diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller-jfr/src/main/resources/jfr/dd.jfp b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller-jfr/src/main/resources/jfr/dd.jfp
index 65aee173b8b..024605c4ab1 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller-jfr/src/main/resources/jfr/dd.jfp
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller-jfr/src/main/resources/jfr/dd.jfp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jdk.ThreadCPULoad#enabled=true
 jdk.ThreadCPULoad#period=10 s
 jdk.CPUTimeStampCounter#enabled=true
 jdk.CPUTimeStampCounter#period=beginChunk
-jdk.SystemProcess#enabled=true
+jdk.SystemProcess#enabled=false
 jdk.SystemProcess#period=endChunk
 jdk.NetworkUtilization#enabled=true
 jdk.NetworkUtilization#period=5 s
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/profiling-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JFRBasedProfilingIntegrationTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/profiling-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JFRBasedProfilingIntegrationTest.java
index 6402187aa49..02d49e29961 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/profiling-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JFRBasedProfilingIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/profiling-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JFRBasedProfilingIntegrationTest.java
@@ -565,6 +565,11 @@ private void assertRecordingEvents(
       final IItemCollection events,
       final boolean expectEndpointEvents,
       final boolean asyncProfilerEnabled) {
+    // Process events should not be collected
+    assertFalse(
+        events.apply(ItemFilters.type("jdk.SystemProcess")).hasItems(),
+        "jdk.SystemProcess events should not be collected");
+
     assertTrue(
         events
             .apply(