diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b36eaccd..b19b1bb7 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export * from './propagation/NoopTextMapPropagator';
 export * from './propagation/TextMapPropagator';
 export * from './trace/attributes';
 export * from './trace/Event';
-export * from './trace/link_context';
 export * from './trace/link';
 export * from './trace/NoopTracer';
 export * from './trace/NoopTracerProvider';
diff --git a/src/trace/link.ts b/src/trace/link.ts
index 8bd37478..1d81d38d 100644
--- a/src/trace/link.ts
+++ b/src/trace/link.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { SpanAttributes } from './attributes';
-import { LinkContext } from './link_context';
+import { SpanContext } from './span_context';
 
 /**
  * A pointer from the current {@link Span} to another span in the same trace or
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import { LinkContext } from './link_context';
  *    Service Provider) can be correlated.
  */
 export interface Link {
-  /** The {@link LinkContext} of a linked span. */
-  context: LinkContext;
+  /** The {@link SpanContext} of a linked span. */
+  context: SpanContext;
   /** A set of {@link SpanAttributes} on the link. */
   attributes?: SpanAttributes;
 }
diff --git a/src/trace/link_context.ts b/src/trace/link_context.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c5224597..00000000
--- a/src/trace/link_context.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { SpanContext } from './span_context';
-
-/**
- * A pointer to another span.
- */
-export type LinkContext = Pick<SpanContext, 'traceId' | 'spanId'>;