diff --git a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/package-info.java b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/package-info.java
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--- a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/package-info.java
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-@ParametersAreNonnullByDefault
-package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api;
-
-import javax.annotation.ParametersAreNonnullByDefault;