diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cbc3b5290b9..ea0653c181d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 * test(sdk-trace-base): remove obsolete TypeScript and platform workarounds [#6327](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6327) @overbalance
 * fix(example-web): update Docker config and deps for collector [#6342](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6342) @overbalance
 * perf(sdk-trace-base): optimize setAttribute performance [#6283](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6283) @AbhiPrasad
+* refactor(core): remove unnecessary closure in \_export() [#6360](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6360) @cjihrig
 
 ## 2.5.0
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/internal/exporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/internal/exporter.ts
index 2121d7cb784..e5622baacbd 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/internal/exporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/internal/exporter.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ export function _export<T>(
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     // prevent downstream exporter calls from generating spans
     context.with(suppressTracing(context.active()), () => {
-      exporter.export(arg, (result: ExportResult) => {
-        resolve(result);
-      });
+      exporter.export(arg, resolve);
     });
   });
 }