diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/gen.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/gen.go
index 17b9fa70ee7e..7b9684c2679c 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/gen.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/gen.go
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 
 package internal // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal"
 
-//go:generate gotmpl --body=../../../../internal/shared/otlp/wrappederror.go.tmpl "--data={}" --out=wrappederror.go
-//go:generate gotmpl --body=../../../../internal/shared/otlp/wrappederror_test.go.tmpl "--data={}" --out=wrappederror_test.go
-
 //go:generate gotmpl --body=../../../../internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/header.go.tmpl "--data={}" --out=header.go
 //go:generate gotmpl --body=../../../../internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/header_test.go.tmpl "--data={}" --out=header_test.go
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/wrappederror.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/wrappederror.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f434140acb7..000000000000
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/wrappederror.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-// Code created by gotmpl. DO NOT MODIFY.
-// source: internal/shared/otlp/wrappederror.go.tmpl
-
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package internal // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal"
-
-// ErrorKind is used to identify the kind of export error
-// being wrapped.
-type ErrorKind int
-
-const (
-	// TracesExport indicates the error comes from the OTLP trace exporter.
-	TracesExport ErrorKind = iota
-)
-
-// prefix returns a prefix for the Error() string.
-func (k ErrorKind) prefix() string {
-	switch k {
-	case TracesExport:
-		return "traces export: "
-	default:
-		return "unknown: "
-	}
-}
-
-// wrappedExportError wraps an OTLP exporter error with the kind of
-// signal that produced it.
-type wrappedExportError struct {
-	wrap error
-	kind ErrorKind
-}
-
-// WrapTracesError wraps an error from the OTLP exporter for traces.
-func WrapTracesError(err error) error {
-	return wrappedExportError{
-		wrap: err,
-		kind: TracesExport,
-	}
-}
-
-var _ error = wrappedExportError{}
-
-// Error attaches a prefix corresponding to the kind of exporter.
-func (t wrappedExportError) Error() string {
-	return t.kind.prefix() + t.wrap.Error()
-}
-
-// Unwrap returns the wrapped error.
-func (t wrappedExportError) Unwrap() error {
-	return t.wrap
-}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/wrappederror_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/wrappederror_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 29f6e48209fd..000000000000
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/wrappederror_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// Code created by gotmpl. DO NOT MODIFY.
-// source: internal/shared/otlp/wrappederror_test.go.tmpl
-
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package internal // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal"
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-func TestWrappedError(t *testing.T) {
-	e := WrapTracesError(context.Canceled)
-
-	require.Equal(t, context.Canceled, errors.Unwrap(e))
-	require.Equal(t, TracesExport, e.(wrappedExportError).kind)
-	require.Equal(t, "traces export: context canceled", e.Error())
-	require.True(t, errors.Is(e, context.Canceled))
-}