diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/ioredis.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/ioredis.ts
index 92f6cef7814..675d5038538 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/ioredis.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/ioredis.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { BasePlugin } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import * as ioredisTypes from 'ioredis';
+import type * as ioredisTypes from 'ioredis';
 import * as shimmer from 'shimmer';
 import { IoredisPluginConfig } from './types';
 import { traceConnection, traceSendCommand } from './utils';
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/types.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/types.ts
index b8226bc9b60..073e3897dc7 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import * as ioredisTypes from 'ioredis';
+import type * as ioredisTypes from 'ioredis';
 import { PluginConfig } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 export interface IoredisCommand {
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ export interface IoredisCommand {
   name: string;
 }
 
-export interface IoredisPluginClientTypes {
-  // https://github.com/luin/ioredis/blob/master/API.md
-  options: ioredisTypes.RedisOptions;
-}
-
 /**
  * Function that can be used to serialize db.statement tag
  * @param cmdName - The name of the command (eg. set, get, mset)
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/utils.ts
index c452123568c..0eba5c90afd 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-ioredis/src/utils.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import * as ioredisTypes from 'ioredis';
+import type * as ioredisTypes from 'ioredis';
 import { Tracer, SpanKind, Span, CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
-  IoredisPluginClientTypes,
   IoredisCommand,
   IoredisPluginConfig,
   DbStatementSerializer,
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ const endSpan = (span: Span, err: NodeJS.ErrnoException | null | undefined) => {
 };
 
 export const traceConnection = (tracer: Tracer, original: Function) => {
-  return function (this: ioredisTypes.Redis & IoredisPluginClientTypes) {
+  return function (this: ioredisTypes.Redis) {
     const span = tracer.startSpan('connect', {
       kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
       attributes: {
@@ -82,10 +81,7 @@ export const traceSendCommand = (
 ) => {
   const dbStatementSerializer =
     config?.dbStatementSerializer || defaultDbStatementSerializer;
-  return function (
-    this: ioredisTypes.Redis & IoredisPluginClientTypes,
-    cmd?: IoredisCommand
-  ) {
+  return function (this: ioredisTypes.Redis, cmd?: IoredisCommand) {
     if (arguments.length < 1 || typeof cmd !== 'object') {
       return original.apply(this, arguments);
     }