diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 261d6e8b70..cb306a6e59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 - Find `ios/.xcode.env` in the Expo plugin "Upload Debug Symbols to Sentry" phase when the iOS project uses Swift Package Manager instead of CocoaPods ([#6911](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6911))
 - Remove the `@sentry/browser` feedback modules and the server-only `@sentry/core` modules from native bundles built on Windows. Before this fix, `includeWebFeedback: false` made these bundles fail at launch ([#6915](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6915))
+- Stop wrapping the SDK's own `RNSentry` module in `turboModuleContextIntegration` by default. Each wrapped call wrote to the native scope several times, which added CPU time to every SDK call on iOS ([#6921](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6921))
+  - To wrap `RNSentry` again, add `{ name: 'RNSentry' }` to the `modules` option.
 
 ## 8.31.0
 
diff --git a/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md b/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md
index f666d3121e..9a4c260b57 100644
--- a/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md
+++ b/packages/core/etc/sentry-react-native.api.md
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ export interface TurboModuleContextOptions {
     maxTopModulesPerSpan?: number;
     modules?: Array<{
         name: string;
-        module: object | null | undefined;
+        module?: object | null;
         skipMethods?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
     }>;
     slowCallThresholdMs?: number;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/js/integrations/turboModuleContext.ts b/packages/core/src/js/integrations/turboModuleContext.ts
index ad37e56a91..e6fc461dd3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/js/integrations/turboModuleContext.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/js/integrations/turboModuleContext.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ export const MAX_PENDING_CALL_WINDOWS = 1024;
 export const MAX_PENDING_SPAN_ATTRIBUTES = 256;
 
 export interface TurboModuleContextOptions {
-  /** Additional TurboModules to wrap. `RNSentry` is always tracked. */
-  modules?: Array<{ name: string; module: object | null | undefined; skipMethods?: ReadonlyArray<string> }>;
+  /**
+   * TurboModules to wrap. The SDK's own `RNSentry` module is not wrapped by default;
+   * add `{ name: 'RNSentry' }` to opt in. The SDK resolves the module itself and always
+   * skips its scope-sync methods.
+   */
+  modules?: Array<{ name: string; module?: object | null; skipMethods?: ReadonlyArray<string> }>;
 
   /** Per-(module, method, kind) counters, flushed on transaction finish and on a periodic timer. Default: `true`. */
   enableAggregateStats?: boolean;
@@ -147,12 +151,15 @@ export const turboModuleContextIntegration = (options: TurboModuleContextOptions
   return {
     name: INTEGRATION_NAME,
     setupOnce() {
-      // Wrap RNSentry first with its curated skip list; `wrapAllNativeModules`
-      // then skips it implicitly to avoid double-wrapping with a wider surface.
-      wrapTurboModule('RNSentry', getRNSentryModule(), { skip: RNSENTRY_SKIP, arch: contextArch });
-
+      // RNSentry is wrapped only on request: each wrapped call costs about six
+      // native scope writes, which sentry-cocoa persists to disk.
       for (const entry of options.modules ?? []) {
-        wrapTurboModule(entry.name, entry.module, { skip: entry.skipMethods, arch: contextArch });
+        if (entry.name === 'RNSentry') {
+          const skip = [...RNSENTRY_SKIP, ...(entry.skipMethods ?? [])];
+          wrapTurboModule(entry.name, entry.module ?? getRNSentryModule(), { skip, arch: contextArch });
+        } else {
+          wrapTurboModule(entry.name, entry.module, { skip: entry.skipMethods, arch: contextArch });
+        }
       }
 
       if (options.enableLegacyNativeModules === true) {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/integrations/turboModuleContext.test.ts b/packages/core/test/integrations/turboModuleContext.test.ts
index f5a73b3fe0..ea1b2aee87 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/integrations/turboModuleContext.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/integrations/turboModuleContext.test.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,44 @@ describe('turboModuleContextIntegration', () => {
     _resetTurboModuleAggregator();
   });
 
-  it('wraps the live RNSentry TurboModule on setup', () => {
+  it('does not wrap RNSentry by default', () => {
+    const fakeModule = { fetchNativeFrames: jest.fn() };
+    const originalFetchNativeFrames = fakeModule.fetchNativeFrames;
+    jest.spyOn(wrapper, 'getRNSentryModule').mockReturnValue(fakeModule as never);
+    const wrapSpy = jest.spyOn(turboModule, 'wrapTurboModule');
+
+    turboModuleContextIntegration().setupOnce!();
+
+    expect(wrapSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('RNSentry', expect.anything(), expect.anything());
+    expect(fakeModule.fetchNativeFrames).toBe(originalFetchNativeFrames);
+  });
+
+  it('does not write turbo_module scope data for RNSentry calls by default', () => {
+    const fakeModule = { fetchNativeFrames: jest.fn() };
+    jest.spyOn(wrapper, 'getRNSentryModule').mockReturnValue(fakeModule as never);
+    const isolationScope = new Scope();
+    jest.spyOn(SentryCore, 'getIsolationScope').mockReturnValue(isolationScope);
+    const setContextSpy = jest.spyOn(isolationScope, 'setContext');
+    const setTagSpy = jest.spyOn(isolationScope, 'setTag');
+    turboModuleContextIntegration().setupOnce!();
+
+    fakeModule.fetchNativeFrames();
+
+    expect(setContextSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(setTagSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does not wrap RNSentry when the user passes a custom ignoreTurboModules list', () => {
+    const fakeModule = { fetchNativeFrames: jest.fn() };
+    jest.spyOn(wrapper, 'getRNSentryModule').mockReturnValue(fakeModule as never);
+    const wrapSpy = jest.spyOn(turboModule, 'wrapTurboModule');
+
+    turboModuleContextIntegration({ ignoreTurboModules: [] }).setupOnce!();
+
+    expect(wrapSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('wraps the live RNSentry TurboModule when it is listed in modules', () => {
     const fakeModule = {
       addListener: jest.fn(),
       removeListeners: jest.fn(),
@@ -117,7 +154,7 @@ describe('turboModuleContextIntegration', () => {
 
     const wrapSpy = jest.spyOn(turboModule, 'wrapTurboModule');
 
-    turboModuleContextIntegration().setupOnce!();
+    turboModuleContextIntegration({ modules: [{ name: 'RNSentry' }] }).setupOnce!();
 
     expect(wrapSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'RNSentry',
@@ -142,6 +179,22 @@ describe('turboModuleContextIntegration', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('merges user skipMethods with the RNSentry skip list', () => {
+    jest.spyOn(wrapper, 'getRNSentryModule').mockReturnValue(undefined);
+    const fakeModule = { crash: jest.fn(), fetchNativeFrames: jest.fn(), setTag: jest.fn() };
+    const wrapSpy = jest.spyOn(turboModule, 'wrapTurboModule');
+
+    turboModuleContextIntegration({
+      modules: [{ name: 'RNSentry', module: fakeModule, skipMethods: ['fetchNativeFrames'] }],
+    }).setupOnce!();
+
+    expect(wrapSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'RNSentry',
+      fakeModule,
+      expect.objectContaining({ skip: expect.arrayContaining(['setTag', 'fetchNativeFrames']) }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('does not wrap scope-sync methods on RNSentry (would recurse infinitely)', () => {
     // Sanity check: every method `scopeSync.ts` forwards to NATIVE.* via
     // RNSentry must be in the skip list, otherwise scope writes recurse.
@@ -161,7 +214,7 @@ describe('turboModuleContextIntegration', () => {
     jest.spyOn(wrapper, 'getRNSentryModule').mockReturnValue(fakeModule as never);
 
     const originalCrash = fakeModule.crash;
-    turboModuleContextIntegration().setupOnce!();
+    turboModuleContextIntegration({ modules: [{ name: 'RNSentry', module: fakeModule }] }).setupOnce!();
 
     // crash is wrapped (replaced with sentryTurboModuleWrapper, which is a plain
     // function and therefore lacks the `_isMockFunction` marker the jest mocks carry).
diff --git a/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx b/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx
index 85aae107d2..67077bd7f3 100644
--- a/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx
+++ b/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const sampleFeatureFlagsIntegration = Sentry.featureFlagsIntegration();
 sampleFeatureFlagsIntegration.addFeatureFlag('sample-test-flag', true);
 
 // Replaces the default `TurboModuleContext` integration so the sample's own
-// TurboModules are instrumented too, not just `RNSentry`. Exercised by the
+// TurboModules are instrumented. Exercised by the
 // "TurboModule Playground" screen on the Errors tab.
 const sampleTurboModuleContextIntegration =
   Sentry.turboModuleContextIntegration({