diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index 2a8862d60c..1f573faab7 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ By [@USERNAME](https://github.com/USERNAME) in https://github.com/apollographql/
 
 ## ❗ BREAKING ❗
 
+### Put `query_plan_options` in private and wrap `QueryPlanContent` in an opaque type ([PR #1486](https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/1486))
+
+`QueryPlanOptions::query_plan_options` is no longer available in public.
+
+By [@bnjjj](https://github.com/bnjjj) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/1486
+
 ### Removed `delay_interval` in telemetry configuration. [PR #FIXME]
 
 It was doing nothing.
@@ -56,6 +62,7 @@ It is now possible to create a subscriber and pass it explicitely to the telemet
 when creating it. It will then be modified to integrate the telemetry plugin's layer.
 
 By [@geal](https://github.com/geal) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/1463
+>>>>>>> be6590826afb60bf3c683315c68f9ed47594a2a3
 
 ## 🚀 Features
 
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/query_planner/mod.rs b/apollo-router/src/query_planner/mod.rs
index 1c84378436..2d2d9308d9 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/query_planner/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/query_planner/mod.rs
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ mod selection;
 
 /// Query planning options.
 #[derive(Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, Debug, Default)]
-pub struct QueryPlanOptions {
+pub(crate) struct QueryPlanOptions {
     /// Enable the variable deduplication optimization on the QueryPlan
-    pub enable_variable_deduplication: bool,
+    pub(crate) enable_variable_deduplication: bool,
 }
 
 /// A plan for a given GraphQL query
@@ -250,12 +250,6 @@ impl PlanNode {
 }
 
 impl QueryPlan {
-    /// Pass some options to the QueryPlan
-    pub fn with_options(mut self, options: QueryPlanOptions) -> Self {
-        self.options = options;
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Execute the plan and return a [`Response`].
     pub async fn execute<'a, SF>(
         &self,
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/services/mod.rs b/apollo-router/src/services/mod.rs
index 971e0391f2..9a9a07723a 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/services/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/services/mod.rs
@@ -282,13 +282,13 @@ impl RouterResponse {
 }
 
 assert_impl_all!(QueryPlannerRequest: Send);
-/// [`Context`] and [`QueryPlanOptions`] for the request.
+/// [`Context`] for the request.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct QueryPlannerRequest {
     pub query: String,
     pub operation_name: Option<String>,
     /// Query plan options
-    pub query_plan_options: QueryPlanOptions,
+    pub(crate) query_plan_options: QueryPlanOptions,
 
     pub context: Context,
 }
@@ -302,22 +302,21 @@ impl QueryPlannerRequest {
     pub fn new(
         query: String,
         operation_name: Option<String>,
-        query_plan_options: QueryPlanOptions,
         context: Context,
     ) -> QueryPlannerRequest {
         Self {
             query,
             operation_name,
-            query_plan_options,
+            query_plan_options: QueryPlanOptions::default(),
             context,
         }
     }
 }
 
 assert_impl_all!(QueryPlannerResponse: Send);
-/// [`Context`] and [`QueryPlan`] for the response..
+/// [`Context`] and [`QueryPlan`] for the response.
 pub struct QueryPlannerResponse {
-    pub content: QueryPlannerContent,
+    pub(crate) content: QueryPlannerContent,
     pub context: Context,
 }
 
@@ -340,7 +339,7 @@ impl QueryPlannerResponse {
     ///
     /// Required parameters are required in non-testing code to create a QueryPlannerResponse.
     #[builder]
-    pub fn new(content: QueryPlannerContent, context: Context) -> QueryPlannerResponse {
+    pub(crate) fn new(content: QueryPlannerContent, context: Context) -> QueryPlannerResponse {
         Self { content, context }
     }
 
@@ -364,6 +363,11 @@ impl QueryPlannerResponse {
             context,
         ))
     }
+
+    /// Get a reference of the query plan
+    pub fn query_plan(&self) -> &QueryPlannerContent {
+        &self.content
+    }
 }
 
 assert_impl_all!(SubgraphRequest: Send);
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/services/router_service.rs b/apollo-router/src/services/router_service.rs
index ced2b966b6..ac8082a09c 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/services/router_service.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/services/router_service.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ use crate::plugin::DynPlugin;
 use crate::plugin::Plugin;
 use crate::query_planner::BridgeQueryPlanner;
 use crate::query_planner::CachingQueryPlanner;
-use crate::query_planner::QueryPlanOptions;
 use crate::router_factory::RouterServiceFactory;
 use crate::services::layers::apq::APQLayer;
 use crate::services::layers::ensure_query_presence::EnsureQueryPresence;
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ where
                                 .expect("the query presence was already checked by a plugin"),
                         )
                         .and_operation_name(body.operation_name.clone())
-                        .query_plan_options(QueryPlanOptions::default())
                         .context(context)
                         .build(),
                 )