diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 789345bdc9c..ae5cd663d22 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ release.
   ([#3627](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3627))
 - Mark Metric No-Op API as stable.
   ([#3642](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3642))
+- MetricProducers are provided as config to MetricReaders instead of through a RegisterProducer operation.
+  ([#3613](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3613))
 
 ### Logs
 
diff --git a/specification/metrics/sdk.md b/specification/metrics/sdk.md
index 98dfa5deff0..580b90cfd71 100644
--- a/specification/metrics/sdk.md
+++ b/specification/metrics/sdk.md
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ linkTitle: SDK
     + [AlignedHistogramBucketExemplarReservoir](#alignedhistogrambucketexemplarreservoir)
 - [MetricReader](#metricreader)
   * [MetricReader operations](#metricreader-operations)
-    + [RegisterProducer(metricProducer)](#registerproducermetricproducer)
     + [Collect](#collect)
     + [Shutdown](#shutdown-1)
   * [Periodic exporting MetricReader](#periodic-exporting-metricreader)
@@ -1047,6 +1046,7 @@ SHOULD provide at least the following:
 * The default output `aggregation` (optional), a function of instrument kind.  If not configured, the [default aggregation](#default-aggregation) SHOULD be used.
 * The default output `temporality` (optional), a function of instrument kind.  If not configured, the Cumulative temporality SHOULD be used.
 * **Status**: [Experimental](../document-status.md) - The default aggregation cardinality limit to use, a function of instrument kind.  If not configured, a default value of 2000 SHOULD be used.
+* **Status**: [Experimental](../document-status.md) - Zero of more [MetricProducer](#metricproducer)s (optional) to collect metrics from in addition to metrics from the SDK.
 
 The [MetricReader.Collect](#collect) method allows general-purpose
 `MetricExporter` instances to explicitly initiate collection, commonly
@@ -1103,21 +1103,6 @@ functions.
 
 ### MetricReader operations
 
-#### RegisterProducer(metricProducer)
-
-**Status**: [Experimental](../document-status.md)
-
-RegisterProducer causes the MetricReader to use the provided
-[MetricProducer](#metricproducer) as a source of aggregated metric data in
-subsequent invocations of Collect. RegisterProducer is expected to be called
-during initialization, but MAY be invoked later. Multiple registrations
-of the same MetricProducer MAY result in duplicate metric data being collected.
-
-If the [MeterProvider](#meterprovider) is an instance of
-[MetricProducer](#metricproducer), this MAY be used to register the
-MeterProvider, but MUST NOT allow multiple [MeterProviders](#meterprovider)
-to be registered with the same MetricReader.
-
 #### Collect
 
 Collects the metrics from the SDK and any registered