diff --git a/exporters/ostream/include/opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/metric_exporter.h b/exporters/ostream/include/opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/metric_exporter.h
index 465ae02bb6..56b6c577b0 100644
--- a/exporters/ostream/include/opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/metric_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/ostream/include/opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/metric_exporter.h
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
 #  include <iostream>
 #  include <string>
 #  include "opentelemetry/common/spin_lock_mutex.h"
-#  include "opentelemetry/nostd/span.h"
 #  include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/data/metric_data.h"
 #  include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/instruments.h"
 #  include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/metric_exporter.h"
-#  include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/recordable.h"
 #  include "opentelemetry/version.h"
 
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ class OStreamMetricExporter final : public opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::MetricEx
 public:
   /**
    * Create an OStreamMetricExporter. This constructor takes in a reference to an ostream that the
-   * export() function will send span data into.
+   * export() function will send metrics data into.
    * The default ostream is set to stdout
    */
   explicit OStreamMetricExporter(std::ostream &sout = std::cout) noexcept;
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregator/aggregator.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregator/aggregator.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 416cea5adf..0000000000
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregator/aggregator.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-#pragma once
-#ifndef ENABLE_METRICS_PREVIEW
-#  include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregation/aggregation.h"
-#  include "opentelemetry/version.h"
-OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-namespace sdk
-{
-namespace metrics
-{
-class Aggregator
-{};
-
-class NoOpAggregator : public Aggregator
-{
-  // TBD
-};
-
-}  // namespace metrics
-}  // namespace sdk
-OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/metric_exporter.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/metric_exporter.h
index 127ef468ac..3217b83df5 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/metric_exporter.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/metric_exporter.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class MetricExporter
   virtual ~MetricExporter() = default;
 
   /**
-   * Exports a batch of metrics recordables. This method must not be called
+   * Exports a batch of metrics data. This method must not be called
    * concurrently for the same exporter instance.
    * @param data metrics data
    */
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/recordable.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/recordable.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d7e7f5756e..0000000000
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/recordable.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-#pragma once
-#ifndef ENABLE_METRICS_PREVIEW
-#  include "opentelemetry/nostd/string_view.h"
-#  include "opentelemetry/version.h"
-
-OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-namespace sdk
-{
-namespace metrics
-{
-class Recordable
-{
-public:
-  virtual ~Recordable() = default;
-  nostd::string_view GetName() { return name_; }
-  // TBD
-private:
-  nostd::string_view name_;
-};
-}  // namespace metrics
-}  // namespace sdk
-OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE;
-#endif