diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/dpclient.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/dpclient.go
index 90ea212e7fae0..0c097c9ec0e1e 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/dpclient.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/dpclient.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation"
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/splunk"
 )
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ func (s *sfxDPClient) pushMetricsData(
 
 	// export any histograms in otlp if sendOTLPHistograms is true
 	if s.sendOTLPHistograms {
-		histogramData, metricCount := utils.GetHistograms(md)
+		histogramData, metricCount := getHistograms(md)
 		if metricCount > 0 {
 			droppedCount, err := s.pushOTLPMetricsDataForToken(ctx, histogramData, metricToken)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter_test.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter_test.go
index ec498b9454ee0..d8fb00e0d06f4 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/exporter_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import (
 	componentmetadata "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/metadata"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/splunk"
 	metadata "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata"
 )
@@ -2099,7 +2098,7 @@ func TestConsumeMixedMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 
 			if tt.wantThrottleErr {
 				if tt.wantPartialMetricsErr {
-					partialMetrics, _ := utils.GetHistograms(smallBatch)
+					partialMetrics, _ := getHistograms(smallBatch)
 					throttleErr := errors.New(errMsg)
 					throttleErr = exporterhelper.NewThrottleRetry(throttleErr, time.Duration(tt.retryAfter)*time.Second)
 					testErr := consumererror.NewMetrics(throttleErr, partialMetrics)
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/factory_test.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/factory_test.go
index 2f2697c95ec58..ac2d57da078b9 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/factory_test.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/factory_test.go
@@ -656,29 +656,3 @@ func testReadJSON(f string, v any) error {
 	}
 	return json.Unmarshal(bytes, &v)
 }
-
-func buildHistogramDP(dp pmetric.HistogramDataPoint, timestamp pcommon.Timestamp) {
-	dp.SetStartTimestamp(timestamp)
-	dp.SetTimestamp(timestamp)
-	dp.SetMin(1.0)
-	dp.SetMax(2)
-	dp.SetCount(5)
-	dp.SetSum(7.0)
-	dp.BucketCounts().FromRaw([]uint64{3, 2})
-	dp.ExplicitBounds().FromRaw([]float64{1, 2})
-	dp.Attributes().PutStr("k1", "v1")
-}
-
-func buildHistogram(im pmetric.Metric, name string, timestamp pcommon.Timestamp, dpCount int) {
-	im.SetName(name)
-	im.SetDescription("Histogram")
-	im.SetUnit("1")
-	im.SetEmptyHistogram().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityDelta)
-	idps := im.Histogram().DataPoints()
-	idps.EnsureCapacity(dpCount)
-
-	for range dpCount {
-		dp := idps.AppendEmpty()
-		buildHistogramDP(dp, timestamp)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/histogram_utils.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/histogram_utils.go
similarity index 95%
rename from exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/histogram_utils.go
rename to exporter/signalfxexporter/histogram_utils.go
index 9e1212cc41ffb..ab4151cdf81a4 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/histogram_utils.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/histogram_utils.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package utils // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils"
+package signalfxexporter // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter"
 
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ func matchedHistogramMetrics(ilm pmetric.ScopeMetrics) (matchedMetricsIdx []int)
 	return matchedMetricsIdx
 }
 
-// GetHistograms returns new Metrics slice containing only Histogram metrics found in the input
+// getHistograms returns new Metrics slice containing only Histogram metrics found in the input
 // and the count of histogram metrics
 // This function also adds the host ID attribute to the resource if it can be derived from the resource attributes
-func GetHistograms(md pmetric.Metrics) (pmetric.Metrics, int) {
+func getHistograms(md pmetric.Metrics) (pmetric.Metrics, int) {
 	matchedMetricsIdxes := matchedHistogramResourceMetrics(md)
 	matchedRmCount := len(matchedMetricsIdxes)
 	if matchedRmCount == 0 {
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/histogram_utils_test.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/histogram_utils_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/histogram_utils_test.go
rename to exporter/signalfxexporter/histogram_utils_test.go
index c752e129999d3..11fbd35e82269 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/histogram_utils_test.go
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/histogram_utils_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package utils
+package signalfxexporter
 
 import (
 	"testing"
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func TestHistogramsAreRetrieved(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			md := tt.inMetricsFunc()
-			gotMetrics, gotCount := GetHistograms(md)
+			gotMetrics, gotCount := getHistograms(md)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantMetricCount, gotCount)
 			if tt.wantMetricCount == 0 {
 				assert.Equal(t, tt.wantMetrics(), gotMetrics)
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/package_test.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/package_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 832862afb8884..0000000000000
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/utils/package_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package utils
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"go.uber.org/goleak"
-)
-
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m)
-}