diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 5265f920f1..654d615a18 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -379,8 +379,6 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 			strvec_pushv(&child.args, (*argv) + 1);
 
 			trace2_cmd_alias(alias_command, child.args.v);
-			trace2_cmd_list_config();
-			trace2_cmd_list_env_vars();
 			trace2_cmd_name("_run_shell_alias_");
 
 			ret = run_command(&child);
@@ -417,8 +415,6 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 		COPY_ARRAY(new_argv + count, *argv + 1, *argcp);
 
 		trace2_cmd_alias(alias_command, new_argv);
-		trace2_cmd_list_config();
-		trace2_cmd_list_env_vars();
 
 		*argv = new_argv;
 		*argcp += count - 1;
@@ -468,8 +464,6 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: built-in: git");
 	trace2_cmd_name(p->cmd);
-	trace2_cmd_list_config();
-	trace2_cmd_list_env_vars();
 
 	validate_cache_entries(the_repository->index);
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
diff --git a/t/t0211-trace2-perf.sh b/t/t0211-trace2-perf.sh
index 290b6eaaab..13ef69b92f 100755
--- a/t/t0211-trace2-perf.sh
+++ b/t/t0211-trace2-perf.sh
@@ -287,4 +287,235 @@ test_expect_success 'unsafe URLs are redacted by default' '
 	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|remote.origin.url:https://user:pwd@example.com" actual
 '
 
+# Confirm that the requested command produces a "cmd_name" and a
+# set of "def_param" events.
+#
+try_simple () {
+	test_when_finished "rm prop.perf actual" &&
+
+	cmd=$1 &&
+	cmd_name=$2 &&
+
+	test_config_global "trace2.configParams" "cfg.prop.*" &&
+	test_config_global "trace2.envvars" "ENV_PROP_FOO,ENV_PROP_BAR" &&
+
+	test_config_global "cfg.prop.foo" "red" &&
+
+	ENV_PROP_FOO=blue \
+		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/prop.perf" \
+			$cmd &&
+	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY/t0211/scrub_perf.perl" <prop.perf >actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|$cmd_name" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual
+}
+
+# Representative mainstream builtin Git command dispatched
+# in run_builtin() in git.c
+#
+test_expect_success 'expect def_params for normal builtin command' '
+	try_simple "git version" "version"
+'
+
+# Representative query command dispatched in handle_options()
+# in git.c
+#
+test_expect_success 'expect def_params for query command' '
+	try_simple "git --man-path" "_query_"
+'
+
+# remote-curl.c does not use the builtin setup in git.c, so confirm
+# that executables built from remote-curl.c emit def_params.
+#
+# Also tests the dashed-command handling where "git foo" silently
+# spawns "git-foo".  Make sure that both commands should emit
+# def_params.
+#
+# Pass bogus arguments to remote-https and allow the command to fail
+# because we don't actually have a remote to fetch from.  We just want
+# to see the run-dashed code run an executable built from
+# remote-curl.c rather than git.c.  Confirm that we get def_param
+# events from both layers.
+#
+test_expect_success 'expect def_params for remote-curl and _run_dashed_' '
+	test_when_finished "rm prop.perf actual" &&
+
+	test_config_global "trace2.configParams" "cfg.prop.*" &&
+	test_config_global "trace2.envvars" "ENV_PROP_FOO,ENV_PROP_BAR" &&
+
+	test_config_global "cfg.prop.foo" "red" &&
+
+	test_might_fail env \
+		ENV_PROP_FOO=blue \
+		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/prop.perf" \
+		git remote-http x y &&
+
+	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY/t0211/scrub_perf.perl" <prop.perf >actual &&
+
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_dashed_" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual &&
+
+	grep "d1|main|cmd_name|.*|remote-curl" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual
+'
+
+# Similarly, `git-http-fetch` is not built from git.c so do a
+# trivial fetch so that the main git.c run-dashed code spawns
+# an executable built from http-fetch.c.  Confirm that we get
+# def_param events from both layers.
+#
+test_expect_success 'expect def_params for http-fetch and _run_dashed_' '
+	test_when_finished "rm prop.perf actual" &&
+
+	test_config_global "trace2.configParams" "cfg.prop.*" &&
+	test_config_global "trace2.envvars" "ENV_PROP_FOO,ENV_PROP_BAR" &&
+
+	test_config_global "cfg.prop.foo" "red" &&
+
+	test_might_fail env \
+		ENV_PROP_FOO=blue \
+		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/prop.perf" \
+		git http-fetch --stdin file:/// <<-EOF &&
+	EOF
+
+	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY/t0211/scrub_perf.perl" <prop.perf >actual &&
+
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_dashed_" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual &&
+
+	grep "d1|main|cmd_name|.*|http-fetch" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual
+'
+
+# Historically, alias expansion explicitly emitted the def_param
+# events (independent of whether the command was a builtin, a Git
+# command or arbitrary shell command) so that it wasn't dependent
+# upon the unpeeling of the alias. Let's make sure that we preserve
+# the net effect.
+#
+test_expect_success 'expect def_params during git alias expansion' '
+	test_when_finished "rm prop.perf actual" &&
+
+	test_config_global "trace2.configParams" "cfg.prop.*" &&
+	test_config_global "trace2.envvars" "ENV_PROP_FOO,ENV_PROP_BAR" &&
+
+	test_config_global "cfg.prop.foo" "red" &&
+
+	test_config_global "alias.xxx" "version" &&
+
+	ENV_PROP_FOO=blue \
+		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/prop.perf" \
+			git xxx &&
+
+	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY/t0211/scrub_perf.perl" <prop.perf >actual &&
+
+	# "git xxx" is first mapped to "git-xxx" and the child will fail.
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_dashed_ (_run_dashed_)" actual &&
+
+	# We unpeel that and substitute "version" into "xxx" (giving
+	# "git version") and update the cmd_name event.
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_git_alias_ (_run_dashed_/_run_git_alias_)" actual &&
+
+	# These def_param events could be associated with either of the
+	# above cmd_name events.  It does not matter.
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual &&
+
+	# The "git version" child sees a different cmd_name hierarchy.
+	# Also test the def_param (only for completeness).
+	grep "d1|main|cmd_name|.*|version (_run_dashed_/_run_git_alias_/version)" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'expect def_params during shell alias expansion' '
+	test_when_finished "rm prop.perf actual" &&
+
+	test_config_global "trace2.configParams" "cfg.prop.*" &&
+	test_config_global "trace2.envvars" "ENV_PROP_FOO,ENV_PROP_BAR" &&
+
+	test_config_global "cfg.prop.foo" "red" &&
+
+	test_config_global "alias.xxx" "!git version" &&
+
+	ENV_PROP_FOO=blue \
+		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/prop.perf" \
+			git xxx &&
+
+	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY/t0211/scrub_perf.perl" <prop.perf >actual &&
+
+	# "git xxx" is first mapped to "git-xxx" and the child will fail.
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_dashed_ (_run_dashed_)" actual &&
+
+	# We unpeel that and substitute "git version" for "git xxx" (as a
+	# shell command.  Another cmd_name event is emitted as we unpeel.
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_shell_alias_ (_run_dashed_/_run_shell_alias_)" actual &&
+
+	# These def_param events could be associated with either of the
+	# above cmd_name events.  It does not matter.
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual &&
+
+	# We get the following only because we used a git command for the
+	# shell command. In general, it could have been a shell script and
+	# we would see nothing.
+	#
+	# The child knows the cmd_name hierarchy so it includes it.
+	grep "d1|main|cmd_name|.*|version (_run_dashed_/_run_shell_alias_/version)" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'expect def_params during nested git alias expansion' '
+	test_when_finished "rm prop.perf actual" &&
+
+	test_config_global "trace2.configParams" "cfg.prop.*" &&
+	test_config_global "trace2.envvars" "ENV_PROP_FOO,ENV_PROP_BAR" &&
+
+	test_config_global "cfg.prop.foo" "red" &&
+
+	test_config_global "alias.xxx" "yyy" &&
+	test_config_global "alias.yyy" "version" &&
+
+	ENV_PROP_FOO=blue \
+		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/prop.perf" \
+			git xxx &&
+
+	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY/t0211/scrub_perf.perl" <prop.perf >actual &&
+
+	# "git xxx" is first mapped to "git-xxx" and try to spawn "git-xxx"
+	# and the child will fail.
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_dashed_ (_run_dashed_)" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|child_start|.*|.* class:dashed argv:\[git-xxx\]" actual &&
+
+	# We unpeel that and substitute "yyy" into "xxx" (giving "git yyy")
+	# and spawn "git-yyy" and the child will fail.
+	grep "d0|main|alias|.*|alias:xxx argv:\[yyy\]" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_dashed_ (_run_dashed_/_run_dashed_)" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|child_start|.*|.* class:dashed argv:\[git-yyy\]" actual &&
+
+	# We unpeel that and substitute "version" into "xxx" (giving
+	# "git version") and update the cmd_name event.
+	grep "d0|main|alias|.*|alias:yyy argv:\[version\]" actual &&
+	grep "d0|main|cmd_name|.*|_run_git_alias_ (_run_dashed_/_run_dashed_/_run_git_alias_)" actual &&
+
+	# These def_param events could be associated with any of the
+	# above cmd_name events.  It does not matter.
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual >actual.matches &&
+	grep "d0|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual &&
+
+	# However, we do not want them repeated each time we unpeel.
+	test_line_count = 1 actual.matches &&
+
+	# The "git version" child sees a different cmd_name hierarchy.
+	# Also test the def_param (only for completeness).
+	grep "d1|main|cmd_name|.*|version (_run_dashed_/_run_dashed_/_run_git_alias_/version)" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|cfg.prop.foo:red" actual &&
+	grep "d1|main|def_param|.*|ENV_PROP_FOO:blue" actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/trace2.c b/trace2.c
index f1e268bd15..f894532d05 100644
--- a/trace2.c
+++ b/trace2.c
@@ -433,6 +433,9 @@ void trace2_cmd_name_fl(const char *file, int line, const char *name)
 	for_each_wanted_builtin (j, tgt_j)
 		if (tgt_j->pfn_command_name_fl)
 			tgt_j->pfn_command_name_fl(file, line, name, hierarchy);
+
+	trace2_cmd_list_config();
+	trace2_cmd_list_env_vars();
 }
 
 void trace2_cmd_mode_fl(const char *file, int line, const char *mode)
@@ -464,17 +467,29 @@ void trace2_cmd_alias_fl(const char *file, int line, const char *alias,
 
 void trace2_cmd_list_config_fl(const char *file, int line)
 {
+	static int emitted = 0;
+
 	if (!trace2_enabled)
 		return;
 
+	if (emitted)
+		return;
+	emitted = 1;
+
 	tr2_cfg_list_config_fl(file, line);
 }
 
 void trace2_cmd_list_env_vars_fl(const char *file, int line)
 {
+	static int emitted = 0;
+
 	if (!trace2_enabled)
 		return;
 
+	if (emitted)
+		return;
+	emitted = 1;
+
 	tr2_list_env_vars_fl(file, line);
 }