diff --git a/.changeset/proud-trainers-live.md b/.changeset/proud-trainers-live.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81eaae10686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/proud-trainers-live.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@firebase/data-connect": patch
+---
+
+Removed exposed internal DataConnect constructor.
diff --git a/common/api-review/data-connect.api.md b/common/api-review/data-connect.api.md
index 27a9d4af201..e05b0add232 100644
--- a/common/api-review/data-connect.api.md
+++ b/common/api-review/data-connect.api.md
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 
 ```ts
 
-import { AppCheckInternalComponentName } from '@firebase/app-check-interop-types';
 import { FirebaseApp } from '@firebase/app';
-import { FirebaseAuthInternalName } from '@firebase/auth-interop-types';
 import { FirebaseError } from '@firebase/util';
 import { LogLevelString } from '@firebase/logger';
-import { Provider } from '@firebase/component';
 
 // @public
 export type CallerSdkType = 'Base' | 'Generated' | 'TanstackReactCore' | 'GeneratedReact' | 'TanstackAngularCore' | 'GeneratedAngular';
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@ export interface ConnectorConfig {
 
 // @public
 export class DataConnect {
-    constructor(app: FirebaseApp, dataConnectOptions: DataConnectOptions, _authProvider: Provider<FirebaseAuthInternalName>, _appCheckProvider: Provider<AppCheckInternalComponentName>);
     // (undocumented)
     readonly app: FirebaseApp;
     // (undocumented)
@@ -97,12 +93,6 @@ export interface DataConnectOperationFailureResponseErrorInfo {
     readonly path: Array<string | number>;
 }
 
-// @public
-export interface DataConnectOptions extends ConnectorConfig {
-    // (undocumented)
-    projectId: string;
-}
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface DataConnectResult<Data, Variables> extends OpResult<Data> {
     // (undocumented)
@@ -216,7 +206,7 @@ export type ReferenceType = typeof QUERY_STR | typeof MUTATION_STR;
 // @public
 export interface RefInfo<Variables> {
     // (undocumented)
-    connectorConfig: DataConnectOptions;
+    connectorConfig: ConnectorConfig;
     // (undocumented)
     name: string;
     // (undocumented)
diff --git a/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts b/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts
index 15e713ba23b..e3dd8419059 100644
--- a/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts
+++ b/packages/data-connect/src/api/DataConnect.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ export class DataConnect {
   _isUsingGeneratedSdk: boolean = false;
   _callerSdkType: CallerSdkType = CallerSdkTypeEnum.Base;
   private _appCheckTokenProvider?: AppCheckTokenProvider;
-  // @internal
+  /**
+   * @hideconstructor
+   * @internal
+   */
   constructor(
     public readonly app: FirebaseApp,
     // TODO(mtewani): Replace with _dataConnectOptions in the future
diff --git a/packages/data-connect/src/api/Reference.ts b/packages/data-connect/src/api/Reference.ts
index f9d7687dd18..1b1765bb741 100644
--- a/packages/data-connect/src/api/Reference.ts
+++ b/packages/data-connect/src/api/Reference.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { DataConnect, DataConnectOptions } from './DataConnect';
+import { ConnectorConfig, DataConnect } from './DataConnect';
 export const QUERY_STR = 'query';
 export const MUTATION_STR = 'mutation';
 export type ReferenceType = typeof QUERY_STR | typeof MUTATION_STR;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export interface DataConnectResult<Data, Variables> extends OpResult<Data> {
 export interface RefInfo<Variables> {
   name: string;
   variables: Variables;
-  connectorConfig: DataConnectOptions;
+  connectorConfig: ConnectorConfig;
 }
 /**
  * Serialized Ref as a result of `QueryResult.toJSON()`
diff --git a/packages/data-connect/src/api/index.ts b/packages/data-connect/src/api/index.ts
index 72ee8b313e5..9bcd5d70751 100644
--- a/packages/data-connect/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/packages/data-connect/src/api/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@
  */
 
 export * from '../network';
-export * from './DataConnect';
+export {
+  ConnectorConfig,
+  DataConnect,
+  TransportOptions,
+  areTransportOptionsEqual,
+  connectDataConnectEmulator,
+  getDataConnect,
+  parseOptions,
+  terminate,
+  validateDCOptions
+} from './DataConnect';
 export * from './Reference';
 export * from './Mutation';
 export * from './query';
diff --git a/packages/data-connect/src/core/QueryManager.ts b/packages/data-connect/src/core/QueryManager.ts
index 109f1d105b4..abcc4b54a91 100644
--- a/packages/data-connect/src/core/QueryManager.ts
+++ b/packages/data-connect/src/core/QueryManager.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ function getRefSerializer<Data, Variables>(
         name: queryRef.name,
         variables: queryRef.variables,
         connectorConfig: {
-          projectId: queryRef.dataConnect.app.options.projectId!,
           ...queryRef.dataConnect.getSettings()
         }
       },
diff --git a/packages/data-connect/test/queries.test.ts b/packages/data-connect/test/queries.test.ts
index 24db1e4508f..226014fcc05 100644
--- a/packages/data-connect/test/queries.test.ts
+++ b/packages/data-connect/test/queries.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import {
   terminate
 } from '../src';
 
-import { getConnectionConfig, initDatabase, PROJECT_ID } from './util';
+import { getConnectionConfig, initDatabase } from './util';
 
 use(chaiAsPromised);
 
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ describe('DataConnect Tests', async () => {
       fetchTime: Date.now().toLocaleString(),
       refInfo: {
         connectorConfig: {
-          ...getConnectionConfig(),
-          projectId: PROJECT_ID
+          ...getConnectionConfig()
         },
         name: taskListQuery.name,
         variables: { testId: TEST_ID }
diff --git a/packages/data-connect/test/unit/queries.test.ts b/packages/data-connect/test/unit/queries.test.ts
index 02d19bf856e..a621a1b6467 100644
--- a/packages/data-connect/test/unit/queries.test.ts
+++ b/packages/data-connect/test/unit/queries.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
 
-import { DataConnectOptions, QueryRef, queryRef, subscribe } from '../../src';
+import { QueryRef, queryRef, subscribe } from '../../src';
+import { DataConnectOptions } from '../../src/api/DataConnect';
 import {
   AuthTokenListener,
   AuthTokenProvider