diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
index 7c232ddaa1..bc81b42903 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -1791,6 +1792,10 @@ public CallCredentialsProvider getCallCredentialsProvider() {
     return callCredentialsProvider;
   }
 
+  private boolean usesNoCredentials() {
+    return Objects.equals(getCredentials(), NoCredentials.getInstance());
+  }
+
   public String getCompressorName() {
     return compressorName;
   }
@@ -1838,7 +1843,7 @@ private ApiTracerFactory createApiTracerFactory(
 
     // Add Metrics Tracer factory if built in metrics are enabled and if the client is data client
     // and if emulator is not enabled.
-    if (isEnableBuiltInMetrics() && !isAdminClient && !isEmulatorEnabled) {
+    if (isEnableBuiltInMetrics() && !isAdminClient && !isEmulatorEnabled && !usesNoCredentials()) {
       ApiTracerFactory metricsTracerFactory = createMetricsApiTracerFactory();
       if (metricsTracerFactory != null) {
         apiTracerFactories.add(metricsTracerFactory);
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java
index cdab8e1df8..70482c0ffd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptionsTest.java
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ public void testLeaderAwareRoutingEnablement() {
 
   @Test
   public void testEndToEndTracingEnablement() {
-    // Test that end to end tracing is disabled by default.
+    // Test that end-to-end tracing is disabled by default.
     assertFalse(SpannerOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId("p").build().isEndToEndTracingEnabled());
     assertTrue(
         SpannerOptions.newBuilder()
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ public void testEndToEndTracingEnablement() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testmonitoringHost() {
+  public void testMonitoringHost() {
     String metricsEndpoint = "test-endpoint:443";
     assertNull(SpannerOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId("p").build().getMonitoringHost());
     assertThat(