diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py
index faa583a18d..1d7044e7bb 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ def on_end(self, span):
         if is_sentry_span(span):
             return
 
-        # TODO-neel-potel-remote only take parent if not remote
-        if span.parent:
+        if span.parent and not span.parent.is_remote:
             self._children_spans[span.parent.span_id].append(span)
         else:
             # if have a root span ending, we build a transaction and send it