diff --git a/translator/trace/zipkin/attributes.go b/translator/trace/internal/zipkin/attributes.go
similarity index 100%
rename from translator/trace/zipkin/attributes.go
rename to translator/trace/internal/zipkin/attributes.go
diff --git a/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json.go b/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json.go
index 6c2700e8f4cc..d74c1895a036 100644
--- a/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json.go
+++ b/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/idutils"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/zipkin"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/internal/zipkin"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json_test.go b/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json_test.go
index accb45b69c64..db7d1b2a7197 100644
--- a/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json_test.go
+++ b/translator/trace/zipkinv1/json_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/zipkin"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/internal/zipkin"
 )
 
 func TestSingleJSONV1BatchToTraces(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/translator/trace/zipkinv2/from_translator.go b/translator/trace/zipkinv2/from_translator.go
index 8b063a09fb9f..017fc1fefc9b 100644
--- a/translator/trace/zipkinv2/from_translator.go
+++ b/translator/trace/zipkinv2/from_translator.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/model"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/zipkin"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/internal/zipkin"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator.go b/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator.go
index 0d1c429e452b..0eafcd5cb6fe 100644
--- a/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator.go
+++ b/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/zipkin"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/internal/zipkin"
 )
 
 var _ model.ToTracesTranslator = (*ToTranslator)(nil)
diff --git a/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator_test.go b/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator_test.go
index fb11feca0f39..431336e5baa5 100644
--- a/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator_test.go
+++ b/translator/trace/zipkinv2/to_translator_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/zipkin"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace/internal/zipkin"
 )
 
 func TestZipkinSpansToInternalTraces(t *testing.T) {