diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof.go b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof.go
index c2b4a2787e..c88844e837 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof.go
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ import (
 	"internal/pprof/profile"
 	"io"
 	"runtime"
-	"runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -500,7 +499,7 @@ func writeHeap(w io.Writer, debug int) error {
 	}
 
 	if debug == 0 {
-		pp := protopprof.EncodeMemProfile(p, int64(runtime.MemProfileRate), time.Now())
+		pp := encodeMemProfile(p, int64(runtime.MemProfileRate), time.Now())
 		return pp.Write(w)
 	}
 
@@ -709,7 +708,7 @@ func profileWriter(w io.Writer) {
 		buf.Write(data)
 	}
 
-	profile, err := protopprof.TranslateCPUProfile(buf.Bytes(), startTime)
+	profile, err := translateCPUProfile(buf.Bytes(), startTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		// The runtime should never produce an invalid or truncated profile.
 		// It drops records that can't fit into its log buffers.
diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protopprof.go b/src/runtime/pprof/proto.go
similarity index 93%
rename from src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protopprof.go
rename to src/runtime/pprof/proto.go
index 8a10716f0a..6fcfc72537 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protopprof.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/proto.go
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Package protopprof converts the runtime's raw profile logs
-// to Profile structs containing a representation of the pprof
-// protocol buffer profile format.
-package protopprof
+package pprof
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -18,9 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"internal/pprof/profile"
 )
 
-// TranslateCPUProfile parses binary CPU profiling stack trace data
+// translateCPUProfile parses binary CPU profiling stack trace data
 // generated by runtime.CPUProfile() into a profile struct.
-func TranslateCPUProfile(b []byte, startTime time.Time) (*profile.Profile, error) {
+func translateCPUProfile(b []byte, startTime time.Time) (*profile.Profile, error) {
 	const wordSize = unsafe.Sizeof(uintptr(0))
 	const minRawProfile = 5 * wordSize // Need a minimum of 5 words.
 	if uintptr(len(b)) < minRawProfile {
diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protopprof_test.go b/src/runtime/pprof/proto_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protopprof_test.go
rename to src/runtime/pprof/proto_test.go
index 33d19d8566..ba145e4846 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protopprof_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/proto_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package protopprof
+package pprof
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ func createProfileWithTwoSamples(t *testing.T, periodMs uintptr, count1 uintptr,
 	return *buf
 }
 
-// Tests TranslateCPUProfile parses correct sampling period in an otherwise empty cpu profile.
+// Tests translateCPUProfile parses correct sampling period in an otherwise empty cpu profile.
 func TestTranlateCPUProfileSamplingPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 	// A test server with mock cpu profile data.
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	b := createEmptyProfileWithPeriod(t, 2000)
-	p, err := TranslateCPUProfile(b.Bytes(), startTime)
+	p, err := translateCPUProfile(b.Bytes(), startTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("translate failed: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func getSampleAsString(sample []*profile.Sample) string {
 	return str
 }
 
-// Tests TranslateCPUProfile parses a cpu profile with sample values present.
+// Tests translateCPUProfile parses a cpu profile with sample values present.
 func TestTranslateCPUProfileWithSamples(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
 		t.Skip("test requires a system with /proc/self/maps")
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestTranslateCPUProfileWithSamples(t *testing.T) {
 
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	b := createProfileWithTwoSamples(t, 2000, 20, 40, uintptr(address1), uintptr(address2))
-	p, err := TranslateCPUProfile(b.Bytes(), startTime)
+	p, err := translateCPUProfile(b.Bytes(), startTime)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Could not parse Profile profile: %v", err)
diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protomemprofile.go b/src/runtime/pprof/protomem.go
similarity index 94%
rename from src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protomemprofile.go
rename to src/runtime/pprof/protomem.go
index c2ab5b5702..4892b6deb1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protomemprofile.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/protomem.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package protopprof
+package pprof
 
 import (
 	"internal/pprof/profile"
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// EncodeMemProfile converts MemProfileRecords to a Profile.
-func EncodeMemProfile(mr []runtime.MemProfileRecord, rate int64, t time.Time) *profile.Profile {
+// encodeMemProfile converts MemProfileRecords to a Profile.
+func encodeMemProfile(mr []runtime.MemProfileRecord, rate int64, t time.Time) *profile.Profile {
 	p := &profile.Profile{
 		Period:     rate,
 		PeriodType: &profile.ValueType{Type: "space", Unit: "bytes"},
diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protomemprofile_test.go b/src/runtime/pprof/protomem_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protomemprofile_test.go
rename to src/runtime/pprof/protomem_test.go
index a10fe772cc..a07f20bd25 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/internal/protopprof/protomemprofile_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/protomem_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package protopprof
+package pprof
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestSampledHeapAllocProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 
 	rec, rate := testMemRecords(address1, address2)
-	p := EncodeMemProfile(rec, rate, time.Now())
+	p := encodeMemProfile(rec, rate, time.Now())
 	if err := p.Write(&buf); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to write profile: %v", err)
 	}