diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/BaseTracer.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/BaseTracer.java
index 5872107686..06b0881984 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/BaseTracer.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/BaseTracer.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapGetter;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.InstrumentationVersion;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.config.Config;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.context.ContextPropagationDebug;
-import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.tracer.utils.SupportabilityMetrics;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/utils/SupportabilityMetrics.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/SupportabilityMetrics.java
similarity index 94%
rename from instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/utils/SupportabilityMetrics.java
rename to instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/SupportabilityMetrics.java
index 0f842698f5..4e73407bb2 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/utils/SupportabilityMetrics.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/SupportabilityMetrics.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.tracer.utils;
+package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.tracer;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.config.Config;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-public class SupportabilityMetrics {
+class SupportabilityMetrics {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SupportabilityMetrics.class);
   private final boolean agentDebugEnabled;
   private final Consumer<String> reporter;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class SupportabilityMetrics {
     this.reporter = reporter;
   }
 
-  public void recordSuppressedSpan(SpanKind kind, String instrumentationName) {
+  void recordSuppressedSpan(SpanKind kind, String instrumentationName) {
     if (!agentDebugEnabled) {
       return;
     }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class SupportabilityMetrics {
         });
   }
 
-  public SupportabilityMetrics start() {
+  SupportabilityMetrics start() {
     if (agentDebugEnabled) {
       Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(
               1,
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/utils/SupportabilityMetricsTest.java b/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/SupportabilityMetricsTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/utils/SupportabilityMetricsTest.java
rename to instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/SupportabilityMetricsTest.java
index c1ea6fb6ba..3f94c1a11b 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/utils/SupportabilityMetricsTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/tracer/SupportabilityMetricsTest.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.tracer.utils;
+package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.tracer;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;