diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/redis.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/redis.ts
index c0458c6861..a6a908746e 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/redis.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/redis.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { BasePlugin } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import * as redisTypes from 'redis';
+import type * as redisTypes from 'redis';
 import * as shimmer from 'shimmer';
 import {
   getTracedCreateClient,
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/types.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/types.ts
index 4d9daafe98..2c3be48ba4 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/types.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import * as redisTypes from 'redis';
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import type * as redisTypes from 'redis';
 
 // exported from
 // https://github.com/NodeRedis/node_redis/blob/master/lib/command.js
@@ -35,7 +34,3 @@ export interface RedisPluginClientTypes {
 
   address?: string;
 }
-
-export interface RedisPluginStreamTypes {
-  stream?: { get(): EventEmitter; set(val: EventEmitter): void };
-}
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/utils.ts
index 6d486d5324..bee33d287b 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-redis/src/utils.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import * as redisTypes from 'redis';
+import type * as redisTypes from 'redis';
 import { Tracer, SpanKind, Span, CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import {
-  RedisPluginStreamTypes,
-  RedisPluginClientTypes,
-  RedisCommand,
-} from './types';
+import { RedisCommand, RedisPluginClientTypes } from './types';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { RedisPlugin } from './redis';
 import {
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ export const getTracedCreateStreamTrace = (
   tracer: Tracer,
   original: Function
 ) => {
-  return function create_stream_trace(this: RedisPluginStreamTypes) {
+  return function create_stream_trace(this: redisTypes.RedisClient) {
     if (!this.stream) {
       Object.defineProperty(this, 'stream', {
         get() {
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ export const getTracedInternalSendCommand = (
   original: Function
 ) => {
   return function internal_send_command_trace(
-    this: redisTypes.RedisClient & RedisPluginClientTypes,
+    this: RedisPluginClientTypes,
     cmd?: RedisCommand
   ) {
     // New versions of redis (2.4+) use a single options object