diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/config.ts b/packages/svelte/src/config.ts
index 4c265ad57fc7..9231ef46426e 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/config.ts
@@ -22,30 +22,23 @@ export function withSentryConfig(
   const mergedOptions = {
     ...DEFAULT_SENTRY_OPTIONS,
     ...sentryOptions,
+    componentTracking: {
+      ...DEFAULT_SENTRY_OPTIONS.componentTracking,
+      ...(sentryOptions && sentryOptions.componentTracking),
+    },
   };
 
   const originalPreprocessors = getOriginalPreprocessorArray(originalConfig);
 
-  // Map is insertion-order-preserving. It's important to add preprocessors
-  // to this map in the right order we want to see them being executed.
-  // see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map
-  const sentryPreprocessors = new Map<string, SentryPreprocessorGroup>();
-
-  const shouldTrackComponents = mergedOptions.componentTracking && mergedOptions.componentTracking.trackComponents;
-  if (shouldTrackComponents) {
-    const firstPassPreproc: SentryPreprocessorGroup = componentTrackingPreprocessor(mergedOptions.componentTracking);
-    sentryPreprocessors.set(firstPassPreproc.sentryId || '', firstPassPreproc);
+  // Bail if users already added the preprocessor
+  if (originalPreprocessors.find((p: PreprocessorGroup) => !!(p as SentryPreprocessorGroup).sentryId)) {
+    return originalConfig;
   }
 
-  // We prioritize user-added preprocessors, so we don't insert sentry processors if they
-  // have already been added by users.
-  originalPreprocessors.forEach((p: SentryPreprocessorGroup) => {
-    if (p.sentryId) {
-      sentryPreprocessors.delete(p.sentryId);
-    }
-  });
-
-  const mergedPreprocessors = [...sentryPreprocessors.values(), ...originalPreprocessors];
+  const mergedPreprocessors = [...originalPreprocessors];
+  if (mergedOptions.componentTracking.trackComponents) {
+    mergedPreprocessors.unshift(componentTrackingPreprocessor(mergedOptions.componentTracking));
+  }
 
   return {
     ...originalConfig,
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/constants.ts b/packages/svelte/src/constants.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cb8255040c03..000000000000
--- a/packages/svelte/src/constants.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export const UI_SVELTE_INIT = 'ui.svelte.init';
-
-export const UI_SVELTE_UPDATE = 'ui.svelte.update';
-
-export const DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME = 'Svelte Component';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/performance.ts b/packages/svelte/src/performance.ts
index b50be258bc58..0c21f8d36622 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/performance.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/performance.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '@sentry/browser';
 import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
 import { afterUpdate, beforeUpdate, onMount } from 'svelte';
 
-import { startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/core';
-import { DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME, UI_SVELTE_INIT, UI_SVELTE_UPDATE } from './constants';
+import { logger, startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { TrackComponentOptions } from './types';
 
 const defaultTrackComponentOptions: {
@@ -29,21 +28,27 @@ export function trackComponent(options?: TrackComponentOptions): void {
 
   const customComponentName = mergedOptions.componentName;
 
-  const componentName = `<${customComponentName || DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME}>`;
+  const componentName = `<${customComponentName || 'Svelte Component'}>`;
 
   if (mergedOptions.trackInit) {
     recordInitSpan(componentName);
   }
 
   if (mergedOptions.trackUpdates) {
-    recordUpdateSpans(componentName);
+    try {
+      recordUpdateSpans(componentName);
+    } catch {
+      logger.warn(
+        "Cannot track component updates. This is likely because you're using Svelte 5 in Runes mode. Set `trackUpdates: false` in `withSentryConfig` or `trackComponent` to disable this warning.",
+      );
+    }
   }
 }
 
 function recordInitSpan(componentName: string): void {
   const initSpan = startInactiveSpan({
     onlyIfParent: true,
-    op: UI_SVELTE_INIT,
+    op: 'ui.svelte.init',
     name: componentName,
     attributes: { [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.ui.svelte' },
   });
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ function recordUpdateSpans(componentName: string): void {
   beforeUpdate(() => {
     updateSpan = startInactiveSpan({
       onlyIfParent: true,
-      op: UI_SVELTE_UPDATE,
+      op: 'ui.svelte.update',
       name: componentName,
       attributes: { [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.ui.svelte' },
     });
diff --git a/packages/svelte/test/config.test.ts b/packages/svelte/test/config.test.ts
index a8c84297082a..21f51dc66518 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/test/config.test.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('withSentryConfig', () => {
 
     const wrappedConfig = withSentryConfig(originalConfig);
 
-    expect(wrappedConfig).toEqual({ ...originalConfig, preprocess: [sentryPreproc] });
+    expect(wrappedConfig).toEqual({ ...originalConfig });
   });
 
   it('handles multiple wraps correctly by only adding our preprocessors once', () => {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/test/performance.test.ts b/packages/svelte/test/performance.test.ts
index 21adeee255c3..67a236116444 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/test/performance.test.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/test/performance.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { getClient, getCurrentScope, getIsolationScope, init, startSpan } from '
 
 import type { TransactionEvent } from '@sentry/core';
 
-// @ts-expect-error svelte import
 import DummyComponent from './components/Dummy.svelte';
 
 const PUBLIC_DSN = 'https://username@domain/123';
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ describe('Sentry.trackComponent()', () => {
 
     init({
       dsn: PUBLIC_DSN,
-      enableTracing: true,
+      tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
       beforeSendTransaction,
     });
   });
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ describe('Sentry.trackComponent()', () => {
     expect(transaction.spans![1]?.description).toEqual('<CustomComponentName>');
   });
 
-  it("doesn't do anything, if there's no ongoing transaction", async () => {
+  it("doesn't do anything, if there's no ongoing parent span", async () => {
     render(DummyComponent, {
       props: { options: { componentName: 'CustomComponentName' } },
     });
@@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ describe('Sentry.trackComponent()', () => {
     expect(transactions).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
-  it("doesn't record update spans, if there's no ongoing root span at that time", async () => {
+  it("doesn't record update spans, if there's no ongoing parent span at that time", async () => {
     const component = startSpan({ name: 'outer' }, span => {
       expect(span).toBeDefined();