diff --git a/pkg/ingester-rf1/ingester.go b/pkg/ingester-rf1/ingester.go
index 546a42a56d93..8182449c6d59 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester-rf1/ingester.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester-rf1/ingester.go
@@ -697,11 +697,6 @@ func (i *Ingester) Push(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.PushRequest) (*logpro
 		return nil, ErrReadOnly
 	}
 
-	// Set profiling tags
-	defer pprof.SetGoroutineLabels(ctx)
-	ctx = pprof.WithLabels(ctx, pprof.Labels("path", "write", "tenant", instanceID))
-	pprof.SetGoroutineLabels(ctx)
-
 	instance, err := i.GetOrCreateInstance(instanceID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &logproto.PushResponse{}, err
diff --git a/pkg/ingester-rf1/stream.go b/pkg/ingester-rf1/stream.go
index b0b47a2c8ff9..32ccf454c41c 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester-rf1/stream.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester-rf1/stream.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (s *stream) Push(
 		return 0, nil, errorForFailedEntries(s, invalid, len(entries))
 	}
 
-	bytesAdded, res, err := s.storeEntries(ctx, wal, toStore, usageTracker)
+	bytesAdded, res, err := s.storeEntries(ctx, wal, toStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, err
 	}
@@ -189,13 +189,11 @@ func hasRateLimitErr(errs []entryWithError) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
-func (s *stream) storeEntries(ctx context.Context, w *wal.Manager, entries []*logproto.Entry, usageTracker push.UsageTracker) (int, *wal.AppendResult, error) {
-	if sp := opentracing.SpanFromContext(ctx); sp != nil {
-		sp.LogKV("event", "stream started to store entries", "labels", s.labelsString)
-		defer sp.LogKV("event", "stream finished to store entries")
-	}
+func (s *stream) storeEntries(ctx context.Context, w *wal.Manager, entries []*logproto.Entry) (int, *wal.AppendResult, error) {
+	sp, _ := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "storeEntries")
+	defer sp.Finish()
 
-	var bytesAdded, outOfOrderSamples, outOfOrderBytes int
+	var bytesAdded int
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(entries); i++ {
 		s.entryCt++
@@ -211,17 +209,18 @@ func (s *stream) storeEntries(ctx context.Context, w *wal.Manager, entries []*lo
 	res, err := w.Append(wal.AppendRequest{
 		TenantID:  s.tenant,
 		Labels:    s.labels,
-		LabelsStr: s.labels.String(),
+		LabelsStr: s.labelsString,
 		Entries:   entries,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, err
 	}
-	s.reportMetrics(ctx, outOfOrderSamples, outOfOrderBytes, 0, 0, usageTracker)
 	return bytesAdded, res, nil
 }
 
 func (s *stream) validateEntries(ctx context.Context, entries []logproto.Entry, rateLimitWholeStream bool, usageTracker push.UsageTracker) ([]*logproto.Entry, []entryWithError) {
+	sp, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "validateEntries")
+	defer sp.Finish()
 	var (
 		outOfOrderSamples, outOfOrderBytes   int
 		rateLimitedSamples, rateLimitedBytes int