diff --git a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
index 767571e7e..7d15cbb9c 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/internal/env"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal/env"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal/observ"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
diff --git a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
index 3c437c57e..4dae21cc2 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/internal/env"
 	sdkmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata/metricdatatest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal/env"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal/observ"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.37.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.37.0/otelconv"
diff --git a/sdk/internal/env/env.go b/sdk/trace/internal/env/env.go
similarity index 98%
rename from sdk/internal/env/env.go
rename to sdk/trace/internal/env/env.go
index e3309231d..58f68df44 100644
--- a/sdk/internal/env/env.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/internal/env/env.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 // Package env provides types and functionality for environment variable support
 // in the OpenTelemetry SDK.
-package env // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/internal/env"
+package env // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal/env"
 
 import (
 	"os"
diff --git a/sdk/internal/env/env_test.go b/sdk/trace/internal/env/env_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/internal/env/env_test.go
rename to sdk/trace/internal/env/env_test.go
diff --git a/sdk/trace/span_limits.go b/sdk/trace/span_limits.go
index bec5e2097..321d97430 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/span_limits.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/span_limits.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 package trace // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 
-import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/internal/env"
+import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal/env"
 
 const (
 	// DefaultAttributeValueLengthLimit is the default maximum allowed
diff --git a/sdk/trace/span_limits_test.go b/sdk/trace/span_limits_test.go
index e91ae1360..99fe588d9 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/span_limits_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/span_limits_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/internal/env"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/internal/env"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )