diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/config.go b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/config.go
index 9b62bde5083f..6189c019f371 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/config.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/config.go
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregation"
 )
 
 // config contains options for the exporter.
@@ -100,22 +98,7 @@ func (t temporalitySelectorOption) apply(c config) config {
 // package or the aggregation explicitly passed for a view matching an
 // instrument.
 func WithAggregationSelector(selector metric.AggregationSelector) Option {
-	// Deep copy and validate before using.
-	wrapped := func(ik metric.InstrumentKind) aggregation.Aggregation {
-		a := selector(ik)
-		cpA := a.Copy()
-		if err := cpA.Err(); err != nil {
-			cpA = metric.DefaultAggregationSelector(ik)
-			global.Error(
-				err, "using default aggregation instead",
-				"aggregation", a,
-				"replacement", cpA,
-			)
-		}
-		return cpA
-	}
-
-	return aggregationSelectorOption{selector: wrapped}
+	return aggregationSelectorOption{selector: selector}
 }
 
 type aggregationSelectorOption struct {
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go
index e3d867e00dc8..c223a84da59c 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 )
 
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func (e *exporter) Temporality(k metric.InstrumentKind) metricdata.Temporality {
 	return e.temporalitySelector(k)
 }
 
-func (e *exporter) Aggregation(k metric.InstrumentKind) aggregation.Aggregation {
+func (e *exporter) Aggregation(k metric.InstrumentKind) metric.Aggregation {
 	return e.aggregationSelector(k)
 }
 
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go
index 72feb08c2fbc..71679d623a1f 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/exporter_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/aggregation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 )
 
@@ -115,8 +114,8 @@ func TestTemporalitySelector(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, metricdata.DeltaTemporality, exp.Temporality(unknownKind))
 }
 
-func dropSelector(metric.InstrumentKind) aggregation.Aggregation {
-	return aggregation.Drop{}
+func dropSelector(metric.InstrumentKind) metric.Aggregation {
+	return metric.AggregationDrop{}
 }
 
 func TestAggregationSelector(t *testing.T) {
@@ -127,5 +126,5 @@ func TestAggregationSelector(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	var unknownKind metric.InstrumentKind
-	assert.Equal(t, aggregation.Drop{}, exp.Aggregation(unknownKind))
+	assert.Equal(t, metric.AggregationDrop{}, exp.Aggregation(unknownKind))
 }