diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/__init__.pyi
similarity index 89%
rename from opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/__init__.py
rename to opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/__init__.pyi
index ca21f8b8609..e57edc0f58b 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/__init__.pyi
@@ -16,6 +16,3 @@
 The OpenTelemetry SDK package is an implementation of the OpenTelemetry
 API
 """
-from . import metrics, trace, util
-
-__all__ = ["metrics", "trace", "util"]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/in_memory_metrics_exporter.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/in_memory_metrics_exporter.py
index 58ea6eba2ab..e75fd350f71 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/in_memory_metrics_exporter.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/in_memory_metrics_exporter.py
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 import threading
 from typing import Sequence
 
-from . import MetricRecord, MetricsExporter, MetricsExportResult
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import (
+    MetricRecord,
+    MetricsExporter,
+    MetricsExportResult,
+)
 
 
 class InMemoryMetricsExporter(MetricsExporter):
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
index 59231e60f36..3aa01177673 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@
 
 from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.context import attach, detach, set_value
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import Span, SpanProcessor
 from opentelemetry.util import time_ns
 
-from .. import Span, SpanProcessor
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/in_memory_span_exporter.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/in_memory_span_exporter.py
index f652d56e824..967d29b3a80 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/in_memory_span_exporter.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/in_memory_span_exporter.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 import threading
 import typing
 
-from .. import Span
-from . import SpanExporter, SpanExportResult
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import Span
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SpanExporter, SpanExportResult
 
 
 class InMemorySpanExporter(SpanExporter):