diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 472811db587..ab0d59bf922 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ## 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
 
+- Remove OpenCensus conventions, should not be used (#3113)
 - Remove tracetranslator.TagHTTPStatusCode, use conventions.AttributeHTTPStatusCode (#3111)
 - Remove OpenCensus status constants and transformation (#3110)
 
diff --git a/translator/conventions/opencensus.go b/internal/occonventions/opencensus.go
similarity index 72%
rename from translator/conventions/opencensus.go
rename to internal/occonventions/opencensus.go
index 244bb230060..2a1b8898db6 100644
--- a/translator/conventions/opencensus.go
+++ b/internal/occonventions/opencensus.go
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package conventions
+package occonventions
 
 // OTLP attributes to map certain OpenCensus proto fields. These fields don't have
 // corresponding fields in OTLP, nor are defined in OTLP semantic conventions.
 const (
-	OCAttributeProcessStartTime        = "opencensus.starttime"
-	OCAttributeExporterVersion         = "opencensus.exporterversion"
-	OCAttributeResourceType            = "opencensus.resourcetype"
-	OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan = "opencensus.same_process_as_parent_span"
+	AttributeProcessStartTime        = "opencensus.starttime"
+	AttributeExporterVersion         = "opencensus.exporterversion"
+	AttributeResourceType            = "opencensus.resourcetype"
+	AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan = "opencensus.same_process_as_parent_span"
 )
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/metrics_to_oc_test.go b/translator/internaldata/metrics_to_oc_test.go
index f14b5ee79f0..5e34e9fbfbe 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/metrics_to_oc_test.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/metrics_to_oc_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/testdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 )
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ func TestMetricsToOC(t *testing.T) {
 	attrs := sampleMetricData.ResourceMetrics().At(0).Resource().Attributes()
 	attrs.Upsert(conventions.AttributeHostName, pdata.NewAttributeValueString("host1"))
 	attrs.Upsert(conventions.AttributeProcessID, pdata.NewAttributeValueInt(123))
-	attrs.Upsert(conventions.OCAttributeProcessStartTime, pdata.NewAttributeValueString("2020-02-11T20:26:00Z"))
+	attrs.Upsert(occonventions.AttributeProcessStartTime, pdata.NewAttributeValueString("2020-02-11T20:26:00Z"))
 	attrs.Upsert(conventions.AttributeTelemetrySDKLanguage, pdata.NewAttributeValueString("cpp"))
 	attrs.Upsert(conventions.AttributeTelemetrySDKVersion, pdata.NewAttributeValueString("v2.0.1"))
-	attrs.Upsert(conventions.OCAttributeExporterVersion, pdata.NewAttributeValueString("v1.2.0"))
+	attrs.Upsert(occonventions.AttributeExporterVersion, pdata.NewAttributeValueString("v1.2.0"))
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/oc_testdata_test.go b/translator/internaldata/oc_testdata_test.go
index 447287bd43b..739d0f403fc 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/oc_testdata_test.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/oc_testdata_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/wrapperspb"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/testdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 )
@@ -496,13 +497,13 @@ func generateOCTestMetricDoubleSummary() *ocmetrics.Metric {
 func generateResourceWithOcNodeAndResource() pdata.Resource {
 	resource := pdata.NewResource()
 	resource.Attributes().InitFromMap(map[string]pdata.AttributeValue{
-		conventions.OCAttributeProcessStartTime:   pdata.NewAttributeValueString("2020-02-11T20:26:00Z"),
+		occonventions.AttributeProcessStartTime:   pdata.NewAttributeValueString("2020-02-11T20:26:00Z"),
 		conventions.AttributeHostName:             pdata.NewAttributeValueString("host1"),
 		conventions.AttributeProcessID:            pdata.NewAttributeValueInt(123),
 		conventions.AttributeTelemetrySDKVersion:  pdata.NewAttributeValueString("v2.0.1"),
-		conventions.OCAttributeExporterVersion:    pdata.NewAttributeValueString("v1.2.0"),
+		occonventions.AttributeExporterVersion:    pdata.NewAttributeValueString("v1.2.0"),
 		conventions.AttributeTelemetrySDKLanguage: pdata.NewAttributeValueString("cpp"),
-		conventions.OCAttributeResourceType:       pdata.NewAttributeValueString("good-resource"),
+		occonventions.AttributeResourceType:       pdata.NewAttributeValueString("good-resource"),
 		"node-str-attr":                           pdata.NewAttributeValueString("node-str-attr-val"),
 		"resource-str-attr":                       pdata.NewAttributeValueString("resource-str-attr-val"),
 		"resource-int-attr":                       pdata.NewAttributeValueInt(123),
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource.go b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource.go
index 2e15a428d21..d98d508d784 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opencensus.io/resource/resourcekeys"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 )
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func ocNodeResourceToInternal(ocNode *occommon.Node, ocResource *ocresource.Reso
 		}
 		if ocNode.Identifier != nil {
 			if ocNode.Identifier.StartTimestamp != nil {
-				attrs.UpsertString(conventions.OCAttributeProcessStartTime, ocNode.Identifier.StartTimestamp.AsTime().Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
+				attrs.UpsertString(occonventions.AttributeProcessStartTime, ocNode.Identifier.StartTimestamp.AsTime().Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
 			}
 			if ocNode.Identifier.HostName != "" {
 				attrs.UpsertString(conventions.AttributeHostName, ocNode.Identifier.HostName)
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func ocNodeResourceToInternal(ocNode *occommon.Node, ocResource *ocresource.Reso
 				attrs.UpsertString(conventions.AttributeTelemetrySDKVersion, ocNode.LibraryInfo.CoreLibraryVersion)
 			}
 			if ocNode.LibraryInfo.ExporterVersion != "" {
-				attrs.UpsertString(conventions.OCAttributeExporterVersion, ocNode.LibraryInfo.ExporterVersion)
+				attrs.UpsertString(occonventions.AttributeExporterVersion, ocNode.LibraryInfo.ExporterVersion)
 			}
 			if ocNode.LibraryInfo.Language != occommon.LibraryInfo_LANGUAGE_UNSPECIFIED {
 				if str, ok := ocLangCodeToLangMap[ocNode.LibraryInfo.Language]; ok {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ func ocNodeResourceToInternal(ocNode *occommon.Node, ocResource *ocresource.Reso
 		}
 		// Add special fields.
 		if ocResource.Type != "" {
-			attrs.UpsertString(conventions.OCAttributeResourceType, ocResource.Type)
+			attrs.UpsertString(occonventions.AttributeResourceType, ocResource.Type)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource_test.go b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource_test.go
index 29826d279fe..e4fcd948e10 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource_test.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_resource_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 )
 
 func TestOcNodeResourceToInternal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestOcNodeResourceToInternal(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		return true
 	})
-	ocResource.Labels[conventions.OCAttributeResourceType] = "this will be overridden 2"
+	ocResource.Labels[occonventions.AttributeResourceType] = "this will be overridden 2"
 
 	// Convert again.
 	resource = pdata.NewResource()
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces.go b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces.go
index 108a15e6bc2..2f6552d6b79 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/wrapperspb"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
 )
@@ -378,5 +379,5 @@ func ocSameProcessAsParentSpanToInternal(spaps *wrapperspb.BoolValue, dest pdata
 	if spaps == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	dest.Attributes().UpsertBool(conventions.OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, spaps.Value)
+	dest.Attributes().UpsertBool(occonventions.AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, spaps.Value)
 }
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces_test.go b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces_test.go
index aefbd63b6a1..0c4c20e1ae2 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces_test.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/oc_to_traces_test.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
 	otlptrace "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/trace/v1"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/testdata"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 )
 
 func TestOcTraceStateToInternal(t *testing.T) {
@@ -397,14 +397,14 @@ func TestOcSameProcessAsParentSpanToInternal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ocSameProcessAsParentSpanToInternal(wrapperspb.Bool(false), span)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, span.Attributes().Len())
-	v, ok := span.Attributes().Get(conventions.OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan)
+	v, ok := span.Attributes().Get(occonventions.AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan)
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, pdata.AttributeValueBOOL, v.Type())
 	assert.False(t, v.BoolVal())
 
 	ocSameProcessAsParentSpanToInternal(wrapperspb.Bool(true), span)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, span.Attributes().Len())
-	v, ok = span.Attributes().Get(conventions.OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan)
+	v, ok = span.Attributes().Get(occonventions.AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan)
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, pdata.AttributeValueBOOL, v.Type())
 	assert.True(t, v.BoolVal())
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc.go b/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc.go
index 20eb3e20ae6..418510596de 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
 )
@@ -93,11 +94,11 @@ func internalResourceToOC(resource pdata.Resource) (*occommon.Node, *ocresource.
 		switch k {
 		case conventions.AttributeCloudAvailabilityZone:
 			labels[resourcekeys.CloudKeyZone] = val
-		case conventions.OCAttributeResourceType:
+		case occonventions.AttributeResourceType:
 			ocResource.Type = val
 		case conventions.AttributeServiceName:
 			getServiceInfo(ocNode).Name = val
-		case conventions.OCAttributeProcessStartTime:
+		case occonventions.AttributeProcessStartTime:
 			t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, val)
 			if err != nil {
 				return true
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func internalResourceToOC(resource pdata.Resource) (*occommon.Node, *ocresource.
 			getProcessIdentifier(ocNode).Pid = uint32(pid)
 		case conventions.AttributeTelemetrySDKVersion:
 			getLibraryInfo(ocNode).CoreLibraryVersion = val
-		case conventions.OCAttributeExporterVersion:
+		case occonventions.AttributeExporterVersion:
 			getLibraryInfo(ocNode).ExporterVersion = val
 		case conventions.AttributeTelemetrySDKLanguage:
 			if code, ok := langToOCLangCodeMap[val]; ok {
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc_test.go b/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc_test.go
index 639f24872db..2b0f67f91d8 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc_test.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/resource_to_oc_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	otlpcollectortrace "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/trace/v1"
 	otlptrace "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/trace/v1"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/goldendataset"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
 )
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ func TestContainerResourceToOC(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Also test that the explicit resource type is preserved if present
-	resource.Attributes().InsertString(conventions.OCAttributeResourceType, "other-type")
+	resource.Attributes().InsertString(occonventions.AttributeResourceType, "other-type")
 	want.Type = "other-type"
 
 	_, ocResource = internalResourceToOC(resource)
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ func TestResourceToOCAndBack(t *testing.T) {
 			actual := pdata.NewResource()
 			ocNodeResourceToInternal(ocNode, ocResource, actual)
 			// Remove opencensus resource type from actual. This will be added during translation.
-			actual.Attributes().Delete(conventions.OCAttributeResourceType)
+			actual.Attributes().Delete(occonventions.AttributeResourceType)
 			assert.Equal(t, expected.Attributes().Len(), actual.Attributes().Len())
 			expected.Attributes().Range(func(k string, v pdata.AttributeValue) bool {
 				a, ok := actual.Attributes().Get(k)
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc.go b/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc.go
index 2af50b921c6..ae1360d2ce0 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/wrapperspb"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
 )
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ func stringAttributeValue(val string) *octrace.AttributeValue {
 }
 
 func attributesMapToOCSameProcessAsParentSpan(attr pdata.AttributeMap) *wrapperspb.BoolValue {
-	val, ok := attr.Get(conventions.OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan)
+	val, ok := attr.Get(occonventions.AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan)
 	if !ok || val.Type() != pdata.AttributeValueBOOL {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc_test.go b/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc_test.go
index 23ed5019d86..0a3f170f6c1 100644
--- a/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc_test.go
+++ b/translator/internaldata/traces_to_oc_test.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/goldendataset"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/testdata"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
 )
 
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ func TestAttributesMapTOOcSameProcessAsParentSpan(t *testing.T) {
 	attr := pdata.NewAttributeMap()
 	assert.Nil(t, attributesMapToOCSameProcessAsParentSpan(attr))
 
-	attr.UpsertBool(conventions.OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, true)
+	attr.UpsertBool(occonventions.AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, true)
 	assert.True(t, proto.Equal(wrapperspb.Bool(true), attributesMapToOCSameProcessAsParentSpan(attr)))
 
-	attr.UpsertBool(conventions.OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, false)
+	attr.UpsertBool(occonventions.AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, false)
 	assert.True(t, proto.Equal(wrapperspb.Bool(false), attributesMapToOCSameProcessAsParentSpan(attr)))
 
-	attr.UpdateInt(conventions.OCAttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, 13)
+	attr.UpdateInt(occonventions.AttributeSameProcessAsParentSpan, 13)
 	assert.Nil(t, attributesMapToOCSameProcessAsParentSpan(attr))
 }
 
diff --git a/translator/trace/jaeger/jaegerproto_to_traces.go b/translator/trace/jaeger/jaegerproto_to_traces.go
index c3342a6ee1c..8c8a5ca62e7 100644
--- a/translator/trace/jaeger/jaegerproto_to_traces.go
+++ b/translator/trace/jaeger/jaegerproto_to_traces.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/thrift-gen/jaeger"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
 )
@@ -132,9 +133,9 @@ func translateHostnameAttr(attrs pdata.AttributeMap) {
 // translateHostnameAttr translates "jaeger.version" atttribute
 func translateJaegerVersionAttr(attrs pdata.AttributeMap) {
 	jaegerVersion, jaegerVersionFound := attrs.Get("jaeger.version")
-	_, exporterVersionFound := attrs.Get(conventions.OCAttributeExporterVersion)
+	_, exporterVersionFound := attrs.Get(occonventions.AttributeExporterVersion)
 	if jaegerVersionFound && !exporterVersionFound {
-		attrs.InsertString(conventions.OCAttributeExporterVersion, "Jaeger-"+jaegerVersion.StringVal())
+		attrs.InsertString(occonventions.AttributeExporterVersion, "Jaeger-"+jaegerVersion.StringVal())
 		attrs.Delete("jaeger.version")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/translator/trace/zipkin/zipkinv2_to_traces.go b/translator/trace/zipkin/zipkinv2_to_traces.go
index ea5e7b90eaa..79bd78f40a0 100644
--- a/translator/trace/zipkin/zipkinv2_to_traces.go
+++ b/translator/trace/zipkin/zipkinv2_to_traces.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data"
 	otlptrace "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/trace/v1"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/occonventions"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 	tracetranslator "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/trace"
 )
@@ -40,10 +41,10 @@ var nonSpanAttributes = func() map[string]struct{} {
 	attrs[tracetranslator.TagServiceNameSource] = struct{}{}
 	attrs[conventions.InstrumentationLibraryName] = struct{}{}
 	attrs[conventions.InstrumentationLibraryVersion] = struct{}{}
-	attrs[conventions.OCAttributeProcessStartTime] = struct{}{}
-	attrs[conventions.OCAttributeExporterVersion] = struct{}{}
+	attrs[occonventions.AttributeProcessStartTime] = struct{}{}
+	attrs[occonventions.AttributeExporterVersion] = struct{}{}
 	attrs[conventions.AttributeProcessID] = struct{}{}
-	attrs[conventions.OCAttributeResourceType] = struct{}{}
+	attrs[occonventions.AttributeResourceType] = struct{}{}
 	return attrs
 }()