diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_logs.go b/processor/filterprocessor/logs.go
similarity index 79%
rename from processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_logs.go
rename to processor/filterprocessor/logs.go
index 894f9daf815fa..32f7751a8c980 100644
--- a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_logs.go
+++ b/processor/filterprocessor/logs.go
@@ -60,51 +60,37 @@ func newFilterLogsProcessor(logger *zap.Logger, cfg *Config) (*filterLogProcesso
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (flp *filterLogProcessor) ProcessLogs(ctx context.Context, logs plog.Logs) (plog.Logs, error) {
+func (flp *filterLogProcessor) ProcessLogs(_ context.Context, logs plog.Logs) (plog.Logs, error) {
 	rLogs := logs.ResourceLogs()
 
 	// Filter out logs
-	flp.filterLogRecords(rLogs)
-
-	if rLogs.Len() == 0 {
-		return logs, processorhelper.ErrSkipProcessingData
-	}
-
-	return logs, nil
-}
-
-func (flp *filterLogProcessor) filterLogRecords(rLogs plog.ResourceLogsSlice) {
-	for i := 0; i < rLogs.Len(); i++ {
-		rLog := rLogs.At(i)
-		resource := rLog.Resource()
-		scopes := rLog.ScopeLogs()
-
-		for j := 0; j < scopes.Len(); j++ {
-			scope := scopes.At(j)
-			instrumentationScope := scope.Scope()
-			lrs := scope.LogRecords()
+	rLogs.RemoveIf(func(rl plog.ResourceLogs) bool {
+		resource := rl.Resource()
+		rl.ScopeLogs().RemoveIf(func(sl plog.ScopeLogs) bool {
+			scope := sl.Scope()
+			lrs := sl.LogRecords()
 
 			if flp.includeMatcher != nil {
 				// If includeMatcher exists, remove all records that do not match the filter.
 				lrs.RemoveIf(func(lr plog.LogRecord) bool {
-					return !flp.includeMatcher.MatchLogRecord(lr, resource, instrumentationScope)
+					return !flp.includeMatcher.MatchLogRecord(lr, resource, scope)
 				})
 			}
 
 			if flp.excludeMatcher != nil {
 				// If excludeMatcher exists, remove all records that match the filter.
 				lrs.RemoveIf(func(lr plog.LogRecord) bool {
-					return flp.excludeMatcher.MatchLogRecord(lr, resource, instrumentationScope)
+					return flp.excludeMatcher.MatchLogRecord(lr, resource, scope)
 				})
 			}
-		}
-
-		scopes.RemoveIf(func(sl plog.ScopeLogs) bool {
 			return sl.LogRecords().Len() == 0
 		})
-	}
-
-	rLogs.RemoveIf(func(rl plog.ResourceLogs) bool {
 		return rl.ScopeLogs().Len() == 0
 	})
+
+	if rLogs.Len() == 0 {
+		return logs, processorhelper.ErrSkipProcessingData
+	}
+
+	return logs, nil
 }
diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_logs_test.go b/processor/filterprocessor/logs_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_logs_test.go
rename to processor/filterprocessor/logs_test.go
diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor.go b/processor/filterprocessor/metrics.go
similarity index 100%
rename from processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor.go
rename to processor/filterprocessor/metrics.go
diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_test.go b/processor/filterprocessor/metrics_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_test.go
rename to processor/filterprocessor/metrics_test.go
diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces.go b/processor/filterprocessor/traces.go
similarity index 71%
rename from processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces.go
rename to processor/filterprocessor/traces.go
index 3b97d59347305..79875185d2950 100644
--- a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces.go
+++ b/processor/filterprocessor/traces.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package filterprocessor // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-colle
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorhelper"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -87,41 +86,31 @@ func createSpanMatcher(cfg *Config) (filterspan.Matcher, filterspan.Matcher, err
 
 // processTraces filters the given spans of a traces based off the filterSpanProcessor's filters.
 func (fsp *filterSpanProcessor) processTraces(_ context.Context, pdt ptrace.Traces) (ptrace.Traces, error) {
-	for i := 0; i < pdt.ResourceSpans().Len(); i++ {
-		resSpan := pdt.ResourceSpans().At(i)
-		for x := 0; x < resSpan.ScopeSpans().Len(); x++ {
-			ils := resSpan.ScopeSpans().At(x)
-			ils.Spans().RemoveIf(func(span ptrace.Span) bool {
-				return fsp.shouldRemoveSpan(span, resSpan.Resource(), ils.Scope())
+	pdt.ResourceSpans().RemoveIf(func(rs ptrace.ResourceSpans) bool {
+		resource := rs.Resource()
+		rs.ScopeSpans().RemoveIf(func(ss ptrace.ScopeSpans) bool {
+			scope := ss.Scope()
+			ss.Spans().RemoveIf(func(span ptrace.Span) bool {
+				if fsp.include != nil {
+					if !fsp.include.MatchSpan(span, resource, scope) {
+						return true
+					}
+				}
+
+				if fsp.exclude != nil {
+					if fsp.exclude.MatchSpan(span, resource, scope) {
+						return true
+					}
+				}
+
+				return false
 			})
-		}
-		// Remove empty elements, that way if we delete everything we can tell
-		// the pipeline to stop processing completely (ErrSkipProcessingData)
-		resSpan.ScopeSpans().RemoveIf(func(ilsSpans ptrace.ScopeSpans) bool {
-			return ilsSpans.Spans().Len() == 0
+			return ss.Spans().Len() == 0
 		})
-	}
-	pdt.ResourceSpans().RemoveIf(func(res ptrace.ResourceSpans) bool {
-		return res.ScopeSpans().Len() == 0
+		return rs.ScopeSpans().Len() == 0
 	})
 	if pdt.ResourceSpans().Len() == 0 {
 		return pdt, processorhelper.ErrSkipProcessingData
 	}
 	return pdt, nil
 }
-
-func (fsp *filterSpanProcessor) shouldRemoveSpan(span ptrace.Span, resource pcommon.Resource, library pcommon.InstrumentationScope) bool {
-	if fsp.include != nil {
-		if !fsp.include.MatchSpan(span, resource, library) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	if fsp.exclude != nil {
-		if fsp.exclude.MatchSpan(span, resource, library) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces_test.go b/processor/filterprocessor/traces_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from processor/filterprocessor/filter_processor_traces_test.go
rename to processor/filterprocessor/traces_test.go