diff --git a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/Obfuscated.java b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/Obfuscated.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 4243762b70..0000000000
--- a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/Obfuscated.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package io.opentelemetry.sdk;
-
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
-
-/**
- * This interface allows the SDK to unobfuscate an obfuscated static global provider.
- *
- * <p>Static global providers are obfuscated when they are returned from the API to prevent users
- * from casting them to their SDK specific implementation.
- *
- * <p>This is important for auto-instrumentation, because if users take the static global providers
- * that are returned from the API, and cast them to their SDK specific implementations, then those
- * casts will fail under auto-instrumentation, because auto-instrumentation takes over the static
- * global providers returned by the API and points them to it's embedded SDK.
- */
-@ThreadSafe
-interface Obfuscated<T> {
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the unobfuscated provider.
-   *
-   * @return the unobfuscated provider.
-   */
-  T unobfuscate();
-}
diff --git a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdk.java b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdk.java
index 4ec7eab1f5..addae908b4 100644
--- a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdk.java
+++ b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdk.java
@@ -271,14 +271,15 @@ public final class OpenTelemetrySdk extends DefaultOpenTelemetry {
   }
 
   /**
-   * A {@link TracerProvider} wrapper that forces users to access the SDK specific implementation
-   * via the SDK, instead of via the API and casting it to the SDK specific implementation.
+   * This class allows the SDK to unobfuscate an obfuscated static global provider.
    *
-   * @see Obfuscated
+   * <p>Static global providers are obfuscated when they are returned from the API to prevent users
+   * from casting them to their SDK specific implementation. For example, we do not want users to
+   * use patterns like {@code (TracerSdkProvider) OpenTelemetry.getGlobalTracerProvider()}.
    */
   @ThreadSafe
   // Visible for testing
-  static class ObfuscatedTracerProvider implements TracerProvider, Obfuscated<TracerProvider> {
+  static class ObfuscatedTracerProvider implements TracerProvider {
 
     private final TracerProvider delegate;
 
@@ -296,7 +297,6 @@ public final class OpenTelemetrySdk extends DefaultOpenTelemetry {
       return delegate.get(instrumentationName, instrumentationVersion);
     }
 
-    @Override
     public TracerProvider unobfuscate() {
       return delegate;
     }