diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 496d7aca9878..db030344f244 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - OTLP Metric exporter supports Histogram aggregation. (#1209)
 - The `Code` struct from the `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes` package now supports JSON marshaling and unmarshaling as well as implements the `Stringer` interface. (#1214)
 - A Baggage API to implement the OpenTelemetry specification. (#1217)
-- Add Shutdown method to apitrace.TracerProvider (#1206)
+- Add Shutdown method to sdk/trace/provider, shutdown processors in the order they were registered. (#1206)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go b/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go
index 207c36605aa2..4625f6f544e5 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/wrapper.go
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ func (p *WrapperTracerProvider) Tracer(_ string, _ ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tr
 	return p.wTracer
 }
 
-// Shutdown implements TracerProvider
-func (p *WrapperTracerProvider) Shutdown() {}
-
 // NewWrappedTracerProvider creates a new trace provider that creates a single
 // instance of WrapperTracer that wraps OpenTelemetry tracer.
 func NewWrappedTracerProvider(bridge *BridgeTracer, tracer otel.Tracer) *WrapperTracerProvider {
diff --git a/global/internal/trace.go b/global/internal/trace.go
index 25027fee580c..d74966c04652 100644
--- a/global/internal/trace.go
+++ b/global/internal/trace.go
@@ -92,12 +92,7 @@ func (p *tracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tra
 	return t
 }
 
-// Shutdown implements TracerProvider.
-func (p *tracerProvider) Shutdown() {
-	p.delegate.Shutdown()
-}
-
-// tracer is a placeholder for a trace.Tracer.
+// tracer is a placeholder for a otel.Tracer.
 //
 // All Tracer functionality is forwarded to a delegate once configured.
 // Otherwise, all functionality is forwarded to a NoopTracer.
diff --git a/global/internal/trace_test.go b/global/internal/trace_test.go
index 2cdf7edb4691..39baa07d2c0a 100644
--- a/global/internal/trace_test.go
+++ b/global/internal/trace_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ func TestTraceWithSDK(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	gtp := global.TracerProvider()
-	defer gtp.Shutdown()
 	tracer1 := gtp.Tracer("pre")
 	// This is started before an SDK was registered and should be dropped.
 	_, span1 := tracer1.Start(ctx, "span1")
diff --git a/global/trace_test.go b/global/trace_test.go
index 45abb34254c8..4482f4d04897 100644
--- a/global/trace_test.go
+++ b/global/trace_test.go
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/trace/noop"
 )
 
-type testTracerProvider struct {
-	running bool
-}
+type testTracerProvider struct{}
 
 var _ otel.TracerProvider = &testTracerProvider{}
 
@@ -32,26 +30,16 @@ func (*testTracerProvider) Tracer(_ string, _ ...otel.TracerOption) otel.Tracer
 	return noop.Tracer
 }
 
-func (tp *testTracerProvider) Shutdown() {
-	tp.running = false
-}
-
 func TestMultipleGlobalTracerProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	p1 := testTracerProvider{}
 	p2 := otel.NewNoopTracerProvider()
-
-	global.SetTracerProvider(p2)
 	global.SetTracerProvider(&p1)
+	global.SetTracerProvider(p2)
 
 	got := global.TracerProvider()
-	p1.running = true
 
-	want := &p1
+	want := p2
 	if got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("TracerProvider: got %p, want %p\n", got, want)
 	}
-	got.Shutdown()
-	if p1.running {
-		t.Fatalf("Trace should be shutdown")
-	}
 }
diff --git a/oteltest/provider.go b/oteltest/provider.go
index d0582d4257b2..4de1c356dda0 100644
--- a/oteltest/provider.go
+++ b/oteltest/provider.go
@@ -66,5 +66,3 @@ func (p *TracerProvider) Tracer(instName string, opts ...otel.TracerOption) otel
 	}
 	return t
 }
-
-func (p *TracerProvider) Shutdown() {}
diff --git a/trace.go b/trace.go
index cb1af117e994..edb95efa7f08 100644
--- a/trace.go
+++ b/trace.go
@@ -374,7 +374,4 @@ type TracerProvider interface {
 	// instrumentationName is empty, then a implementation defined default
 	// name will be used instead.
 	Tracer(instrumentationName string, opts ...TracerOption) Tracer
-
-	// Shutdown closes the provider's resources such as the span processors.
-	Shutdown()
 }
diff --git a/trace_noop.go b/trace_noop.go
index 2a7190a64c76..8e1483eddc22 100644
--- a/trace_noop.go
+++ b/trace_noop.go
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ func (p noopTracerProvider) Tracer(string, ...TracerOption) Tracer {
 	return noopTracer{}
 }
 
-// Shutdown returns noop implementation of Tracer.
-func (p noopTracerProvider) Shutdown() {}
-
 // noopTracer is an implementation of Tracer that preforms no operations.
 type noopTracer struct{}