,7 +178,6 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
       executables: {
         abc: 'pthread.c',
       },
-      total_frames: 1,
     };
 
     const expected: DecodedStackTraceResponse = {
@@ -220,7 +209,6 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
         ],
       ]),
       executables: new Map([['abc', { FileName: 'pthread.c' }]]),
-      totalFrames: 1,
       samplingRate: 1.0,
     };
 
@@ -237,8 +225,5 @@ describe('Stack trace response operations', () => {
 
     expect(decoded.events.size).toEqual(expected.events.size);
     expect(decoded.events.size).toEqual(1);
-
-    expect(decoded.totalFrames).toEqual(expected.totalFrames);
-    expect(decoded.totalFrames).toEqual(1);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.ts
index 339294db67ba6..9826cca491778 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-profiling-utils/common/stack_traces.ts
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ export interface StackTraceResponse {
   ['stack_frames']?: ProfilingStackFrames;
   /** executables */
   ['executables']?: ProfilingExecutables;
-  /** total frames */
-  ['total_frames']: number;
   /** sampling rate */
   ['sampling_rate']: number;
 }
@@ -95,8 +93,6 @@ export interface DecodedStackTraceResponse {
   stackFrames: Map<StackFrameID, StackFrame>;
   /** Map of file ID and Executables */
   executables: Map<FileID, Executable>;
-  /** Total number of frames */
-  totalFrames: number;
   /** sampling rate */
   samplingRate: number;
 }
@@ -207,7 +203,6 @@ export function decodeStackTraceResponse(
     stackTraces,
     stackFrames,
     executables,
-    totalFrames: response.total_frames,
     samplingRate: response.sampling_rate,
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts
index 5cb42de5f4347..6aba9e161d07f 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/common/__fixtures__/base_flamegraph.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ export const baseFlamegraph: BaseFlameGraph = {
   Size: 35,
   SamplingRate: 1,
   SelfCPU: 7,
-  TotalCPU: 245,
   TotalSamples: 7,
   TotalSeconds: 4.980000019073486,
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/scripts/shrink_stacktrace_response.js b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/scripts/shrink_stacktrace_response.js
index f57514e8e2125..d30f6f2f5f1e6 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/scripts/shrink_stacktrace_response.js
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/profiling/scripts/shrink_stacktrace_response.js
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ function mergeStackTracesByDepth(response) {
     }
   });
 
-  let totalFrames = 0;
   const stackTraceEvents = {};
   const stackTraces = {};
 
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ function mergeStackTracesByDepth(response) {
     const { event, count } = eventsByFrameDepth[depth];
     stackTraces[event] = response.stack_traces[event];
     stackTraceEvents[event] = count;
-    totalFrames += stackTraces[event].frame_ids.length * count;
   });
 
   return {
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ function mergeStackTracesByDepth(response) {
     stack_traces: stackTraces,
     stack_frames: response.stack_frames,
     executables: response.executables,
-    total_frames: totalFrames,
     sampling_rate: response.sampling_rate,
   };
 }
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ function purgeUnusedFramesAndExecutables(response) {
     stack_traces: response.stack_traces,
     stack_frames: stackFrames,
     executables: executables,
-    total_frames: response.total_frames,
     sampling_rate: response.sampling_rate,
   };
 }