diff --git a/internal/agentcfg/elasticsearch_test.go b/internal/agentcfg/elasticsearch_test.go
index 5826de915a6..423c6d17de4 100644
--- a/internal/agentcfg/elasticsearch_test.go
+++ b/internal/agentcfg/elasticsearch_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ func newMockElasticsearchClient(t testing.TB, handler func(http.ResponseWriter,
 	config := elasticsearch.DefaultConfig()
 	config.Backoff.Init = time.Nanosecond
 	config.Hosts = []string{srv.URL}
-	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(config, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		Config: config,
+		Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return client
 }
diff --git a/internal/beater/auth/authenticator.go b/internal/beater/auth/authenticator.go
index c72b67141f1..9a2cbd13bd6 100644
--- a/internal/beater/auth/authenticator.go
+++ b/internal/beater/auth/authenticator.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func NewAuthenticator(cfg config.AgentAuth, tp trace.TracerProvider, logger *log
 		cfg.APIKey.ESConfig.Username = ""
 		cfg.APIKey.ESConfig.Password = ""
 		cfg.APIKey.ESConfig.APIKey = ""
-		client, err := elasticsearch.NewClientParams(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
 			Config:         cfg.APIKey.ESConfig,
 			Logger:         logger,
 			TracerProvider: tp,
diff --git a/internal/beater/beater.go b/internal/beater/beater.go
index 484e0c5d044..39177cd53dc 100644
--- a/internal/beater/beater.go
+++ b/internal/beater/beater.go
@@ -316,25 +316,22 @@ func (s *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		close(publishReady)
 		return nil
 	})
-	newESClient := func(tp trace.TracerProvider) func(cfg *elasticsearch.Config, logger *logp.Logger) (*elasticsearch.Client, error) {
-		return func(cfg *elasticsearch.Config, logger *logp.Logger) (*elasticsearch.Client, error) {
-			httpTransport, err := elasticsearch.NewHTTPTransport(cfg, logger)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			transport := &waitReadyRoundTripper{Transport: httpTransport, ready: publishReady, drain: drain}
-			return elasticsearch.NewClientParams(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
-				Config:    cfg,
-				Transport: transport,
-				RetryOnError: func(_ *http.Request, err error) bool {
-					return !errors.Is(err, errServerShuttingDown)
-				},
-				Logger:         logger,
-				TracerProvider: tp,
-			})
+	newElasticsearchClient := func(args elasticsearch.ClientParams) (*elasticsearch.Client, error) {
+		httpTransport, err := elasticsearch.NewHTTPTransport(args.Config, args.Logger)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
+		transport := &waitReadyRoundTripper{Transport: httpTransport, ready: publishReady, drain: drain}
+		return elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+			Config:    args.Config,
+			Transport: transport,
+			RetryOnError: func(_ *http.Request, err error) bool {
+				return !errors.Is(err, errServerShuttingDown)
+			},
+			Logger:         args.Logger,
+			TracerProvider: args.TracerProvider,
+		})
 	}
-	newElasticsearchClient := newESClient(s.tracerProvider)
 
 	var sourcemapFetcher sourcemap.Fetcher
 	if s.config.RumConfig.Enabled && s.config.RumConfig.SourceMapping.Enabled {
@@ -456,7 +453,7 @@ func (s *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		SourcemapFetcher:       sourcemapFetcher,
 		PublishReady:           publishReady,
 		KibanaClient:           kibanaClient,
-		NewElasticsearchClient: newESClient(tracenoop.NewTracerProvider()),
+		NewElasticsearchClient: newElasticsearchClient,
 		GRPCServer:             grpcServer,
 		Semaphore:              semaphore.NewWeighted(int64(s.config.MaxConcurrentDecoders)),
 		BeatMonitoring:         s.beatMonitoring,
@@ -509,7 +506,7 @@ func (s *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if tracerServerListener != nil {
 		// use a batch processor without tracing to prevent the tracing processor from sending traces to itself
 		finalTracerBatchProcessor, closeTracerFinalBatchProcessor, err := s.newFinalBatchProcessor(
-			tracer, newESClient(tracenoop.NewTracerProvider()), memLimitGB, s.logger, tracenoop.NewTracerProvider(), metricnoop.NewMeterProvider(),
+			tracer, newElasticsearchClient, memLimitGB, s.logger, tracenoop.NewTracerProvider(), metricnoop.NewMeterProvider(),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -649,7 +646,7 @@ func (s *Runner) waitReady(
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		esOutputClient, err = elasticsearch.NewClientParams(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		esOutputClient, err = elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
 			Config:         esConfig,
 			Logger:         s.logger,
 			TracerProvider: s.tracerProvider,
@@ -712,7 +709,7 @@ func (s *Runner) waitReady(
 // "elasticsearch", then we use docappender; otherwise we use the libbeat publisher.
 func (s *Runner) newFinalBatchProcessor(
 	tracer *apm.Tracer,
-	newElasticsearchClient func(*elasticsearch.Config, *logp.Logger) (*elasticsearch.Client, error),
+	newElasticsearchClient func(elasticsearch.ClientParams) (*elasticsearch.Client, error),
 	memLimit float64,
 	logger *logp.Logger,
 	tp trace.TracerProvider,
@@ -734,7 +731,11 @@ func (s *Runner) newFinalBatchProcessor(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	client, err := newElasticsearchClient(esCfg, logger)
+	client, err := newElasticsearchClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		Config:         esCfg,
+		Logger:         logger,
+		TracerProvider: tp,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -918,11 +919,15 @@ const sourcemapIndex = ".apm-source-map"
 func newSourcemapFetcher(
 	cfg config.SourceMapping,
 	kibanaClient *kibana.Client,
-	newElasticsearchClient func(*elasticsearch.Config, *logp.Logger) (*elasticsearch.Client, error),
+	newElasticsearchClient func(elasticsearch.ClientParams) (*elasticsearch.Client, error),
 	tp trace.TracerProvider,
 	logger *logp.Logger,
 ) (sourcemap.Fetcher, context.CancelFunc, error) {
-	esClient, err := newElasticsearchClient(cfg.ESConfig, logger)
+	esClient, err := newElasticsearchClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		Config:         cfg.ESConfig,
+		Logger:         logger,
+		TracerProvider: tp,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/beater/beater_test.go b/internal/beater/beater_test.go
index ae7e8166873..1bb1771d9be 100644
--- a/internal/beater/beater_test.go
+++ b/internal/beater/beater_test.go
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ func newMockClusterUUIDClient(t testing.TB, clusterUUID string) *elasticsearch.C
 
 	config := elasticsearch.DefaultConfig()
 	config.Hosts = []string{srv.URL}
-	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(config, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		Config: config,
+		Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return client
 }
diff --git a/internal/beater/server.go b/internal/beater/server.go
index f277a9a50c6..3bbfc29701a 100644
--- a/internal/beater/server.go
+++ b/internal/beater/server.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ type ServerParams struct {
 	// for indexing. Under some configuration, the server will wrap the
 	// client's transport such that requests will be blocked until data
 	// streams have been initialised.
-	NewElasticsearchClient func(*elasticsearch.Config, *logp.Logger) (*elasticsearch.Client, error)
+	NewElasticsearchClient func(elasticsearch.ClientParams) (*elasticsearch.Client, error)
 
 	// GRPCServer holds a *grpc.Server to which services will be registered
 	// for receiving data, configuration requests, etc.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func newAgentConfigFetcher(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	cfg *config.Config,
 	kibanaClient *kibana.Client,
-	newElasticsearchClient func(*elasticsearch.Config, *logp.Logger) (*elasticsearch.Client, error),
+	newElasticsearchClient func(elasticsearch.ClientParams) (*elasticsearch.Client, error),
 	tp trace.TracerProvider,
 	mp metric.MeterProvider,
 	logger *logp.Logger,
@@ -264,7 +264,11 @@ func newAgentConfigFetcher(
 		// It is possible that none of the above applies.
 	}
 
-	esClient, err := newElasticsearchClient(cfg.AgentConfig.ESConfig, logger)
+	esClient, err := newElasticsearchClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		Config:         cfg.AgentConfig.ESConfig,
+		Logger:         logger,
+		TracerProvider: tp,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/client.go b/internal/elasticsearch/client.go
index af51bf85976..6dbdc09c8c7 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/client.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/client.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var userAgent = fmt.Sprintf("Elastic-APM-Server/%s go-elasticsearch/%s", version
 
 type Client = elastictransport.Client
 
-// ClientParams holds parameters for NewClientParams.
+// ClientParams holds parameters for NewClient.
 type ClientParams struct {
 	// Config holds the user-defined configuration: Elasticsearch hosts,
 	// max retries, etc.
@@ -66,13 +66,7 @@ type ClientParams struct {
 }
 
 // NewClient returns a stack version-aware Elasticsearch client,
-// equivalent to NewClientParams(ClientParams{Config: config}).
-func NewClient(config *Config, logger *logp.Logger) (*Client, error) {
-	return NewClientParams(ClientParams{Config: config, Logger: logger})
-}
-
-// NewClientParams returns a stack version-aware Elasticsearch client.
-func NewClientParams(args ClientParams) (*Client, error) {
+func NewClient(args ClientParams) (*Client, error) {
 	if args.Config == nil {
 		return nil, errConfigMissing
 	}
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/client_test.go b/internal/elasticsearch/client_test.go
index 96754e31fd1..7bf5eba4e87 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/client_test.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/client_test.go
@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@ import (
 
 func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("no config", func(t *testing.T) {
-		goESClient, err := NewClient(nil, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+		goESClient, err := NewClient(ClientParams{})
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 		assert.Nil(t, goESClient)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("valid config", func(t *testing.T) {
 		cfg := Config{Hosts: Hosts{"localhost:9200", "localhost:9201"}}
-		goESClient, err := NewClient(&cfg, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+		goESClient, err := NewClient(ClientParams{
+			Config: &cfg,
+			Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+		})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.NotNil(t, goESClient)
 	})
@@ -60,7 +63,10 @@ func TestClientCustomHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		Hosts:   Hosts{srv.URL},
 		Headers: map[string]string{"custom": "header"},
 	}
-	client, err := NewClient(&cfg, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+	client, err := NewClient(ClientParams{
+		Config: &cfg,
+		Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/_bulk", bytes.NewReader([]byte("{}")))
@@ -73,7 +79,6 @@ func TestClientCustomHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
 		t.Fatal("timed out while waiting for request")
 	}
-
 }
 
 func TestClientCustomUserAgent(t *testing.T) {
@@ -88,7 +93,10 @@ func TestClientCustomUserAgent(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := Config{
 		Hosts: Hosts{srv.URL},
 	}
-	client, err := NewClient(&cfg, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+	client, err := NewClient(ClientParams{
+		Config: &cfg,
+		Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/_bulk", bytes.NewReader([]byte("{}")))
@@ -179,7 +187,10 @@ func TestClientRetryableStatuses(t *testing.T) {
 				MaxRetries: maxRetries,
 				Hosts:      []string{srv.URL},
 			}
-			client, err := NewClient(&c, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+			client, err := NewClient(ClientParams{
+				Config: &c,
+				Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+			})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			var buf bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/security_api_test.go b/internal/elasticsearch/security_api_test.go
index aa8b47bd39a..443e91c46fd 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/security_api_test.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/security_api_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ func TestHasPrivilegesError(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	defer server.Close()
 
-	client, err := NewClient(&Config{Hosts: Hosts{server.Listener.Addr().String()}}, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+	client, err := NewClient(ClientParams{
+		Config: &Config{Hosts: Hosts{server.Listener.Addr().String()}},
+		Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	resp, err := HasPrivileges(context.Background(), client, HasPrivilegesRequest{}, "foo")
diff --git a/internal/sourcemap/elasticsearch_test.go b/internal/sourcemap/elasticsearch_test.go
index d0dd3e795fd..631ebc9b8ec 100644
--- a/internal/sourcemap/elasticsearch_test.go
+++ b/internal/sourcemap/elasticsearch_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func newUnavailableElasticsearchClient(t testing.TB) *elasticsearch.Client {
 	cfg.MaxRetries = 1
 	cfg.Backoff.Init = time.Nanosecond
 	cfg.Backoff.Max = time.Nanosecond
-	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClientParams(elasticsearch.ClientParams{Config: cfg, Transport: transport, Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, "")})
+	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{Config: cfg, Transport: transport, Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, "")})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return client
 }
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ func newMockElasticsearchClient(t testing.TB, statusCode int, responseBody io.Re
 	config := elasticsearch.DefaultConfig()
 	config.Backoff.Init = time.Nanosecond
 	config.Hosts = []string{srv.URL}
-	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(config, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		Config: config,
+		Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return client
 }
diff --git a/internal/sourcemap/metadata_fetcher_test.go b/internal/sourcemap/metadata_fetcher_test.go
index 114f4bc529d..5aadc200e41 100644
--- a/internal/sourcemap/metadata_fetcher_test.go
+++ b/internal/sourcemap/metadata_fetcher_test.go
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ func TestMetadataFetcher(t *testing.T) {
 			esConfig := elasticsearch.DefaultConfig()
 			esConfig.Hosts = []string{ts.URL}
 
-			esClient, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(esConfig, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+			esClient, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+				Config: esConfig,
+				Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+			})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
@@ -268,7 +271,10 @@ func TestInvalidation(t *testing.T) {
 			esConfig := elasticsearch.DefaultConfig()
 			esConfig.Hosts = []string{ts.URL}
 
-			esClient, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(esConfig, logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""))
+			esClient, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+				Config: esConfig,
+				Logger: logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
+			})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
diff --git a/internal/sourcemap/processor_test.go b/internal/sourcemap/processor_test.go
index 8908fcd2374..dafb51337d7 100644
--- a/internal/sourcemap/processor_test.go
+++ b/internal/sourcemap/processor_test.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cfg := elasticsearch.DefaultConfig()
 	cfg.Hosts = []string{""}
-	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClientParams(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+	client, err := elasticsearch.NewClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
 		Config:    cfg,
 		Transport: transport,
 		Logger:    logptest.NewTestingLogger(t, ""),
diff --git a/x-pack/apm-server/main.go b/x-pack/apm-server/main.go
index 93b9ebc59dd..6fdf5444c4b 100644
--- a/x-pack/apm-server/main.go
+++ b/x-pack/apm-server/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/reload"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-data/model/modelprocessor"
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-server/internal/beatcmd"
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-server/internal/beater"
+	"github.com/elastic/apm-server/internal/elasticsearch"
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-server/x-pack/apm-server/sampling"
 	"github.com/elastic/apm-server/x-pack/apm-server/sampling/eventstorage"
 )
@@ -102,7 +104,11 @@ func newProcessors(args beater.ServerParams) ([]namedProcessor, error) {
 
 func newTailSamplingProcessor(args beater.ServerParams) (*sampling.Processor, error) {
 	tailSamplingConfig := args.Config.Sampling.Tail
-	es, err := args.NewElasticsearchClient(tailSamplingConfig.ESConfig, args.Logger)
+	es, err := args.NewElasticsearchClient(elasticsearch.ClientParams{
+		Config:         tailSamplingConfig.ESConfig,
+		Logger:         args.Logger,
+		TracerProvider: noop.NewTracerProvider(),
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create Elasticsearch client for tail-sampling: %w", err)
 	}