diff --git a/.github/workflows/project.yml b/.github/workflows/project.yml
index 92a97c56457..c58392833d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/project.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/project.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
   integration-guardrails:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        version: [12.0.0, 12, 14.0.0, 14, 16.0.0, 16, 18.0.0, 18.1.0, 20.0.0, 22.0.0]
+        version: [12, 14.0.0, 14, 16.0.0, 16, 18.0.0, 18.1.0, 20.0.0, 22.0.0]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
   integration-guardrails-unsupported:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        version: ['0.8', '0.10', '0.12', '4', '6', '8', '10']
+        version: ['0.8', '0.10', '0.12', '4', '6', '8', '10', '12.0.0']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       DD_INJECTION_ENABLED: 'true'
diff --git a/init.js b/init.js
index d9286b0307f..625d493b3b1 100644
--- a/init.js
+++ b/init.js
@@ -2,72 +2,8 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable no-var */
 
-var nodeVersion = require('./version')
-var NODE_MAJOR = nodeVersion.NODE_MAJOR
-var NODE_MINOR = nodeVersion.NODE_MINOR
+var guard = require('./packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails')
 
-// We use several things that are not supported by older versions of Node:
-// - AsyncLocalStorage
-// - The `semver` module
-// - dc-polyfill
-// - Mocha (for testing)
-// and probably others.
-// TODO: Remove all these dependencies so that we can report telemetry.
-if ((NODE_MAJOR === 12 && NODE_MINOR >= 17) || NODE_MAJOR > 12) {
-  var path = require('path')
-  var Module = require('module')
-  var semver = require('semver')
-  var log = require('./packages/dd-trace/src/log')
-  var isTrue = require('./packages/dd-trace/src/util').isTrue
-  var telemetry = require('./packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/init-telemetry')
-
-  var initBailout = false
-  var clobberBailout = false
-  var forced = isTrue(process.env.DD_INJECT_FORCE)
-
-  if (process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED) {
-    // If we're running via single-step install, and we're not in the app's
-    // node_modules, then we should not initialize the tracer. This prevents
-    // single-step-installed tracer from clobbering the manually-installed tracer.
-    var resolvedInApp
-    var entrypoint = process.argv[1]
-    try {
-      resolvedInApp = Module.createRequire(entrypoint).resolve('dd-trace')
-    } catch (e) {
-      // Ignore. If we can't resolve the module, we assume it's not in the app.
-    }
-    if (resolvedInApp) {
-      var ourselves = path.join(__dirname, 'index.js')
-      if (ourselves !== resolvedInApp) {
-        clobberBailout = true
-      }
-    }
-
-    // If we're running via single-step install, and the runtime doesn't match
-    // the engines field in package.json, then we should not initialize the tracer.
-    if (!clobberBailout) {
-      var engines = require('./package.json').engines
-      var version = process.versions.node
-      if (!semver.satisfies(version, engines.node)) {
-        initBailout = true
-        telemetry([
-          { name: 'abort', tags: ['reason:incompatible_runtime'] },
-          { name: 'abort.runtime', tags: [] }
-        ])
-        log.info('Aborting application instrumentation due to incompatible_runtime.')
-        log.info('Found incompatible runtime nodejs ' + version + ', Supported runtimes: nodejs ' + engines.node + '.')
-        if (forced) {
-          log.info('DD_INJECT_FORCE enabled, allowing unsupported runtimes and continuing.')
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!clobberBailout && (!initBailout || forced)) {
-    var tracer = require('.')
-    tracer.init()
-    module.exports = tracer
-    telemetry('complete', ['injection_forced:' + (forced && initBailout ? 'true' : 'false')])
-    log.info('Application instrumentation bootstrapping complete')
-  }
-}
+module.exports = guard(function () {
+  return require('.').init()
+})
diff --git a/integration-tests/init.spec.js b/integration-tests/init.spec.js
index 3c37004f607..03a17d5f4c7 100644
--- a/integration-tests/init.spec.js
+++ b/integration-tests/init.spec.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const telemetryGood = ['complete', 'injection_forced:false']
 const { engines } = require('../package.json')
 const supportedRange = engines.node
 const currentVersionIsSupported = semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, supportedRange)
-const currentVersionCanLog = semver.satisfies(process.versions.node, '>=12.17.0')
 
 // These are on by default in release tests, so we'll turn them off for
 // more fine-grained control of these variables in these tests.
@@ -84,30 +83,7 @@ function testRuntimeVersionChecks (arg, filename) {
       }
     }
 
-    if (!currentVersionCanLog) {
-      context('when node version is too low for AsyncLocalStorage', () => {
-        useEnv({ NODE_OPTIONS })
-
-        it('should initialize the tracer, if no DD_INJECTION_ENABLED', () =>
-          doTest('false\n'))
-        context('with DD_INJECTION_ENABLED', () => {
-          useEnv({ DD_INJECTION_ENABLED })
-
-          context('without debug', () => {
-            it('should not initialize the tracer', () => doTest('false\n'))
-            it('should not, if DD_INJECT_FORCE', () => doTestForced('false\n'))
-          })
-          context('with debug', () => {
-            useEnv({ DD_TRACE_DEBUG })
-
-            it('should not initialize the tracer', () =>
-              doTest('false\n'))
-            it('should initialize the tracer, if DD_INJECT_FORCE', () =>
-              doTestForced('false\n'))
-          })
-        })
-      })
-    } else if (!currentVersionIsSupported) {
+    if (!currentVersionIsSupported) {
       context('when node version is less than engines field', () => {
         useEnv({ NODE_OPTIONS })
 
diff --git a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/helpers/register.js b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/helpers/register.js
index 4b4185423c0..171db91e224 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/helpers/register.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/helpers/register.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const Hook = require('./hook')
 const requirePackageJson = require('../../../dd-trace/src/require-package-json')
 const log = require('../../../dd-trace/src/log')
 const checkRequireCache = require('../check_require_cache')
-const telemetry = require('../../../dd-trace/src/telemetry/init-telemetry')
+const telemetry = require('../../../dd-trace/src/guardrails/telemetry')
 
 const {
   DD_TRACE_DISABLED_INSTRUMENTATIONS = '',
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/index.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..249b9343a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+'use strict'
+
+/* eslint-disable no-var */
+
+var path = require('path')
+var Module = require('module')
+var isTrue = require('./util').isTrue
+var log = require('./log')
+var telemetry = require('./telemetry')
+var nodeVersion = require('../../../../version')
+
+var NODE_MAJOR = nodeVersion.NODE_MAJOR
+
+// TODO: Test telemetry for Node <12. For now only bailout is tested for those.
+function guard (fn) {
+  var initBailout = false
+  var clobberBailout = false
+  var forced = isTrue(process.env.DD_INJECT_FORCE)
+
+  if (process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED) {
+    // If we're running via single-step install, and we're not in the app's
+    // node_modules, then we should not initialize the tracer. This prevents
+    // single-step-installed tracer from clobbering the manually-installed tracer.
+    var resolvedInApp
+    var entrypoint = process.argv[1]
+    try {
+      resolvedInApp = Module.createRequire(entrypoint).resolve('dd-trace')
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Ignore. If we can't resolve the module, we assume it's not in the app.
+    }
+    if (resolvedInApp) {
+      var ourselves = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', 'index.js'))
+      if (ourselves !== resolvedInApp) {
+        clobberBailout = true
+      }
+    }
+
+    // If we're running via single-step install, and the runtime doesn't match
+    // the engines field in package.json, then we should not initialize the tracer.
+    if (!clobberBailout) {
+      var engines = require('../../../../package.json').engines
+      var minMajor = parseInt(engines.node.replace(/[^0-9]/g, ''))
+      var version = process.versions.node
+      if (NODE_MAJOR < minMajor) {
+        initBailout = true
+        telemetry([
+          { name: 'abort', tags: ['reason:incompatible_runtime'] },
+          { name: 'abort.runtime', tags: [] }
+        ])
+        log.info('Aborting application instrumentation due to incompatible_runtime.')
+        log.info('Found incompatible runtime nodejs ' + version + ', Supported runtimes: nodejs ' + engines.node + '.')
+        if (forced) {
+          log.info('DD_INJECT_FORCE enabled, allowing unsupported runtimes and continuing.')
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!clobberBailout && (!initBailout || forced)) {
+    var result = fn()
+    telemetry('complete', ['injection_forced:' + (forced && initBailout ? 'true' : 'false')])
+    log.info('Application instrumentation bootstrapping complete')
+    return result
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = guard
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/log.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/log.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd74e5bdbf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/log.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict'
+
+/* eslint-disable no-var */
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+
+var isTrue = require('./util').isTrue
+
+var DD_TRACE_DEBUG = process.env.DD_TRACE_DEBUG
+var DD_TRACE_LOG_LEVEL = process.env.DD_TRACE_LOG_LEVEL
+
+var logLevels = {
+  trace: 20,
+  debug: 20,
+  info: 30,
+  warn: 40,
+  error: 50,
+  critical: 50,
+  off: 100
+}
+
+var logLevel = isTrue(DD_TRACE_DEBUG)
+  ? Number(DD_TRACE_LOG_LEVEL) || logLevels.debug
+  : logLevels.off
+
+var log = {
+  debug: logLevel <= 20 ? console.debug.bind(console) : function () {},
+  info: logLevel <= 30 ? console.info.bind(console) : function () {},
+  warn: logLevel <= 40 ? console.warn.bind(console) : function () {},
+  error: logLevel <= 50 ? console.error.bind(console) : function () {}
+}
+
+module.exports = log
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/telemetry.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/telemetry.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c73e1f0bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/telemetry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+'use strict'
+
+/* eslint-disable no-var */
+/* eslint-disable object-shorthand */
+
+var fs = require('fs')
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn
+var tracerVersion = require('../../../../package.json').version
+var log = require('./log')
+
+module.exports = sendTelemetry
+
+if (!process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED) {
+  module.exports = function () {}
+}
+
+if (!process.env.DD_TELEMETRY_FORWARDER_PATH) {
+  module.exports = function () {}
+}
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(process.env.DD_TELEMETRY_FORWARDER_PATH)) {
+  module.exports = function () {}
+}
+
+var metadata = {
+  language_name: 'nodejs',
+  language_version: process.versions.node,
+  runtime_name: 'nodejs',
+  runtime_version: process.versions.node,
+  tracer_version: tracerVersion,
+  pid: process.pid
+}
+
+var seen = []
+function hasSeen (point) {
+  if (point.name === 'abort') {
+    // This one can only be sent once, regardless of tags
+    return seen.includes('abort')
+  }
+  if (point.name === 'abort.integration') {
+    // For now, this is the only other one we want to dedupe
+    var compiledPoint = point.name + point.tags.join('')
+    return seen.includes(compiledPoint)
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+function sendTelemetry (name, tags) {
+  var points = name
+  if (typeof name === 'string') {
+    points = [{ name: name, tags: tags || [] }]
+  }
+  if (['1', 'true', 'True'].indexOf(process.env.DD_INJECT_FORCE) !== -1) {
+    points = points.filter(function (p) { return ['error', 'complete'].includes(p.name) })
+  }
+  points = points.filter(function (p) { return !hasSeen(p) })
+  for (var i = 0; i < points.length; i++) {
+    points[i].name = 'library_entrypoint.' + points[i].name
+  }
+  if (points.length === 0) {
+    return
+  }
+  var proc = spawn(process.env.DD_TELEMETRY_FORWARDER_PATH, ['library_entrypoint'], {
+    stdio: 'pipe'
+  })
+  proc.on('error', function () {
+    log.error('Failed to spawn telemetry forwarder')
+  })
+  proc.on('exit', function (code) {
+    if (code !== 0) {
+      log.error('Telemetry forwarder exited with code ' + code)
+    }
+  })
+  proc.stdin.on('error', function () {
+    log.error('Failed to write telemetry data to telemetry forwarder')
+  })
+  proc.stdin.end(JSON.stringify({ metadata: metadata, points: points }))
+}
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/util.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9aa60713573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+'use strict'
+
+/* eslint-disable object-shorthand */
+
+function isTrue (str) {
+  str = String(str).toLowerCase()
+  return str === 'true' || str === '1'
+}
+
+module.exports = { isTrue: isTrue }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/init-telemetry.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/init-telemetry.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a126ecc6238..00000000000
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/telemetry/init-telemetry.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const fs = require('fs')
-const { spawn } = require('child_process')
-const tracerVersion = require('../../../../package.json').version
-const log = require('../log')
-
-module.exports = sendTelemetry
-
-if (!process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED) {
-  module.exports = () => {}
-}
-
-if (!process.env.DD_TELEMETRY_FORWARDER_PATH) {
-  module.exports = () => {}
-}
-
-if (!fs.existsSync(process.env.DD_TELEMETRY_FORWARDER_PATH)) {
-  module.exports = () => {}
-}
-
-const metadata = {
-  language_name: 'nodejs',
-  language_version: process.versions.node,
-  runtime_name: 'nodejs',
-  runtime_version: process.versions.node,
-  tracer_version: tracerVersion,
-  pid: process.pid
-}
-
-const seen = []
-function hasSeen (point) {
-  if (point.name === 'abort') {
-    // This one can only be sent once, regardless of tags
-    return seen.includes('abort')
-  }
-  if (point.name === 'abort.integration') {
-    // For now, this is the only other one we want to dedupe
-    const compiledPoint = point.name + point.tags.join('')
-    return seen.includes(compiledPoint)
-  }
-  return false
-}
-
-function sendTelemetry (name, tags = []) {
-  let points = name
-  if (typeof name === 'string') {
-    points = [{ name, tags }]
-  }
-  if (['1', 'true', 'True'].includes(process.env.DD_INJECT_FORCE)) {
-    points = points.filter(p => ['error', 'complete'].includes(p.name))
-  }
-  points = points.filter(p => !hasSeen(p))
-  points.forEach(p => {
-    p.name = `library_entrypoint.${p.name}`
-  })
-  if (points.length === 0) {
-    return
-  }
-  const proc = spawn(process.env.DD_TELEMETRY_FORWARDER_PATH, ['library_entrypoint'], {
-    stdio: 'pipe'
-  })
-  proc.on('error', () => {
-    log.error('Failed to spawn telemetry forwarder')
-  })
-  proc.on('exit', (code) => {
-    if (code !== 0) {
-      log.error(`Telemetry forwarder exited with code ${code}`)
-    }
-  })
-  proc.stdin.on('error', () => {
-    log.error('Failed to write telemetry data to telemetry forwarder')
-  })
-  proc.stdin.end(JSON.stringify({ metadata, points }))
-}