diff --git a/instrumentation/jboss-logmanager/jboss-logmanager-appender-1.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jbosslogmanager/appender/v1_1/JbossLogmanagerTest.java b/instrumentation/jboss-logmanager/jboss-logmanager-appender-1.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jbosslogmanager/appender/v1_1/JbossLogmanagerTest.java
index bbf8ff2ac4bb..6573a4bde2cb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jboss-logmanager/jboss-logmanager-appender-1.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jbosslogmanager/appender/v1_1/JbossLogmanagerTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jboss-logmanager/jboss-logmanager-appender-1.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jbosslogmanager/appender/v1_1/JbossLogmanagerTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.AgentInstrumentationExtension;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.InstrumentationExtension;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.InstrumentationScopeInfo;
-import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.data.LogRecordData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.AttributeAssertion;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.ThreadIncubatingAttributes;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
-import org.assertj.core.api.AssertAccess;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.Level;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.LogContext;
 import org.jboss.logmanager.Logger;
@@ -166,8 +164,7 @@ private static void test(
             }
             logRecord.hasAttributesSatisfyingExactly(attributeAsserts);
 
-            LogRecordData logRecordData = AssertAccess.getActual(logRecord);
-            assertThat(logRecordData.getTimestampEpochNanos())
+            assertThat(logRecord.actual().getTimestampEpochNanos())
                 .isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(MILLISECONDS.toNanos(start.toEpochMilli()))
                 .isLessThanOrEqualTo(MILLISECONDS.toNanos(Instant.now().toEpochMilli()));
           });
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-1.2/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v1_2/Log4j1Test.java b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-1.2/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v1_2/Log4j1Test.java
index 6f088c19d62a..bdc84484182f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-1.2/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v1_2/Log4j1Test.java
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-1.2/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v1_2/Log4j1Test.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.InstrumentationExtension;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.code.SemconvCodeStabilityUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.InstrumentationScopeInfo;
-import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.data.LogRecordData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.AttributeAssertion;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
 import org.apache.log4j.helpers.Loader;
-import org.assertj.core.api.AssertAccess;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
@@ -161,8 +159,7 @@ private static void test(
                 SemconvCodeStabilityUtil.codeFileAndLineAssertions("Log4j1Test.java"));
             logRecord.hasAttributesSatisfyingExactly(attributeAsserts);
 
-            LogRecordData logRecordData = AssertAccess.getActual(logRecord);
-            assertThat(logRecordData.getTimestampEpochNanos())
+            assertThat(logRecord.actual().getTimestampEpochNanos())
                 .isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(MILLISECONDS.toNanos(start.toEpochMilli()))
                 .isLessThanOrEqualTo(MILLISECONDS.toNanos(Instant.now().toEpochMilli()));
           });
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/AbstractLog4j2Test.java b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/AbstractLog4j2Test.java
index 2dd8d3826e57..f7b8f9d06221 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/AbstractLog4j2Test.java
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/log4j/appender/v2_17/AbstractLog4j2Test.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanContext;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.InstrumentationExtension;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.InstrumentationScopeInfo;
-import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.data.LogRecordData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.AttributeAssertion;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.ThreadContext;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.StringMapMessage;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.StructuredDataMessage;
-import org.assertj.core.api.AssertAccess;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
@@ -132,8 +130,7 @@ private void test(
                 }
                 logRecord.hasAttributesSatisfyingExactly(attributeAsserts);
 
-                LogRecordData logRecordData = AssertAccess.getActual(logRecord);
-                assertThat(logRecordData.getTimestampEpochNanos())
+                assertThat(logRecord.actual().getTimestampEpochNanos())
                     .isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(MILLISECONDS.toNanos(start.toEpochMilli()))
                     .isLessThanOrEqualTo(MILLISECONDS.toNanos(Instant.now().toEpochMilli()));
               });
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-batch-3.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/batch/v3_0/item/ItemLevelSpanTest.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-batch-3.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/batch/v3_0/item/ItemLevelSpanTest.java
index a55715ad1724..05df5544029e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-batch-3.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/batch/v3_0/item/ItemLevelSpanTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-batch-3.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/batch/v3_0/item/ItemLevelSpanTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
-import org.assertj.core.api.AssertAccess;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ void shouldTraceAllItemOperationsOnAparallelItemsJob() {
           // firstly compute child span count for each chunk, we'll sort chunks from larger to
           // smaller based on child count
 
-          List<SpanData> spans = AssertAccess.getActual(trace);
+          List<SpanData> spans = trace.actual();
           Map<SpanData, Long> childCount = new HashMap<>();
 
           for (SpanData span : spans) {
diff --git a/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpServerTest.java b/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpServerTest.java
index 6b91e4f09c96..505972d81eb7 100644
--- a/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpServerTest.java
+++ b/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpServerTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import org.assertj.core.api.AssertAccess;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
@@ -754,7 +753,7 @@ protected void assertTheTraces(
             trace.hasSpansSatisfyingExactly(spanAssertions);
 
             if (options.verifyServerSpanEndTime) {
-              List<SpanData> spanData = AssertAccess.getActual(trace);
+              List<SpanData> spanData = trace.actual();
               if (spanData.size() > 1) {
                 SpanData rootSpan = spanData.get(0);
                 for (int j = 1; j < spanData.size(); j++) {
diff --git a/testing-common/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/api/AssertAccess.java b/testing-common/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/api/AssertAccess.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f514eee0fa59..000000000000
--- a/testing-common/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/api/AssertAccess.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package org.assertj.core.api;
-
-public final class AssertAccess {
-  private AssertAccess() {}
-
-  public static <ACTUAL> ACTUAL getActual(AbstractAssert<?, ACTUAL> abstractAssert) {
-    return abstractAssert.actual;
-  }
-}