diff --git a/src/profiler/tracing-cpu-profiler.cc b/src/profiler/tracing-cpu-profiler.cc
index 9662753676..0cb502bdf1 100644
--- a/src/profiler/tracing-cpu-profiler.cc
+++ b/src/profiler/tracing-cpu-profiler.cc
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ namespace internal {
 
 TracingCpuProfilerImpl::TracingCpuProfilerImpl(Isolate* isolate)
     : isolate_(isolate), profiling_enabled_(false) {
-  // Make sure tracing system notices profiler categories.
-  TRACE_EVENT_WARMUP_CATEGORY(TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT("v8.cpu_profiler"));
-  TRACE_EVENT_WARMUP_CATEGORY(
-      TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT("v8.cpu_profiler.hires"));
   V8::GetCurrentPlatform()->GetTracingController()->AddTraceStateObserver(this);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tracing/tracing-category-observer.cc b/src/tracing/tracing-category-observer.cc
index 28c107d88f..7fb8ee329a 100644
--- a/src/tracing/tracing-category-observer.cc
+++ b/src/tracing/tracing-category-observer.cc
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ void TracingCategoryObserver::SetUp() {
   v8::internal::V8::GetCurrentPlatform()
       ->GetTracingController()
       ->AddTraceStateObserver(TracingCategoryObserver::instance_);
-  TRACE_EVENT_WARMUP_CATEGORY(TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT("v8.runtime_stats"));
-  TRACE_EVENT_WARMUP_CATEGORY(
-      TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT("v8.runtime_stats_sampling"));
-  TRACE_EVENT_WARMUP_CATEGORY(TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT("v8.gc_stats"));
-  TRACE_EVENT_WARMUP_CATEGORY(TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT("v8.ic_stats"));
 }
 
 void TracingCategoryObserver::TearDown() {