diff --git a/api/oss/src/apis/fastapi/tracing/router.py b/api/oss/src/apis/fastapi/tracing/router.py
index 91f2de01fb..139fec96a8 100644
--- a/api/oss/src/apis/fastapi/tracing/router.py
+++ b/api/oss/src/apis/fastapi/tracing/router.py
@@ -301,9 +301,8 @@ async def ingest_spans(  # MUTATION
         )
 
         link_response = OTelLinksResponse(
-            count=len(links) + len(dropped),
+            count=len(links),
             links=links,
-            dropped=dropped or None,
         )
 
         return link_response