diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/.changelog/710.fixed b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/.changelog/710.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff4abb1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/.changelog/710.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Do not record `gen_ai.provider.name` on tool execution metric attributes.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/genai/openai_agents/processor.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/genai/openai_agents/processor.py
index 31e630882..7cac2b253 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/genai/openai_agents/processor.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/genai/openai_agents/processor.py
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
     FunctionSpanData,
 )
 
-from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
-    gen_ai_attributes as GenAI,
-)
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes.error_attributes import (
     ErrorTypeValues,
 )
@@ -117,13 +114,6 @@ def on_span_start(self, span: Span[Any]) -> None:
                 name=span_data.name,
                 tool_type="function",
             )
-
-            # ToolInvocation does not include provider in metric attributes
-            # by default; set it so gen_ai.client.operation.duration carries
-            # the required gen_ai.provider.name attribute.
-            invocation.metric_attributes[GenAI.GEN_AI_PROVIDER_NAME] = (
-                self._provider
-            )
             self._invocations[span] = invocation
             return
         # Other span_data types (GenerationSpanData, ResponseSpanData,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/tests/test_processor.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/tests/test_processor.py
index 903a0856d..82c914687 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/tests/test_processor.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-genai-openai-agents/tests/test_processor.py
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ def test_agent_span_creates_invoke_local_agent() -> None:
     handler.invoke_local_agent.return_value.stop.assert_called_once_with()
 
 
-def test_function_span_creates_tool_invocation_and_sets_provider_metric() -> (
-    None
-):
+def test_function_span_creates_tool_invocation() -> None:
     handler = _build_handler()
     handler.tool.return_value = MagicMock(
         spec=ToolInvocation,
@@ -108,10 +106,7 @@ def test_function_span_creates_tool_invocation_and_sets_provider_metric() -> (
         tool_type="function",
     )
     tool_invocation = handler.tool.return_value
-
-    assert (
-        tool_invocation.metric_attributes["gen_ai.provider.name"] == "openai"
-    )
+    assert "gen_ai.provider.name" not in tool_invocation.metric_attributes
 
     # Input and output both get populated on the agents library span_data
     # while the tool runs, i.e. after on_span_start; our on_span_end reads