diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/marshal/Marshaler.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/marshal/Marshaler.java
index fe027fcdc07..2e6fba4644c 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/marshal/Marshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/marshal/Marshaler.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.marshal;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@
  */
 public abstract class Marshaler {
 
-  public static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new JsonFactory();
-
   /** Marshals into the {@link OutputStream} in proto binary format. */
   public final void writeBinaryTo(OutputStream output) throws IOException {
     try (Serializer serializer = new ProtoSerializer(output)) {
@@ -27,15 +24,6 @@ public final void writeBinaryTo(OutputStream output) throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Marshals into the {@link OutputStream} in proto JSON format. */
-  public final void writeJsonWithoutCloseTo(OutputStream output) throws IOException {
-    JsonGenerator generator =
-        JSON_FACTORY.createGenerator(output).disable(JsonGenerator.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_TARGET);
-    try (JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer(generator)) {
-      serializer.writeMessageValue(this);
-    }
-  }
-
   /** Marshals into the {@link OutputStream} in proto JSON format. */
   public final void writeJsonTo(OutputStream output) throws IOException {
     try (JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer(output)) {
diff --git a/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java b/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java
index dab73a8b398..0674810fa5c 100644
--- a/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java
+++ b/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.exporter.logging.otlp.internal.writer;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.marshal.Marshaler;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.ThrottlingLogger;
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@
  */
 public class StreamJsonWriter implements JsonWriter {
 
+  public static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new JsonFactory();
+
   private static final Logger internalLogger = Logger.getLogger(StreamJsonWriter.class.getName());
 
   private final ThrottlingLogger logger = new ThrottlingLogger(internalLogger);
@@ -34,7 +38,10 @@ public StreamJsonWriter(OutputStream originalStream, String type) {
   @Override
   public CompletableResultCode write(Marshaler exportRequest) {
     try {
-      exportRequest.writeJsonWithoutCloseTo(outputStream);
+      exportRequest.writeJsonTo(
+          JSON_FACTORY
+              .createGenerator(outputStream)
+              .disable(JsonGenerator.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_TARGET));
       return CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess();
     } catch (IOException e) {
       logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Unable to write OTLP JSON " + type, e);
diff --git a/exporters/logging-otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriterTest.java b/exporters/logging-otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriterTest.java
index c1b4830c1b9..723db6004db 100644
--- a/exporters/logging-otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriterTest.java
+++ b/exporters/logging-otlp/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriterTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import io.github.netmikey.logunit.api.LogCapturer;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.marshal.Marshaler;
 import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
@@ -45,9 +46,7 @@ void testToString() throws IOException {
   @Test
   void errorWriting() throws IOException {
     Marshaler marshaler = mock(Marshaler.class);
-    Mockito.doThrow(new IOException("test"))
-        .when(marshaler)
-        .writeJsonWithoutCloseTo(any(OutputStream.class));
+    Mockito.doThrow(new IOException("test")).when(marshaler).writeJsonTo(any(JsonGenerator.class));
 
     StreamJsonWriter writer = new StreamJsonWriter(System.out, "type");
     writer.write(marshaler);