diff --git a/src/strands/telemetry/tracer.py b/src/strands/telemetry/tracer.py
index 2f42d9988..dcea03d74 100644
--- a/src/strands/telemetry/tracer.py
+++ b/src/strands/telemetry/tracer.py
@@ -667,18 +667,9 @@ def end_agent_span(
                 )
 
             if hasattr(response, "metrics") and hasattr(response.metrics, "accumulated_usage"):
-                accumulated_usage = response.metrics.accumulated_usage
-                attributes.update(
-                    {
-                        "gen_ai.usage.prompt_tokens": accumulated_usage["inputTokens"],
-                        "gen_ai.usage.completion_tokens": accumulated_usage["outputTokens"],
-                        "gen_ai.usage.input_tokens": accumulated_usage["inputTokens"],
-                        "gen_ai.usage.output_tokens": accumulated_usage["outputTokens"],
-                        "gen_ai.usage.total_tokens": accumulated_usage["totalTokens"],
-                        "gen_ai.usage.cache_read_input_tokens": accumulated_usage.get("cacheReadInputTokens", 0),
-                        "gen_ai.usage.cache_write_input_tokens": accumulated_usage.get("cacheWriteInputTokens", 0),
-                    }
-                )
+                # Attributes removed to prevent double counting in OpenTelemetry backends
+                # Usage metrics are already reported on the child model invocation spans
+                pass
 
         self._end_span(span, attributes, error)