diff --git a/app/celer-sim/celer-sim.cc b/app/celer-sim/celer-sim.cc
index 03aaf80b0b..c9da404745 100644
--- a/app/celer-sim/celer-sim.cc
+++ b/app/celer-sim/celer-sim.cc
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@
 #    include "RunnerInputIO.json.hh"
 #endif
 
-#if CELERITAS_USE_PERFETTO
-#    include "corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.hh"
-#endif
+#include "corecel/sys/TracingSession.hh"
 
 using namespace std::literals::string_view_literals;
 
@@ -80,10 +78,9 @@ int get_openmp_thread()
 void run(std::istream* is, std::shared_ptr<OutputRegistry> output)
 {
     CELER_EXPECT(is);
-#if CELERITAS_USE_PERFETTO
-    PerfettoSession tracing_session("celer-sim.perfetto-trace");
+    TracingSession tracing_session("celer-sim.perfetto-trace");
     tracing_session.start();
-#endif
+
     ScopedProfiling profile_this{"celer-sim"};
     ScopedMem record_mem("celer-sim.run");
 
diff --git a/src/corecel/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corecel/CMakeLists.txt
index 38ad8e7a07..dfec9313fc 100644
--- a/src/corecel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corecel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if(CELERITAS_USE_Perfetto)
   list(APPEND PRIVATE_DEPS Celeritas::Perfetto)
   list(APPEND SOURCES
           sys/Counter.perfetto.cc
-          sys/PerfettoSession.cc
+          sys/TracingSession.perfetto.cc
           sys/ScopedProfiling.perfetto.cc
   )
 endif()
diff --git a/src/corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.hh b/src/corecel/sys/TracingSession.hh
similarity index 71%
rename from src/corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.hh
rename to src/corecel/sys/TracingSession.hh
index 9f65b0f9b8..a17a411f33 100644
--- a/src/corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.hh
+++ b/src/corecel/sys/TracingSession.hh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-//! \file corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.hh
+//! \file corecel/sys/TracingSession.hh
 //! \brief RAII class for managing a perfetto session and its resources.
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 #pragma once
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #include "celeritas_config.h"
 #include "corecel/Macros.hh"
 
-#include "PerfettoSession.hh"
-
 namespace perfetto
 {
 class TracingSession;
@@ -30,23 +28,36 @@ enum class ProfilingBackend : uint32_t
     System
 };
 
-class PerfettoSession
+#if CELERITAS_USE_PERFETTO
+class TracingSession
 {
   public:
-    explicit PerfettoSession();
-    PerfettoSession(std::string_view);
-    ~PerfettoSession();
+    TracingSession();
+    explicit TracingSession(std::string_view);
+    ~TracingSession();
 
+    void start();
     //!@{
     //! Prevent copying and moving for RAII class
-    CELER_DEFAULT_MOVE_DELETE_COPY(PerfettoSession);
+    CELER_DEFAULT_MOVE_DELETE_COPY(TracingSession);
     //!@}
-    void start();
 
   private:
     bool started_{false};
     std::unique_ptr<perfetto::TracingSession> session_;
     int fd_{-1};
 };
+#else
+
+//! noop
+class TracingSession
+{
+  public:
+    TracingSession() = default;
+    explicit TracingSession(std::string_view) {}
+
+    void start() {};
+};
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace celeritas
diff --git a/src/corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.cc b/src/corecel/sys/TracingSession.perfetto.cc
similarity index 92%
rename from src/corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.cc
rename to src/corecel/sys/TracingSession.perfetto.cc
index 2f57921fec..76c7357b54 100644
--- a/src/corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.cc
+++ b/src/corecel/sys/TracingSession.perfetto.cc
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 // See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-//! \file corecel/sys/PerfettoSession.cc
+//! \file corecel/sys/TracingSession.perfetto.cc
 //! \brief RAII class for managing a perfetto session and its resources.
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
-#include "PerfettoSession.hh"
+#include "TracingSession.hh"
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <perfetto.h>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ perfetto::TraceConfig configure_session()
 namespace celeritas
 {
 
-PerfettoSession::PerfettoSession()
+TracingSession::TracingSession()
     : session_{initialize_session(ProfilingBackend::System)}
 {
     if (use_profiling())
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ PerfettoSession::PerfettoSession()
     }
 }
 
-PerfettoSession::PerfettoSession(std::string_view filename)
+TracingSession::TracingSession(std::string_view filename)
     : session_{initialize_session(ProfilingBackend::InProcess)}, fd_{[&] {
         return use_profiling()
                    ? open(filename.data(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0660)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PerfettoSession::PerfettoSession(std::string_view filename)
     }
 }
 
-PerfettoSession::~PerfettoSession()
+TracingSession::~TracingSession()
 {
     if (use_profiling())
     {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ PerfettoSession::~PerfettoSession()
         }
     }
 }
-void PerfettoSession::start()
+void TracingSession::start()
 {
     if (use_profiling())
     {