diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt
index f42ec3fe0a..a00602c348 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-1.53.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-1.52.0.jar
-+++  NEW INTERFACE: PUBLIC(+) ABSTRACT(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.WithShutdown  (not serializable)
-	+++  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- n.a.
-	+++  NEW INTERFACE: java.io.Closeable
-	+++  NEW INTERFACE: java.lang.AutoCloseable
-	+++  NEW SUPERCLASS: java.lang.Object
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) void close()
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) ABSTRACT(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode shutdown()
+No changes.
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java
index aa1fb90c6c..d0ceaa0f18 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.config.ConfigProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdkBuilder;
-import io.opentelemetry.sdk.WithShutdown;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.fileconfig.SdkConfigProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.fileconfig.internal.model.OpenTelemetryConfigurationModel;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.WithShutdown;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProviderBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public final class ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder {
     closeableConsumer.accept(tracerProvider);
     closeableConsumer.accept(meterProvider);
     closeableConsumer.accept(loggerProvider);
-    ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk extendedOpenTelemetrySdk =
+    ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk extendedOpenTelemetrySdk =
         new ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk(
             configProvider, tracerProvider, meterProvider, loggerProvider, propagators);
     closeableConsumer.accept(extendedOpenTelemetrySdk);
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk.java b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk.java
index 984aece59f..d7bd1e440d 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/extension/incubator/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk.java
@@ -15,18 +15,19 @@ import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.WithShutdown;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 
 /** The SDK implementation of {@link ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk}. */
-public final class ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk implements ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk {
+public final class ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk implements ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk,
+    WithShutdown {
 
   private static final Logger LOGGER =
       Logger.getLogger(ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk.class.getName());
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public final class ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk implements ExtendedOpenTel
     this.propagators = propagators;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public CompletableResultCode shutdown() {
     if (!isShutdown.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
       LOGGER.info("Multiple shutdown calls");
@@ -62,11 +64,6 @@ public final class ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk implements ExtendedOpenTel
     return CompletableResultCode.ofAll(results);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void close() {
-    shutdown().join(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public ConfigProvider getConfigProvider() {
     return configProvider;
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 5b8b3bbabc..6f03cf8a7c 100644
--- a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdk.java
+++ b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdk.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.WithShutdown;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
diff --git a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java
index d5b5f0b2c4..2d4e73d779 100644
--- a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/OpenTelemetrySdkBuilder.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package io.opentelemetry.sdk;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.WithShutdown;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProviderBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
diff --git a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/WithShutdown.java b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/internal/WithShutdown.java
similarity index 95%
rename from sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/WithShutdown.java
rename to sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/internal/WithShutdown.java
index cc527bd33d..5ff44fd0be 100644
--- a/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/WithShutdown.java
+++ b/sdk/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/internal/WithShutdown.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package io.opentelemetry.sdk;
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProvider;