diff --git a/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.spec.ts b/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.spec.ts
index 0bb7cbae11..8cb7c4609a 100644
--- a/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.spec.ts
@@ -309,16 +309,17 @@ describe('getActionNameFromElement', () => {
       ).toBe('bar')
     })
 
-    it('replaces the programmatic action name in textual content', () => {
+    it('remove children with programmatic action name in textual content', () => {
       expect(getActionNameFromElement(element`<div>Foo <div data-dd-action-name="custom action">bar<div></div>`)).toBe(
-        'Foo custom action'
+        'Foo'
       )
     })
 
-    it('replaces the programmatic action name in textual content based on the user-configured attribute', () => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+    it('remove children with programmatic action name in textual content based on the user-configured attribute', () => {
       expect(
         getActionNameFromElement(element`<div>Foo <div data-test-id="custom action">bar<div></div>`, 'data-test-id')
-      ).toBe('Foo custom action')
+      ).toBe('Foo')
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.ts b/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.ts
index 0e91b7955d..2d02ebb1c4 100644
--- a/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.ts
+++ b/packages/rum-core/src/domain/rumEventsCollection/action/getActionNameFromElement.ts
@@ -173,14 +173,14 @@ function getTextualContent(element: Element | HTMLElement, userProgrammaticAttri
   if ('innerText' in element) {
     let text = element.innerText
 
-    const replaceTextFromElements = (query: string, replacer: (element: Element) => string) => {
+    const removeTextFromElements = (query: string) => {
       const list = element.querySelectorAll<Element | HTMLElement>(query)
       for (let index = 0; index < list.length; index += 1) {
         const element = list[index]
         if ('innerText' in element) {
           const textToReplace = element.innerText
           if (textToReplace && textToReplace.trim().length > 0) {
-            text = text.replace(textToReplace, replacer(element))
+            text = text.replace(textToReplace, '')
           }
         }
       }
@@ -189,20 +189,14 @@ function getTextualContent(element: Element | HTMLElement, userProgrammaticAttri
     if (!supportsInnerTextScriptAndStyleRemoval()) {
       // remove the inner text of SCRIPT and STYLES from the result. This is a bit dirty, but should
       // be relatively fast and work in most cases.
-      replaceTextFromElements('script, style', () => '')
+      removeTextFromElements('script, style')
     }
 
-    // replace the text of elements with their programmatic attribute value
-    replaceTextFromElements(
-      `[${DEFAULT_PROGRAMMATIC_ATTRIBUTE}]`,
-      (element) => element.getAttribute(DEFAULT_PROGRAMMATIC_ATTRIBUTE)!
-    )
+    // remove the text of elements with programmatic attribute value
+    removeTextFromElements(`[${DEFAULT_PROGRAMMATIC_ATTRIBUTE}]`)
 
     if (userProgrammaticAttribute) {
-      replaceTextFromElements(
-        `[${userProgrammaticAttribute}]`,
-        (element) => element.getAttribute(userProgrammaticAttribute)!
-      )
+      removeTextFromElements(`[${userProgrammaticAttribute}]`)
     }
 
     return text