diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0eaa2af..15b0dbd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 * Deprecate `install_go()`. Visit <https://go.dev/dl/> to download the appropriate build of Go for your platform.
 * Use the copy of `pprof` that comes with Go.
+* Disable Go telemetry to comply with CRAN policies.
 
 # proffer 0.1.6
 
diff --git a/R/pprof.R b/R/pprof.R
index 819a478..9c435a3 100644
--- a/R/pprof.R
+++ b/R/pprof.R
@@ -192,14 +192,18 @@ show_url <- function(host, port) {
 }
 
 serve_pprof_impl <- function(args) {
-  with_safe_path(
-    Sys.getenv("PROFFER_GRAPHVIZ_BIN"),
-    processx::process$new(
-      command = go_bin_path(),
-      args = c("tool", "pprof", args),
-      stdout = "|",
-      stderr = "|",
-      supervise = TRUE
-    )
+  processx::run(
+    command = go_bin_path(),
+    args = c("telemetry", "off"),
+    stdout = "|",
+    stderr = "|",
+    error_on_status = FALSE
+  )
+  processx::process$new(
+    command = go_bin_path(),
+    args = c("tool", "pprof", args),
+    stdout = "|",
+    stderr = "|",
+    supervise = TRUE
   )
 }
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 0591f8d..d04e0b3 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ When you are done testing, you can clean up the process to conserve resources.
 process$kill()
 ```
 
+## Telemetry
+
+Recent versions of Go implement telemetry by default. Functions in `proffer` such as `pprof()` turn off telemetry in order to comply with CRAN policies. Read <https://go.dev/doc/telemetry> to learn how to restore telemetry settings after using `proffer`.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 We encourage participation through [issues](https://github.com/r-prof/proffer/issues) and [pull requests](https://github.com/r-prof/proffer/pulls). `proffer` has a [Contributor Code of Conduct](https://github.com/r-prof/proffer/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81538ed..1223f83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ system.time({
   x <- data.frame(x = x, y = y)
 })
 #>    user  system elapsed 
-#>   0.018   0.001   0.019
+#>   0.019   0.001   0.020
 ```
 
 Moral of the story: before you optimize, throw away your assumptions and
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ resources.
 process$kill()
 ```
 
+## Telemetry
+
+Recent versions of Go implement telemetry by default. Functions in
+`proffer` such as `pprof()` turn off telemetry in order to comply with
+CRAN policies. Read <https://go.dev/doc/telemetry> to learn how to
+restore telemetry settings after using `proffer`.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 We encourage participation through