diff --git a/ddtrace/_trace/_span_link.py b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_link.py
index fc8a4f472d..f635af3820 100644
--- a/ddtrace/_trace/_span_link.py
+++ b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_link.py
@@ -26,17 +26,11 @@
 
 import dataclasses
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any
-from typing import Dict
 from typing import Optional
 
-from ddtrace.internal.logger import get_logger
 from ddtrace.internal.utils.formats import flatten_key_value
 
 
-log = get_logger(__name__)
-
-
 class SpanLinkKind(Enum):
     """
     A collection of standard SpanLink kinds. It's possible to use others, but these should be used when possible.
@@ -132,41 +126,3 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
             f"trace_id={self.trace_id} span_id={self.span_id} attributes={attrs_str} "
             f"tracestate={self.tracestate} flags={self.flags} dropped_attributes={self._dropped_attributes}"
         )
-
-
-# Span Pointers are currently private, so let's put them here for now
-
-
-_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_TRACE_ID = 0
-_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_SPAN_ID = 0
-
-
-class _SpanPointerDirection(Enum):
-    UPSTREAM = "u"
-    DOWNSTREAM = "d"
-
-
-class _SpanPointer(SpanLink):
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        pointer_kind: str,
-        pointer_direction: _SpanPointerDirection,
-        pointer_hash: str,
-        extra_attributes: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ):
-        super().__init__(
-            trace_id=_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_TRACE_ID,
-            span_id=_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_SPAN_ID,
-            attributes={
-                "ptr.kind": pointer_kind,
-                "ptr.dir": pointer_direction.value,
-                "ptr.hash": pointer_hash,
-                **(extra_attributes or {}),
-            },
-        )
-
-        self.kind = SpanLinkKind.SPAN_POINTER.value
-
-    def __post_init__(self):
-        # Do not want to do the trace_id and span_id checks that SpanLink does.
-        pass
diff --git a/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8914361c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddtrace/_trace/_span_pointer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import Any
+from typing import Dict
+from typing import Optional
+
+from ddtrace._trace._span_link import SpanLink
+from ddtrace._trace._span_link import SpanLinkKind
+
+
+_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_TRACE_ID = 0
+_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_SPAN_ID = 0
+
+
+class _SpanPointerDirection(Enum):
+    UPSTREAM = "u"
+    DOWNSTREAM = "d"
+
+
+class _SpanPointer(SpanLink):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        pointer_kind: str,
+        pointer_direction: _SpanPointerDirection,
+        pointer_hash: str,
+        extra_attributes: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(
+            trace_id=_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_TRACE_ID,
+            span_id=_SPAN_POINTER_SPAN_LINK_SPAN_ID,
+            attributes={
+                "ptr.kind": pointer_kind,
+                "ptr.dir": pointer_direction.value,
+                "ptr.hash": pointer_hash,
+                **(extra_attributes or {}),
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.kind = SpanLinkKind.SPAN_POINTER.value
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        # Do not want to do the trace_id and span_id checks that SpanLink does.
+        pass
diff --git a/ddtrace/_trace/span.py b/ddtrace/_trace/span.py
index 047d40b866..cee7aeb4b0 100644
--- a/ddtrace/_trace/span.py
+++ b/ddtrace/_trace/span.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from ddtrace import config
 from ddtrace._trace._span_link import SpanLink
 from ddtrace._trace._span_link import SpanLinkKind
-from ddtrace._trace._span_link import _SpanPointer
-from ddtrace._trace._span_link import _SpanPointerDirection
+from ddtrace._trace._span_pointer import _SpanPointer
+from ddtrace._trace._span_pointer import _SpanPointerDirection
 from ddtrace._trace.context import Context
 from ddtrace._trace.types import _MetaDictType
 from ddtrace._trace.types import _MetricDictType
diff --git a/tests/tracer/test_encoders.py b/tests/tracer/test_encoders.py
index 9a76523e40..7fb6728780 100644
--- a/tests/tracer/test_encoders.py
+++ b/tests/tracer/test_encoders.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from ddtrace._trace._span_link import SpanLink
-from ddtrace._trace._span_link import _SpanPointerDirection
+from ddtrace._trace._span_pointer import _SpanPointerDirection
 from ddtrace._trace.context import Context
 from ddtrace._trace.span import Span
 from ddtrace.constants import ORIGIN_KEY
diff --git a/tests/tracer/test_span.py b/tests/tracer/test_span.py
index 7bff58dd02..fd8f995f56 100644
--- a/tests/tracer/test_span.py
+++ b/tests/tracer/test_span.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from ddtrace._trace._span_link import SpanLink
-from ddtrace._trace._span_link import _SpanPointerDirection
+from ddtrace._trace._span_pointer import _SpanPointerDirection
 from ddtrace._trace.span import Span
 from ddtrace.constants import ENV_KEY
 from ddtrace.constants import ERROR_MSG