diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/global/error_handler.rs b/opentelemetry/src/global/error_handler.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a717154bf..0000000000
--- a/opentelemetry/src/global/error_handler.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-use std::sync::PoisonError;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "logs")]
-use crate::logs::LogError;
-#[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-use crate::metrics::MetricError;
-use crate::propagation::PropagationError;
-#[cfg(feature = "trace")]
-use crate::trace::TraceError;
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-
-static GLOBAL_ERROR_HANDLER: Lazy<RwLock<Option<ErrorHandler>>> = Lazy::new(|| RwLock::new(None));
-
-/// Wrapper for error from both tracing and metrics part of open telemetry.
-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
-pub enum Error {
-    #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
-    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "trace")))]
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    /// Failed to export traces.
-    Trace(#[from] TraceError),
-    #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "metrics")))]
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    /// An issue raised by the metrics module.
-    Metric(#[from] MetricError),
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "logs")]
-    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "logs")))]
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    /// Failed to export logs.
-    Log(#[from] LogError),
-
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    /// Error happens when injecting and extracting information using propagators.
-    Propagation(#[from] PropagationError),
-
-    #[error("{0}")]
-    /// Other types of failures not covered by the variants above.
-    Other(String),
-}
-
-impl<T> From<PoisonError<T>> for Error {
-    fn from(err: PoisonError<T>) -> Self {
-        Error::Other(err.to_string())
-    }
-}
-
-struct ErrorHandler(Box<dyn Fn(Error) + Send + Sync>);
-
-/// Handle error using the globally configured error handler.
-///
-/// Writes to stderr if unset.
-pub fn handle_error<T: Into<Error>>(err: T) {
-    match GLOBAL_ERROR_HANDLER.read() {
-        Ok(handler) if handler.is_some() => (handler.as_ref().unwrap().0)(err.into()),
-        _ => match err.into() {
-            #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-            #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "metrics")))]
-            Error::Metric(err) => eprintln!("OpenTelemetry metrics error occurred. {}", err),
-            #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
-            #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "trace")))]
-            Error::Trace(err) => eprintln!("OpenTelemetry trace error occurred. {}", err),
-            #[cfg(feature = "logs")]
-            #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "logs")))]
-            Error::Log(err) => eprintln!("OpenTelemetry log error occurred. {}", err),
-            Error::Propagation(err) => {
-                eprintln!("OpenTelemetry propagation error occurred. {}", err)
-            }
-            Error::Other(err_msg) => eprintln!("OpenTelemetry error occurred. {}", err_msg),
-        },
-    }
-}
-
-/// Set global error handler.
-pub fn set_error_handler<F>(f: F) -> std::result::Result<(), Error>
-where
-    F: Fn(Error) + Send + Sync + 'static,
-{
-    GLOBAL_ERROR_HANDLER
-        .write()
-        .map(|mut handler| *handler = Some(ErrorHandler(Box::new(f))))
-        .map_err(Into::into)
-}
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/global/internal_logging.rs b/opentelemetry/src/global/internal_logging.rs
index 4391485619..401504847b 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/global/internal_logging.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/global/internal_logging.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 #![allow(unused_macros)]
+
+#[cfg(feature = "logs")]
+use crate::logs::LogError;
+#[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+use crate::metrics::MetricError;
+use crate::propagation::PropagationError;
+#[cfg(feature = "trace")]
+use crate::trace::TraceError;
+use std::sync::PoisonError;
+
 ///
 /// **Note**: These macros (`otel_info!`, `otel_warn!`, `otel_debug!`, and `otel_error!`) are intended to be used
 /// **internally within OpenTelemetry code** or for **custom exporters and processors**. They are not designed
@@ -156,3 +166,39 @@ macro_rules! otel_error {
         }
     };
 }
+
+/// Wrapper for error from tracing, log, and metrics part of open telemetry.
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "trace")))]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    /// Failed to export traces.
+    Trace(#[from] TraceError),
+    #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "metrics")))]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    /// An issue raised by the metrics module.
+    Metric(#[from] MetricError),
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "logs")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "logs")))]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    /// Failed to export logs.
+    Log(#[from] LogError),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    /// Error happens when injecting and extracting information using propagators.
+    Propagation(#[from] PropagationError),
+
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    /// Other types of failures not covered by the variants above.
+    Other(String),
+}
+
+impl<T> From<PoisonError<T>> for Error {
+    fn from(err: PoisonError<T>) -> Self {
+        Error::Other(err.to_string())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/global/mod.rs b/opentelemetry/src/global/mod.rs
index 4fada1123a..180f721ce1 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/global/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/global/mod.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
 //! [`MeterProvider`]: crate::metrics::MeterProvider
 //! [`set_meter_provider`]: crate::global::set_meter_provider
 
-mod error_handler;
 mod internal_logging;
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
 mod metrics;
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ mod propagation;
 #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
 mod trace;
 
-pub use error_handler::{handle_error, set_error_handler, Error};
+pub use internal_logging::Error;
 #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "metrics")))]
 pub use metrics::*;