diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/DbClientCommonAttributesGetter.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/DbClientCommonAttributesGetter.java
index b135625bd970..bda95d5c69a7 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/DbClientCommonAttributesGetter.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/DbClientCommonAttributesGetter.java
@@ -10,17 +10,7 @@
 /** An interface for getting attributes common to database clients. */
 public interface DbClientCommonAttributesGetter<REQUEST, RESPONSE> {
 
-  @Deprecated
-  @Nullable
-  default String getSystem(REQUEST request) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  // TODO: make this required to implement
-  @Nullable
-  default String getDbSystem(REQUEST request) {
-    return getSystem(request);
-  }
+  String getDbSystem(REQUEST request);
 
   @Deprecated
   @Nullable
@@ -28,20 +18,8 @@ default String getUser(REQUEST request) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getDbNamespace(Object)} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @Nullable
-  default String getName(REQUEST request) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  // TODO: make this required to implement
   @Nullable
-  default String getDbNamespace(REQUEST request) {
-    return getName(request);
-  }
+  String getDbNamespace(REQUEST request);
 
   @Deprecated
   @Nullable
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java
index 4cb1ae7fc8cc..b30a61505176 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesExtractor.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
  *
  * <p>It sets the same set of attributes as {@link DbClientAttributesExtractor} plus an additional
  * <code>db.sql.table</code> attribute. The raw SQL statements returned by the {@link
- * SqlClientAttributesGetter#getRawQueryText(Object)} method are sanitized before use, all statement
- * parameters are removed.
+ * SqlClientAttributesGetter#getRawQueryTexts(Object)} method are sanitized before use, all
+ * statement parameters are removed.
  */
 public final class SqlClientAttributesExtractor<REQUEST, RESPONSE>
     extends DbClientCommonAttributesExtractor<
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesGetter.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesGetter.java
index bdf64e638a1c..3c9af7d35449 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesGetter.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/db/SqlClientAttributesGetter.java
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.incubator.semconv.db;
 
-import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
-import static java.util.Collections.singleton;
-
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * An interface for getting SQL database client attributes.
@@ -27,30 +23,6 @@
 public interface SqlClientAttributesGetter<REQUEST, RESPONSE>
     extends DbClientCommonAttributesGetter<REQUEST, RESPONSE> {
 
-  /**
-   * Get the raw SQL statement. The value returned by this method is later sanitized by the {@link
-   * SqlClientAttributesExtractor} before being set as span attribute.
-   *
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getRawQueryText(Object)} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @Nullable
-  default String getRawStatement(REQUEST request) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Get the raw SQL query text. The value returned by this method is later sanitized by the {@link
-   * SqlClientAttributesExtractor} before being set as span attribute.
-   *
-   * @deprecated Use {@link #getRawQueryTexts(Object)} instead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @Nullable
-  default String getRawQueryText(REQUEST request) {
-    return getRawStatement(request);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Get the raw SQL query texts. The values returned by this method is later sanitized by the
    * {@link SqlClientAttributesExtractor} before being set as span attribute.
@@ -58,11 +30,7 @@ default String getRawQueryText(REQUEST request) {
    * <p>If {@code request} is not a batch query, then this method should return a collection with a
    * single element.
    */
-  // TODO: make this required to implement
-  default Collection<String> getRawQueryTexts(REQUEST request) {
-    String rawQueryText = getRawQueryText(request);
-    return rawQueryText == null ? emptySet() : singleton(rawQueryText);
-  }
+  Collection<String> getRawQueryTexts(REQUEST request);
 
   // TODO: make this required to implement
   default Long getBatchSize(REQUEST request) {
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/InstrumenterContextTest.java b/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/InstrumenterContextTest.java
index 044935031cc2..7aa8897b7911 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/InstrumenterContextTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/InstrumenterContextTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ void testSqlSanitizer() {
     String testQuery = "SELECT name FROM test WHERE id = 1";
     SqlClientAttributesGetter<Object, Void> getter =
         new SqlClientAttributesGetter<Object, Void>() {
+          @Override
+          public String getDbSystem(Object o) {
+            return "testdb";
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public String getDbNamespace(Object o) {
+            return null;
+          }
 
           @Override
           public Collection<String> getRawQueryTexts(Object request) {