diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/src/instrumentation.ts
index 0a04570309..6982586ba6 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class CassandraDriverInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
   }
 
   protected init() {
-    return new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<typeof CassandraDriver>(
+    return new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<any>(
       'cassandra-driver',
       supportedVersions,
       driverModule => {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export class CassandraDriverInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
     };
   }
 
-  public startSpan(
+  private startSpan(
     { op, query }: { op: string; query?: unknown },
     client: CassandraDriver.Client
   ): Span {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts
index c801d6136b..91de6e7677 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-knex/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG: types.KnexInstrumentationConfig = {
   maxQueryLength: 1022,
 };
 
-export class KnexInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<typeof knex> {
+export class KnexInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<any> {
   constructor(config: types.KnexInstrumentationConfig = {}) {
     super(
       `@opentelemetry/instrumentation-${constants.MODULE_NAME}`,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class KnexInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<typeof knex> {
   }
 
   init() {
-    const module = new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<typeof knex>(
+    const module = new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<any>(
       constants.MODULE_NAME,
       constants.SUPPORTED_VERSIONS
     );
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/instrumentation.ts
index efe4336c29..fde904f2bf 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ import { VERSION } from './version';
 
 type formatType = typeof mysqlTypes.format;
 
-export class MySQL2Instrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<
-  typeof mysqlTypes
-> {
+export class MySQL2Instrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<any> {
   static readonly COMMON_ATTRIBUTES = {
     [SemanticAttributes.DB_SYSTEM]: DbSystemValues.MYSQL,
   };
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ export class MySQL2Instrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<
 
   protected init() {
     return [
-      new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<typeof mysqlTypes>(
+      new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<any>(
         'mysql2',
         ['>= 1.4.2 < 3.0'],
         (moduleExports: any, moduleVersion) => {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
index 66570bb78e..3091569a40 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/src/utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,23 @@
 
 import { SpanAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
-import type { Query, QueryOptions } from 'mysql2';
+
+/*
+  Following types declare an expectation on mysql2 types and define a subset we
+  use in the instrumentation of the types actually defined in mysql2 pacakge
+
+  We need to import them here so that the installing party of the instrumentation
+  doesn't have to absolutely install the mysql2 package as well - specially
+  important for auto-loaders and meta-pacakges.
+*/
+interface QueryOptions {
+  sql: string;
+  values?: any | any[] | { [param: string]: any };
+}
+
+interface Query {
+  sql: string;
+}
 
 interface Config {
   host?: string;
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/instrumentation.ts
index 71f34ccede..125f2e28a8 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ import * as utils from './utils';
 import AttributeNames from './enums/AttributeNames';
 import LayerType from './enums/LayerType';
 
-export default class RouterInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<
-  typeof Router
-> {
+export default class RouterInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<any> {
   constructor() {
     super(`@opentelemetry/instrumentation-${constants.MODULE_NAME}`, VERSION);
   }
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ export default class RouterInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<
   private _moduleVersion?: string;
 
   init() {
-    const module = new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<typeof Router>(
+    const module = new InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition<any>(
       constants.MODULE_NAME,
       constants.SUPPORTED_VERSIONS,
       (moduleExports, moduleVersion) => {
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ export default class RouterInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<
     const type = layer.method
       ? LayerType.REQUEST_HANDLER
       : LayerType.MIDDLEWARE;
-    const route = utils.getRoute(req);
+    const route = req.baseUrl + (req.route?.path ?? '') || '/';
     const spanName =
       type === LayerType.REQUEST_HANDLER
         ? `request handler - ${route}`
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/utils.ts
index 82159fb5bc..a9811942f2 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-router/src/utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import * as constants from './constants';
 import * as types from './types';
-import * as Router from 'router';
 
 // Detect whether a function is a router package internal plumming handler
 export const isInternal = (fn: Function) => {
@@ -30,9 +29,6 @@ export const isInternal = (fn: Function) => {
   return false;
 };
 
-export const getRoute = (req: Router.RoutedRequest) =>
-  req.baseUrl + (req.route?.path ?? '') || '/';
-
 export const renameHttpSpan = (
   span?: types.InstrumentationSpan,
   method?: string,