diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/framework/sequential_executor.cc b/onnxruntime/core/framework/sequential_executor.cc
index aa762ca32fdb4..6ea12c7f3336b 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/framework/sequential_executor.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/framework/sequential_executor.cc
@@ -339,12 +339,6 @@ class KernelScope {
     if (session_state_.Profiler().IsEnabled()) {
       auto& node = kernel.Node();
       node_name_ = node.Name().empty() ? MakeString(node.OpType(), "_", node.Index()) : node.Name();
-      auto& profiler = session_state_.Profiler();
-      auto sync_time_begin = profiler.Start();
-      profiler.EndTimeAndRecordEvent(profiling::NODE_EVENT,
-                                     node_name_ + "_fence_before",
-                                     sync_time_begin,
-                                     {{"op_name", kernel_.KernelDef().OpName()}});
       concurrency::ThreadPool::StartProfiling(session_state_.GetThreadPool());
       VLOGS(session_state_.Logger(), 1) << "Computing kernel: " << node_name_;
       kernel_begin_time_ = session_state_.Profiler().Start();
@@ -381,11 +375,6 @@ class KernelScope {
                                          {"thread_scheduling_stats",
                                           concurrency::ThreadPool::StopProfiling(session_state_.GetThreadPool())},
                                      });
-      auto sync_time_begin = profiler.Start();
-      profiler.EndTimeAndRecordEvent(profiling::NODE_EVENT,
-                                     node_name_ + "_fence_after",
-                                     sync_time_begin,
-                                     {{"op_name", kernel_.KernelDef().OpName()}});
     }
 
 #ifdef ONNXRUNTIME_ENABLE_INSTRUMENT
diff --git a/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc b/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc
index 8b230db351edc..61a8f7e23fe87 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ TEST(InferenceSessionTests, CheckRunProfilerWithStartProfile) {
   while (std::getline(profile, line)) {
     if (count == 0) {
       ASSERT_TRUE(line.find("[") != string::npos);
-    } else if (count <= 5) {
+    } else if (count <= 3) {
       for (auto& s : tags) {
         ASSERT_TRUE(line.find(s) != string::npos);
       }
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ TEST(InferenceSessionTests, CheckRunProfilerWithStartProfile) {
     }
 
     if (count == 1) {
-      ASSERT_TRUE(line.find("mul_1_fence_before") != string::npos);
+      ASSERT_TRUE(line.find("mul_1_kernel_time") != string::npos);
     }
     count++;
   }