diff --git a/testbed/testbed/data_providers.go b/testbed/testbed/data_providers.go
index e4fbd040c5e..9ae5108646b 100644
--- a/testbed/testbed/data_providers.go
+++ b/testbed/testbed/data_providers.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package testbed
 
 import (
-	"encoding/binary"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	otlpmetricscol "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/metrics/v1"
 	otlptracecol "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/protogen/collector/trace/v1"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/goldendataset"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/idutils"
 )
 
 // DataProvider defines the interface for generators of test data used to drive various end-to-end tests.
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ func (dp *PerfTestDataProvider) GenerateTraces() (pdata.Traces, bool) {
 		span := spans.At(i)
 
 		// Create a span.
-		span.SetTraceID(GenerateSequentialTraceID(traceID))
-		span.SetSpanID(GenerateSequentialSpanID(spanID))
+		span.SetTraceID(idutils.UInt64ToTraceID(0, traceID))
+		span.SetSpanID(idutils.UInt64ToSpanID(spanID))
 		span.SetName("load-generator-span")
 		span.SetKind(pdata.SpanKindClient)
 		attrs := span.Attributes()
@@ -103,18 +103,6 @@ func (dp *PerfTestDataProvider) GenerateTraces() (pdata.Traces, bool) {
 	return traceData, false
 }
 
-func GenerateSequentialTraceID(id uint64) pdata.TraceID {
-	var traceID [16]byte
-	binary.PutUvarint(traceID[:], id)
-	return pdata.NewTraceID(traceID)
-}
-
-func GenerateSequentialSpanID(id uint64) pdata.SpanID {
-	var spanID [8]byte
-	binary.PutUvarint(spanID[:], id)
-	return pdata.NewSpanID(spanID)
-}
-
 func (dp *PerfTestDataProvider) GenerateMetrics() (pdata.Metrics, bool) {
 
 	// Generate 7 data points per metric.
diff --git a/testbed/tests/trace_test.go b/testbed/tests/trace_test.go
index 1cf44560b69..22846894451 100644
--- a/testbed/tests/trace_test.go
+++ b/testbed/tests/trace_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/pdata"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/idutils"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/testbed/testbed"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/conventions"
 )
@@ -337,8 +338,8 @@ func verifySingleSpan(
 		conventions.AttributeServiceName: pdata.NewAttributeValueString(serviceName),
 	})
 	span := rs.InstrumentationLibrarySpans().AppendEmpty().Spans().AppendEmpty()
-	span.SetTraceID(testbed.GenerateSequentialTraceID(1))
-	span.SetSpanID(testbed.GenerateSequentialSpanID(1))
+	span.SetTraceID(idutils.UInt64ToTraceID(0, 1))
+	span.SetSpanID(idutils.UInt64ToSpanID(1))
 	span.SetName(spanName)
 
 	sender := tc.Sender.(testbed.TraceDataSender)