diff --git a/pkg/opentelemetry/otelhttpclient/client.go b/pkg/opentelemetry/otelhttpclient/client.go
index b8c929fd..11ab68fa 100644
--- a/pkg/opentelemetry/otelhttpclient/client.go
+++ b/pkg/opentelemetry/otelhttpclient/client.go
@@ -6,18 +6,10 @@ import (
 
 func New(name string, client *http.Client) *http.Client {
 	if client == nil {
-		return NewClient(name)
+		return &http.Client{
+			Transport: NewHTTPTransport(nil, name),
+		}
 	}
-	return NewFromClient(client, name)
-}
-
-func NewClient(name string) *http.Client {
-	return &http.Client{
-		Transport: NewHTTPTransport(nil, name),
-	}
-}
-
-func NewFromClient(httpClient *http.Client, name string) *http.Client {
-	httpClient.Transport = NewHTTPTransport(httpClient.Transport, name)
-	return httpClient
+	client.Transport = NewHTTPTransport(client.Transport, name)
+	return client
 }