diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/enforcer.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/enforcer.go
index ea8f5960f42..e1027dd8ca8 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/enforcer.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/enforcer.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/arch"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/bpf"
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ func (kp *enforcerPolicy) PolicyHandler(
 		}
 	}
 	if len(spec.Enforcers) > 0 {
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("enforcer-sensor-%d", atomic.AddUint64(&sensorCounter, 1))
-		return kp.createEnforcerSensor(spec.Enforcers, spec.Lists, spec.Options, name, policy.TpName())
+		return kp.createEnforcerSensor(spec.Enforcers, spec.Lists, spec.Options, policy.TpName())
 	}
 
 	return nil, nil
@@ -185,7 +183,6 @@ func (kp *enforcerPolicy) createEnforcerSensor(
 	enforcers []v1alpha1.EnforcerSpec,
 	lists []v1alpha1.ListSpec,
 	opts []v1alpha1.OptionSpec,
-	name string,
 	policyName string,
 ) (*sensors.Sensor, error) {
 
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go
index c94a7ccf2ef..76fdb58bc13 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ var (
 	genericTracepointTable = tracepointTable{}
 
 	tracepointLog logrus.FieldLogger
-
-	sensorCounter uint64
 )
 
 type observerTracepointSensor struct {
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go
index 84c3b8b3d7c..f3bf0541700 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
-	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/ebpf"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/api/ops"
@@ -490,7 +489,5 @@ func (k *observerUprobeSensor) PolicyHandler(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("uprobe sensor does not implement policy filtering")
 	}
 
-	name := fmt.Sprintf("gup-sensor-%d", atomic.AddUint64(&sensorCounter, 1))
-	policyName := p.TpName()
-	return createGenericUprobeSensor(name, spec, policyName)
+	return createGenericUprobeSensor("generic_uprobe", spec, p.TpName())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/policyhandler.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/policyhandler.go
index e29aebc02e0..84059d3f60c 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/policyhandler.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/policyhandler.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package tracing
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/eventhandler"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/policyfilter"
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ func (h policyHandler) PolicyHandler(
 
 	handler := eventhandler.GetCustomEventhandler(policy)
 	if len(spec.KProbes) > 0 {
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("gkp-sensor-%d", atomic.AddUint64(&sensorCounter, 1))
+		name := "generic_kprobe"
 		err := preValidateKprobes(name, spec.KProbes, spec.Lists)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("validation failed: %w", err)
@@ -41,8 +40,8 @@ func (h policyHandler) PolicyHandler(
 		return createGenericKprobeSensor(spec, name, policyID, policyName, handler)
 	}
 	if len(spec.Tracepoints) > 0 {
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("gtp-sensor-%d", atomic.AddUint64(&sensorCounter, 1))
-		return createGenericTracepointSensor(name, spec.Tracepoints, policyID, policyName, spec.Lists, handler)
+		return createGenericTracepointSensor("generic_tracepoint", spec.Tracepoints, policyID,
+			policyName, spec.Lists, handler)
 	}
 	return nil, nil
 }