diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/include/opentelemetry/exporters/prometheus/exporter_utils.h b/exporters/prometheus/include/opentelemetry/exporters/prometheus/exporter_utils.h
index 1da9baf6ab..9122626ede 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/include/opentelemetry/exporters/prometheus/exporter_utils.h
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/include/opentelemetry/exporters/prometheus/exporter_utils.h
@@ -25,24 +25,11 @@ class PrometheusExporterUtils
    * Helper function to convert OpenTelemetry metrics data collection
    * to Prometheus metrics data collection
    *
-   * @param records a collection of metrics in OpenTelemetry
+   * @param data a collection of metrics in OpenTelemetry
    * @return a collection of translated metrics that is acceptable by Prometheus
    */
   static std::vector<::prometheus::MetricFamily> TranslateToPrometheus(
       const sdk::metrics::ResourceMetrics &data);
-
-private:
-  /**
-   * Sanitize the given metric name or label according to Prometheus rule.
-   *
-   * This function is needed because names in OpenTelemetry can contain
-   * alphanumeric characters, '_', '.', and '-', whereas in Prometheus the
-   * name should only contain alphanumeric characters and '_'.
-   */
-  static std::string SanitizeNames(std::string name);
-
-  // For testing
-  friend class SanitizeNameTester;
 };
 }  // namespace metrics
 }  // namespace exporter
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc b/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc
index e4ad5664d9..053841f623 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/src/exporter_utils.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,14 @@ std::string AttributeValueToString(const opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttrib
   return result;
 }
 
-std::string SanitizeNamesLocal(std::string name)
+/**
+ * Sanitize the given metric name or label according to Prometheus rule.
+ *
+ * This function is needed because names in OpenTelemetry can contain
+ * alphanumeric characters, '_', '.', and '-', whereas in Prometheus the
+ * name should only contain alphanumeric characters and '_'.
+ */
+std::string SanitizeNames(std::string name)
 {
   constexpr const auto replacement     = '_';
   constexpr const auto replacement_dup = '=';
@@ -166,7 +173,7 @@ struct ClientMetricWrapper
       size_t i = 0;
       for (auto const &label : labels)
       {
-        auto sanitized          = SanitizeNamesLocal(label.first);
+        auto sanitized          = SanitizeNames(label.first);
         metric.label[i].name    = sanitized;
         metric.label[i++].value = AttributeValueToString(label.second);
       }
@@ -356,18 +363,6 @@ std::vector<prometheus_client::MetricFamily> PrometheusExporterUtils::TranslateT
   return output;
 }
 
-/**
- * Sanitize the given metric name or label according to Prometheus rule.
- *
- * This function is needed because names in OpenTelemetry can contain
- * alphanumeric characters, '_', '.', and '-', whereas in Prometheus the
- * name should only contain alphanumeric characters and '_'.
- */
-std::string PrometheusExporterUtils::SanitizeNames(std::string name)
-{
-  return SanitizeNamesLocal(name);
-}
-
 }  // namespace metrics
 }  // namespace exporter
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/test/exporter_utils_test.cc b/exporters/prometheus/test/exporter_utils_test.cc
index ac9ed4545f..f5a6983e43 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/test/exporter_utils_test.cc
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/test/exporter_utils_test.cc
@@ -15,21 +15,6 @@ namespace prometheus_client = ::prometheus;
 
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-namespace exporter
-{
-namespace metrics
-{
-class SanitizeNameTester
-{
-public:
-  static std::string sanitize(std::string name)
-  {
-    return PrometheusExporterUtils::SanitizeNames(name);
-  }
-};
-}  // namespace metrics
-}  // namespace exporter
-
 template <typename T>
 void assert_basic(prometheus_client::MetricFamily &metric,
                   const std::string &sanitized_name,
@@ -153,14 +138,32 @@ TEST(PrometheusExporterUtils, TranslateToPrometheusHistogramNormal)
   assert_histogram(metric, std::list<double>{10.1, 20.2, 30.2}, {200, 300, 400, 500});
 }
 
-TEST(PrometheusExporterUtils, SanitizeName)
+class SanitizeNameTest : public ::testing::Test
+{
+  Resource resource_ = Resource::Create(ResourceAttributes{});
+  nostd::unique_ptr<InstrumentationScope> instrumentation_scope_ =
+      InstrumentationScope::Create("library_name", "1.2.0");
+
+protected:
+  void CheckSanitation(const std::string &original, const std::string &sanitized)
+  {
+    metric_sdk::InstrumentDescriptor instrument_descriptor{
+        original, "description", "unit", metric_sdk::InstrumentType::kCounter,
+        metric_sdk::InstrumentValueType::kDouble};
+    std::vector<prometheus::MetricFamily> result = PrometheusExporterUtils::TranslateToPrometheus(
+        {&resource_,
+         {{instrumentation_scope_.get(), {{instrument_descriptor, {}, {}, {}, {{}}}}}}});
+    EXPECT_EQ(result.begin()->name, sanitized + "_unit");
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(SanitizeNameTest, SanitizeName)
 {
-  ASSERT_EQ(exporter::metrics::SanitizeNameTester::sanitize("name"), "name");
-  ASSERT_EQ(exporter::metrics::SanitizeNameTester::sanitize("name?"), "name_");
-  ASSERT_EQ(exporter::metrics::SanitizeNameTester::sanitize("name???"), "name_");
-  ASSERT_EQ(exporter::metrics::SanitizeNameTester::sanitize("name?__"), "name_");
-  ASSERT_EQ(exporter::metrics::SanitizeNameTester::sanitize("name?__name"), "name_name");
-  ASSERT_EQ(exporter::metrics::SanitizeNameTester::sanitize("name?__name:"), "name_name:");
+  CheckSanitation("name", "name");
+  CheckSanitation("name?", "name_");
+  CheckSanitation("name???", "name_");
+  CheckSanitation("name?__name", "name_name");
+  CheckSanitation("name?__name:", "name_name:");
 }
 
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE