diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae6f21ce44d..d94b77a5108 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 ## 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
 
 - Remove unused logstest package (#3222)
+- Remove the OpenCensus references for the following public APIs in `obsreport` package (#3253)
+  - `obsreport.Config`
+  - `obsreport.AllViews`
+  - `obsreport.ProcessorMetricViews`
+
 
 ## v0.27.0 Beta
 
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreport.go b/obsreport/obsreport.go
index 8bab9ca1c55..79b33164afe 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreport.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreport.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ var (
 	okStatus = trace.Status{Code: trace.StatusCodeOK}
 )
 
+// ObsMetrics wraps OpenCensus View for Collector observability metrics
+type ObsMetrics struct {
+	Views []*view.View
+}
+
 // setParentLink tries to retrieve a span from parentCtx and if one exists
 // sets its SpanID, TraceID as a link to the given child Span.
 // It returns true only if it retrieved a parent span from the context.
@@ -62,15 +67,19 @@ func setParentLink(parentCtx context.Context, childSpan *trace.Span) bool {
 
 // Configure is used to control the settings that will be used by the obsreport
 // package.
-func Configure(level configtelemetry.Level) (views []*view.View) {
+func Configure(level configtelemetry.Level) *ObsMetrics {
 	gLevel = level
+	var views []*view.View
 
 	if gLevel != configtelemetry.LevelNone {
 		gProcessor.level = level
-		views = append(views, AllViews()...)
+		obsMetricViews := AllViews()
+		views = append(views, obsMetricViews.Views...)
 	}
 
-	return views
+	return &ObsMetrics{
+		Views: views,
+	}
 }
 
 func buildComponentPrefix(componentPrefix, configType string) string {
@@ -84,7 +93,8 @@ func buildComponentPrefix(componentPrefix, configType string) string {
 }
 
 // AllViews return the list of all views that needs to be configured.
-func AllViews() (views []*view.View) {
+func AllViews() *ObsMetrics {
+	var views []*view.View
 	// Receiver views.
 	measures := []*stats.Int64Measure{
 		mReceiverAcceptedSpans,
@@ -134,7 +144,9 @@ func AllViews() (views []*view.View) {
 	tagKeys = []tag.Key{tagKeyProcessor}
 	views = append(views, genViews(measures, tagKeys, view.Sum())...)
 
-	return views
+	return &ObsMetrics{
+		Views: views,
+	}
 }
 
 func genViews(
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go b/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go
index e048f329bec..c12a2b27699 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreport_processor.go
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ func BuildProcessorCustomMetricName(configType, metric string) string {
 }
 
 // ProcessorMetricViews builds the metric views for custom metrics of processors.
-func ProcessorMetricViews(configType string, legacyViews []*view.View) []*view.View {
+func ProcessorMetricViews(configType string, legacyViews *ObsMetrics) *ObsMetrics {
 	var allViews []*view.View
 	if gLevel != configtelemetry.LevelNone {
-		for _, legacyView := range legacyViews {
+		for _, legacyView := range legacyViews.Views {
 			// Ignore any nil entry and views without measure or aggregation.
 			// These can't be registered but some code registering legacy views may
 			// ignore the errors.
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ func ProcessorMetricViews(configType string, legacyViews []*view.View) []*view.V
 		}
 	}
 
-	return allViews
+	return &ObsMetrics{
+		Views: allViews,
+	}
 }
 
 var gProcessor = &Processor{level: configtelemetry.LevelNone}
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreport_test.go b/obsreport/obsreport_test.go
index 6a28f7599f0..bfdd5eda208 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreport_test.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreport_test.go
@@ -68,23 +68,23 @@ func TestConfigure(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:      "basic",
 			level:     configtelemetry.LevelBasic,
-			wantViews: obsreport.AllViews(),
+			wantViews: obsreport.AllViews().Views,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "normal",
 			level:     configtelemetry.LevelNormal,
-			wantViews: obsreport.AllViews(),
+			wantViews: obsreport.AllViews().Views,
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "detailed",
 			level:     configtelemetry.LevelDetailed,
-			wantViews: obsreport.AllViews(),
+			wantViews: obsreport.AllViews().Views,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			gotViews := obsreport.Configure(tt.level)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantViews, gotViews)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantViews, gotViews.Views)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ func TestProcessorMetricViews(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			obsreport.Configure(tt.level)
-			got := obsreport.ProcessorMetricViews("test_type", legacyViews)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+			got := obsreport.ProcessorMetricViews("test_type", &obsreport.ObsMetrics{Views: legacyViews})
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got.Views)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/obsreport/obsreporttest/obsreporttest.go b/obsreport/obsreporttest/obsreporttest.go
index d7b5d701077..69885f4c6a9 100644
--- a/obsreport/obsreporttest/obsreporttest.go
+++ b/obsreport/obsreporttest/obsreporttest.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ var (
 // SetupRecordedMetricsTest does setup the testing environment to check the metrics recorded by receivers, producers or exporters.
 // The returned function should be deferred.
 func SetupRecordedMetricsTest() (func(), error) {
-	views := obsreport.Configure(configtelemetry.LevelNormal)
+	obsMetrics := obsreport.Configure(configtelemetry.LevelNormal)
+	views := obsMetrics.Views
 	err := view.Register(views...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/metrics.go b/processor/batchprocessor/metrics.go
index 6dbeee02569..1985d240c36 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/metrics.go
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/metrics.go
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ func MetricViews() []*view.View {
 			1000_000, 2000_000, 3000_000, 4000_000, 5000_000, 6000_000, 7000_000, 8000_000, 9000_000),
 	}
 
-	legacyViews := []*view.View{
-		countBatchSizeTriggerSendView,
-		countTimeoutTriggerSendView,
-		distributionBatchSendSizeView,
-		distributionBatchSendSizeBytesView,
+	legacyViews := &obsreport.ObsMetrics{
+		Views: []*view.View{
+			countBatchSizeTriggerSendView,
+			countTimeoutTriggerSendView,
+			distributionBatchSendSizeView,
+			distributionBatchSendSizeBytesView,
+		},
 	}
 
-	return obsreport.ProcessorMetricViews(typeStr, legacyViews)
+	return obsreport.ProcessorMetricViews(typeStr, legacyViews).Views
 }
diff --git a/service/telemetry.go b/service/telemetry.go
index 8ac6c91913b..a11cca7bc93 100644
--- a/service/telemetry.go
+++ b/service/telemetry.go
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ func (tel *appTelemetry) init(asyncErrorChannel chan<- error, ballastSizeBytes u
 	}
 
 	var views []*view.View
+	obsMetrics := obsreport.Configure(level)
 	views = append(views, batchprocessor.MetricViews()...)
 	views = append(views, jaegerexporter.MetricViews()...)
 	views = append(views, kafkareceiver.MetricViews()...)
-	views = append(views, obsreport.Configure(level)...)
+	views = append(views, obsMetrics.Views...)
 	views = append(views, processMetricsViews.Views()...)
 
 	tel.views = views