diff --git a/src/Polly.Specs/Helpers/RateLimit/IRateLimiterExtensions.cs b/src/Polly.Specs/Helpers/RateLimit/IRateLimiterExtensions.cs
index 4d48dc376ac..64da0965670 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Specs/Helpers/RateLimit/IRateLimiterExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Specs/Helpers/RateLimit/IRateLimiterExtensions.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Polly.Specs.Helpers.RateLimit
 {
-    public static class IRateLimiterExtensions
+    internal static class IRateLimiterExtensions
     {
         public static void ShouldPermitAnExecution(this IRateLimiter rateLimiter)
         {
diff --git a/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs b/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs
index 23be20161bc..775f47361f6 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Polly.Specs.RateLimit
 {
     public class LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiterTests : TokenBucketRateLimiterTestsBase
     {
-        public override IRateLimiter GetRateLimiter(TimeSpan onePer, long bucketCapacity)
+        internal override IRateLimiter GetRateLimiter(TimeSpan onePer, long bucketCapacity)
             => new LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiter(onePer, bucketCapacity);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs b/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs
index c9af7fa837e..31376594f63 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiterTests.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Polly.Specs.RateLimit
 {
     public class LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiterTests : TokenBucketRateLimiterTestsBase
     {
-        public override IRateLimiter GetRateLimiter(TimeSpan onePer, long bucketCapacity)
+        internal override IRateLimiter GetRateLimiter(TimeSpan onePer, long bucketCapacity)
             => new LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiter(onePer, bucketCapacity);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/TokenBucketRateLimiterTestsBase.cs b/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/TokenBucketRateLimiterTestsBase.cs
index 0eefc960fa6..c296f0d5bf7 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/TokenBucketRateLimiterTestsBase.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Specs/RateLimit/TokenBucketRateLimiterTestsBase.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Polly.Specs.RateLimit
     [Collection(Polly.Specs.Helpers.Constants.SystemClockDependentTestCollection)]
     public abstract class TokenBucketRateLimiterTestsBase : RateLimitSpecsBase, IDisposable
     {
-        public abstract IRateLimiter GetRateLimiter(TimeSpan onePer, long bucketCapacity);
+        internal abstract IRateLimiter GetRateLimiter(TimeSpan onePer, long bucketCapacity);
 
         public void Dispose()
         {
diff --git a/src/Polly/RateLimit/IRateLimiter.cs b/src/Polly/RateLimit/IRateLimiter.cs
index 9136bbcc201..79e724f3acb 100644
--- a/src/Polly/RateLimit/IRateLimiter.cs
+++ b/src/Polly/RateLimit/IRateLimiter.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Polly.RateLimit
     /// <summary>
     /// Defines methods to be provided by a rate-limiter used in a Polly <see cref="IRateLimitPolicy"/>
     /// </summary>
-    public interface IRateLimiter
+    internal interface IRateLimiter
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns whether the execution is permitted; if not, returns what <see cref="TimeSpan"/> should be waited before retrying.
diff --git a/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs b/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs
index 6ea0dfa6ef9..26feb3d05cd 100644
--- a/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs
+++ b/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Polly.RateLimit
     /// <summary>
     /// A lock-based token-bucket rate-limiter for a Polly <see cref="IRateLimitPolicy"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public class LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiter : IRateLimiter
+    internal class LockBasedTokenBucketRateLimiter : IRateLimiter
     {
         private readonly long addTokenTickInterval;
         private readonly long bucketCapacity;
diff --git a/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs b/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs
index 152fb60b433..42571d735be 100644
--- a/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs
+++ b/src/Polly/RateLimit/LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiter.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Polly.RateLimit
     /// <summary>
     /// A lock-free token-bucket rate-limiter for a Polly <see cref="IRateLimitPolicy"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public class LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiter : IRateLimiter
+    internal class LockFreeTokenBucketRateLimiter : IRateLimiter
     {
         private readonly long addTokenTickInterval;
         private readonly long bucketCapacity;