diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/instrumentation.ts
index af3fa98a14..9644497626 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import {
   getExtMetadata,
   isDirectExtInput,
   isPatchableExtMethod,
-  getRootSpanMetadata,
 } from './utils';
 
 /** Hapi instrumentation for OpenTelemetry */
@@ -389,9 +388,7 @@ export class HapiInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
         }
         const rpcMetadata = getRPCMetadata(api.context.active());
         if (rpcMetadata?.type === RPCType.HTTP) {
-          const rootSpanMetadata = getRootSpanMetadata(route);
-          rpcMetadata.span.updateName(rootSpanMetadata.name);
-          rpcMetadata.span.setAttributes(rootSpanMetadata.attributes);
+          rpcMetadata.route = route.path;
         }
         const metadata = getRouteMetadata(route, pluginName);
         const span = instrumentation.tracer.startSpan(metadata.name, {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/utils.ts
index 1ddebf0a5e..14de861366 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/src/utils.ts
@@ -94,20 +94,6 @@ export const getRouteMetadata = (
   };
 };
 
-export const getRootSpanMetadata = (
-  route: Hapi.ServerRoute
-): {
-  attributes: SpanAttributes;
-  name: string;
-} => {
-  return {
-    attributes: {
-      [SemanticAttributes.HTTP_ROUTE]: route.path,
-    },
-    name: `${route.method} ${route.path}`,
-  };
-};
-
 export const getExtMetadata = (
   extPoint: Hapi.ServerRequestExtType,
   pluginName?: string
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/test/hapi.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/test/hapi.test.ts
index f255f762b7..7f2baff724 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/test/hapi.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-hapi/test/hapi.test.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { context, trace, SpanStatusCode } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { RPCType, setRPCMetadata } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
+import { RPCMetadata, RPCType, setRPCMetadata } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node';
 import { AsyncHooksContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
 import {
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ describe('Hapi Instrumentation - Core Tests', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans().length, 0);
     });
 
-    it('should rename root span with route information', async () => {
+    it('should update rpcMetadata.route information', async () => {
       const rootSpan = tracer.startSpan('rootSpan', {});
       server.route({
         method: 'GET',
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ describe('Hapi Instrumentation - Core Tests', () => {
 
       await server.start();
       assert.strictEqual(memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans().length, 0);
-      const rpcMetadata = { type: RPCType.HTTP, span: rootSpan };
+      const rpcMetadata: RPCMetadata = { type: RPCType.HTTP, span: rootSpan };
       await context.with(
         setRPCMetadata(trace.setSpan(context.active(), rootSpan), rpcMetadata),
         async () => {
@@ -404,14 +403,7 @@ describe('Hapi Instrumentation - Core Tests', () => {
           rootSpan.end();
           assert.deepStrictEqual(memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans().length, 2);
 
-          const exportedRootSpan = memoryExporter
-            .getFinishedSpans()
-            .find(span => span.name === 'GET /users/{userId}');
-          assert.notStrictEqual(exportedRootSpan, undefined);
-          assert.strictEqual(
-            exportedRootSpan?.attributes[SemanticAttributes.HTTP_ROUTE],
-            '/users/{userId}'
-          );
+          assert.strictEqual(rpcMetadata.route, '/users/{userId}');
         }
       );
     });