diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
index 7d0de201c04..9cbf3642763 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export * from './trace/sampler/AlwaysOnSampler';
 export * from './trace/sampler/ParentBasedSampler';
 export * from './trace/sampler/TraceIdRatioBasedSampler';
 export * from './trace/TraceState';
+export * from './utils/environment';
 export * from './utils/sampling';
 export * from './utils/url';
 export * from './utils/wrap';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/config.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/config.ts
index 4e770eb5fae..2db3db8adcb 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/config.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import {
   getEnv,
   TracesSamplerValues,
   ParentBasedSampler,
+  ENVIRONMENT,
   TraceIdRatioBasedSampler,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import { ENVIRONMENT } from '@opentelemetry/core/src/utils/environment';
 
 const env = getEnv();
 const FALLBACK_OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER = TracesSamplerValues.AlwaysOn;