diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts
index f2cea6c63205..787091523a48 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/browserMetrics.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ import {
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
   getActiveSpan,
-  getClient,
   getCurrentScope,
   startInactiveSpan,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import { setMeasurement } from '@sentry/core';
-import type { Integration, Measurements, Span, SpanAttributes, StartSpanOptions } from '@sentry/types';
+import type { Measurements, Span, SpanAttributes, StartSpanOptions } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
   browserPerformanceTimeOrigin,
   dropUndefinedKeys,
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ import {
 } from './utils';
 import { getNavigationEntry } from './web-vitals/lib/getNavigationEntry';
 import { getVisibilityWatcher } from './web-vitals/lib/getVisibilityWatcher';
-import { onFCP } from './web-vitals/onFCP';
 import type { Metric } from './web-vitals/types';
 
 interface NavigatorNetworkInformation {
@@ -89,6 +87,7 @@ let _performanceCursor: number = 0;
 let _measurements: Measurements = {};
 let _lcpEntry: LargestContentfulPaint | undefined;
 let _clsEntry: LayoutShift | undefined;
+
 interface StartTrackingWebVitalsOptions {
   recordClsStandaloneSpans: boolean;
 }
@@ -243,25 +242,15 @@ export { startTrackingINP, registerInpInteractionListener } from './inp';
 
 /** Starts tracking the Cumulative Layout Shift on the current page. */
 function _trackCLS(sendAsStandaloneSpan: boolean): () => void {
-  let _emittedFcp = false;
-  if (sendAsStandaloneSpan) {
-    onFCP(
-      () => {
-        _emittedFcp = true;
-      },
-      { reportAllChanges: true },
-    );
-  }
-
   const cleanupClsCallback = addClsInstrumentationHandler(({ metric }) => {
     const entry = metric.entries[metric.entries.length - 1] as LayoutShift | undefined;
     if (!entry) {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (sendAsStandaloneSpan && _emittedFcp) {
+    if (sendAsStandaloneSpan) {
       sendStandaloneClsSpan(metric, entry);
-      // For now, we only emit once CLS span for the initial page load.
+      // For now, we only emit one CLS span for the initial page load.
       // Once we send this, we don't need to track CLS anymore.
       setTimeout(() => {
         cleanupClsCallback();
@@ -472,6 +461,7 @@ export function addPerformanceEntries(span: Span, options: AddPerformanceEntries
 
     // If FCP is not recorded we should not record the cls value
     // according to the new definition of CLS.
+    // TODO: Check if the first condition is still necessary: `onCLS` already only fires once `onFCP` was called.
     if (!('fcp' in _measurements) || !options.recordClsOnPageloadSpan) {
       delete _measurements.cls;
     }
diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/instrument.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/instrument.ts
index c10df607b6b1..8249c1ad8ba9 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/instrument.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/instrument.ts
@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ function instrumentCls(): StopListening {
       });
       _previousCls = metric;
     },
-    // We want the callback to be called whenever the CLS value updates.
-    // By default, the callback is only called when the tab goes to the background.
     { reportAllChanges: false },
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/utils.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/utils.ts
index 9ae3652eef07..17c537072b9f 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/utils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 import type { SentrySpan } from '@sentry/core';
-import {
-  SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_EXCLUSIVE_TIME,
-  getClient,
-  getCurrentScope,
-  spanToJSON,
-  startInactiveSpan,
-  withActiveSpan,
-} from '@sentry/core';
+import { getClient, getCurrentScope, spanToJSON, startInactiveSpan, withActiveSpan } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Integration, Span, SpanAttributes, SpanTimeInput, StartSpanOptions } from '@sentry/types';
 import { WINDOW } from '../types';
 
diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/web-vitals/getCLS.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/web-vitals/getCLS.ts
index 4e97d1b6c48b..ef650b48a345 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/web-vitals/getCLS.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/metrics/web-vitals/getCLS.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import { getClient } from '@sentry/core';
-import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
-import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../debug-build';
-import { WINDOW } from '../../types';
 import { bindReporter } from './lib/bindReporter';
 import { initMetric } from './lib/initMetric';
 import { observe } from './lib/observe';
@@ -49,8 +46,6 @@ export const CLSThresholds: MetricRatingThresholds = [0.1, 0.25];
  * `callback` is always called when the page's visibility state changes to
  * hidden. As a result, the `callback` function might be called multiple times
  * during the same page load._
- *
- * SENTRY-SPECIFIC-CHANGE:
  */
 export const onCLS = (onReport: CLSReportCallback, opts: ReportOpts = {}): void => {
   // Start monitoring FCP so we can only report CLS if FCP is also reported.