diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 840cfd565..1a7cbabba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2002](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2002))
 - `opentelemetry-instrument-grpc` Fix arity of context.abort for AIO RPCs
   ([#2066](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2066))
+- Consolidate instrumentation suppression mechanisms and fix bug in httpx instrumentation
+  ([#2061](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2061))
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/pyproject.toml
index 237c81221..35a538b7a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/pyproject.toml
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "opentelemetry-api ~= 1.5",
+  "opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.44b0.dev",
   "wrapt >= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/callback_decorator.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/callback_decorator.py
index a2169b6d1..f10415bdd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/callback_decorator.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/callback_decorator.py
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ from aio_pika.abc import AbstractIncomingMessage
 
 from opentelemetry import context, propagate, trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aio_pika.span_builder import SpanBuilder
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aio_pika.utils import (
-    is_instrumentation_enabled,
-)
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import is_instrumentation_enabled
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import MessagingOperationValues
 from opentelemetry.trace import Span, Tracer
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py
index 056f3dab2..b73afa62b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from aio_pika.abc import AbstractChannel, AbstractMessage
 
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aio_pika.utils import (
-    is_instrumentation_enabled,
-)
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import is_instrumentation_enabled
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import (
     MessagingOperationValues,
     SpanAttributes,
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fb94ddf46..000000000
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-from opentelemetry import context
-
-
-def is_instrumentation_enabled() -> bool:
-    if context.get_value("suppress_instrumentation") or context.get_value(
-        context._SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-    ):
-        return False
-    return True
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_client/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_client/__init__.py
index ef3b667c9..9f842bde7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_client/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiohttp_client/__init__.py
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiohttp_client.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiohttp_client.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
-    _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
     http_status_to_status_code,
+    is_instrumentation_enabled,
     unwrap,
 )
 from opentelemetry.propagate import inject
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def create_trace_config(
         trace_config_ctx: types.SimpleNamespace,
         params: aiohttp.TraceRequestStartParams,
     ):
-        if context_api.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        if not is_instrumentation_enabled():
             trace_config_ctx.span = None
             return
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def _instrument(
 
     # pylint:disable=unused-argument
     def instrumented_init(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
-        if context_api.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        if not is_instrumentation_enabled():
             return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
 
         client_trace_configs = list(kwargs.get("trace_configs") or [])
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py
index 50330b05b..2fa97f40b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ import yarl
 from http_server_mock import HttpServerMock
 from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
 
-from opentelemetry import context
 from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation import aiohttp_client
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiohttp_client import (
     AioHttpClientInstrumentor,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import suppress_instrumentation
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 from opentelemetry.trace import Span, StatusCode
@@ -512,25 +511,17 @@ class TestAioHttpClientInstrumentor(TestBase):
         self.assert_spans(1)
 
     def test_suppress_instrumentation(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             run_with_test_server(
                 self.get_default_request(), self.URL, self.default_handler
             )
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assert_spans(0)
 
     @staticmethod
     async def suppressed_request(server: aiohttp.test_utils.TestServer):
         async with aiohttp.test_utils.TestClient(server) as client:
-            token = context.attach(
-                context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-            )
-            await client.get(TestAioHttpClientInstrumentor.URL)
-            context.detach(token)
+            with suppress_instrumentation():
+                await client.get(TestAioHttpClientInstrumentor.URL)
 
     def test_suppress_instrumentation_after_creation(self):
         run_with_test_server(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto3sqs/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto3sqs/__init__.py
index 137c570ac..ee7f4a59a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto3sqs/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto3sqs/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper
 from opentelemetry import context, propagate, trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
-    _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
+    is_instrumentation_enabled,
     unwrap,
 )
 from opentelemetry.propagators.textmap import CarrierT, Getter, Setter
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class Boto3SQSInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
 
     def _wrap_send_message(self, sqs_class: type) -> None:
         def send_wrapper(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
-            if context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+            if not is_instrumentation_enabled():
                 return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
             queue_url = kwargs.get("QueueUrl")
             # The method expect QueueUrl and Entries params, so if they are None, we call wrapped to receive the
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class Boto3SQSInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
             # The method expect QueueUrl and Entries params, so if they are None, we call wrapped to receive the
             # original exception
             if (
-                context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY)
+                not is_instrumentation_enabled()
                 or not queue_url
                 or not entries
             ):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
index 686b040b1..36b973e31 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ from botocore.endpoint import Endpoint
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper
 
-from opentelemetry import context as context_api
-
-# FIXME: fix the importing of this private attribute when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.botocore.extensions import _find_extension
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.botocore.extensions.types import (
     _AwsSdkCallContext,
@@ -98,7 +94,8 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.botocore.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.botocore.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
-    _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
+    is_instrumentation_enabled,
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
     unwrap,
 )
 from opentelemetry.propagators.aws.aws_xray_propagator import AwsXRayPropagator
@@ -171,7 +168,7 @@ class BotocoreInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
 
     # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
     def _patched_api_call(self, original_func, instance, args, kwargs):
-        if context_api.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        if not is_instrumentation_enabled():
             return original_func(*args, **kwargs)
 
         call_context = _determine_call_context(instance, args)
@@ -200,25 +197,20 @@ class BotocoreInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
             _safe_invoke(extension.before_service_call, span)
             self._call_request_hook(span, call_context)
 
-            token = context_api.attach(
-                context_api.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-            )
-
-            result = None
             try:
-                result = original_func(*args, **kwargs)
-            except ClientError as error:
-                result = getattr(error, "response", None)
-                _apply_response_attributes(span, result)
-                _safe_invoke(extension.on_error, span, error)
-                raise
-            else:
-                _apply_response_attributes(span, result)
-                _safe_invoke(extension.on_success, span, result)
+                with suppress_http_instrumentation():
+                    result = None
+                    try:
+                        result = original_func(*args, **kwargs)
+                    except ClientError as error:
+                        result = getattr(error, "response", None)
+                        _apply_response_attributes(span, result)
+                        _safe_invoke(extension.on_error, span, error)
+                        raise
+                    _apply_response_attributes(span, result)
+                    _safe_invoke(extension.on_success, span, result)
             finally:
-                context_api.detach(token)
                 _safe_invoke(extension.after_service_call)
-
                 self._call_response_hook(span, call_context, result)
 
             return result
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
index 3d25dcbf2..bb6d28339 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
@@ -27,14 +27,11 @@ from moto import (  # pylint: disable=import-error
 )
 
 from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
-from opentelemetry.context import (
-    _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
-    attach,
-    detach,
-    set_value,
-)
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.botocore import BotocoreInstrumentor
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
+    suppress_instrumentation,
+)
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.propagators.aws.aws_xray_propagator import TRACE_HEADER_KEY
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
@@ -341,23 +338,17 @@ class TestBotocoreInstrumentor(TestBase):
     @mock_xray
     def test_suppress_instrumentation_xray_client(self):
         xray_client = self._make_client("xray")
-        token = attach(set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True))
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             xray_client.put_trace_segments(TraceSegmentDocuments=["str1"])
             xray_client.put_trace_segments(TraceSegmentDocuments=["str2"])
-        finally:
-            detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(0, len(self.get_finished_spans()))
 
     @mock_xray
     def test_suppress_http_instrumentation_xray_client(self):
         xray_client = self._make_client("xray")
-        token = attach(set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True))
-        try:
+        with suppress_http_instrumentation():
             xray_client.put_trace_segments(TraceSegmentDocuments=["str1"])
             xray_client.put_trace_segments(TraceSegmentDocuments=["str2"])
-        finally:
-            detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(2, len(self.get_finished_spans()))
 
     @mock_s3
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_aio_client.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_aio_client.py
index 5d5a5ccc4..8fc992be7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_aio_client.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_aio_client.py
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 import grpc
 from grpc.aio import ClientCallDetails
 
-from opentelemetry import context
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc._client import (
     OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor,
     _carrier_setter,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import is_instrumentation_enabled
 from opentelemetry.propagate import inject
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCode
@@ -139,9 +138,10 @@ class _BaseAioClientInterceptor(OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor):
             span.end()
 
     def tracing_skipped(self, client_call_details):
-        return context.get_value(
-            _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-        ) or not self.rpc_matches_filters(client_call_details)
+        return (
+            not is_instrumentation_enabled()
+            or not self.rpc_matches_filters(client_call_details)
+        )
 
     def rpc_matches_filters(self, client_call_details):
         return self._filter is None or self._filter(client_call_details)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_client.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_client.py
index b966fff4d..e27c9e826 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_client.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_client.py
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ from typing import Callable, MutableMapping
 
 import grpc
 
-from opentelemetry import context, trace
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc import grpcext
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc._utilities import RpcInfo
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import is_instrumentation_enabled
 from opentelemetry.propagate import inject
 from opentelemetry.propagators.textmap import Setter
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor(
         return result
 
     def _intercept(self, request, metadata, client_info, invoker):
-        if context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        if not is_instrumentation_enabled():
             return invoker(request, metadata)
 
         if not metadata:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor(
     def intercept_stream(
         self, request_or_iterator, metadata, client_info, invoker
     ):
-        if context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        if not is_instrumentation_enabled():
             return invoker(request_or_iterator, metadata)
 
         if self._filter is not None and not self._filter(client_info):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_aio_client_interceptor.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_aio_client_interceptor.py
index 6ca5ce92d..6b1006b8a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_aio_client_interceptor.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_aio_client_interceptor.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import grpc
 import pytest
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc
-from opentelemetry import context, trace
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc import (
     GrpcAioInstrumentorClient,
     aio_client_interceptors,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc import (
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc._aio_client import (
     UnaryUnaryAioClientInterceptor,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import suppress_instrumentation
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.test.mock_textmap import MockTextMapPropagator
@@ -314,53 +314,33 @@ class TestAioClientInterceptor(TestBase, IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             set_global_textmap(previous_propagator)
 
     async def test_unary_unary_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             response = await simple_method(self._stub)
             assert response.response_data == "data"
 
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
             self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
     async def test_unary_stream_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             async for response in server_streaming_method(self._stub):
                 self.assertEqual(response.response_data, "data")
 
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
             self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
     async def test_stream_unary_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             response = await client_streaming_method(self._stub)
             assert response.response_data == "data"
 
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
             self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
     async def test_stream_stream_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             async for response in bidirectional_streaming_method(self._stub):
                 self.assertEqual(response.response_data, "data")
 
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
             self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
index 21d016d62..2436aca40 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from tests.protobuf import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 )
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc
-from opentelemetry import context, trace
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc import GrpcInstrumentorClient
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc._client import (
     OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc._client import (
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc.grpcext._interceptor import (
     _UnaryClientInfo,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import suppress_instrumentation
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.test.mock_textmap import MockTextMapPropagator
@@ -307,45 +307,25 @@ class TestClientProto(TestBase):
             set_global_textmap(previous_propagator)
 
     def test_unary_unary_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             simple_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
 
     def test_unary_stream_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             server_streaming_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
 
     def test_stream_unary_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             client_streaming_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
 
     def test_stream_stream_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             bidirectional_streaming_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor_filter.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor_filter.py
index bfa20592b..9a9aefad5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor_filter.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor_filter.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from tests.protobuf import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 )
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc
-from opentelemetry import context, trace
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc import GrpcInstrumentorClient, filters
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc._client import (
     OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc._client import (
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc.grpcext._interceptor import (
     _UnaryClientInfo,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import suppress_instrumentation
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.test.mock_textmap import MockTextMapPropagator
@@ -639,45 +639,25 @@ class TestClientProtoFilterByEnvAndOption(TestBase):
             set_global_textmap(previous_propagator)
 
     def test_unary_unary_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             simple_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
 
     def test_unary_stream_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             server_streaming_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
 
     def test_stream_unary_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             client_streaming_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
 
     def test_stream_stream_with_suppress_key(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             bidirectional_streaming_method(self._stub)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/utils.py
index 881149dba..6dab4fdfa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pika.channel import Channel
 from pika.spec import Basic, BasicProperties
 
 from opentelemetry import context, propagate, trace
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import is_instrumentation_enabled
 from opentelemetry.propagators.textmap import CarrierT, Getter
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import (
     MessagingOperationValues,
@@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ def _get_span(
     span_kind: SpanKind,
     operation: Optional[MessagingOperationValues] = None,
 ) -> Optional[Span]:
-    if context.get_value("suppress_instrumentation") or context.get_value(
-        _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-    ):
+    if not is_instrumentation_enabled():
         return None
     task_name = properties.type if properties.type else task_name
     span = tracer.start_span(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymongo/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymongo/__init__.py
index 041ff6b92..506669a5c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymongo/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymongo/__init__.py
@@ -79,14 +79,13 @@ from typing import Callable, Collection
 
 from pymongo import monitoring
 
-from opentelemetry import context
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.pymongo.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.pymongo.utils import (
     COMMAND_TO_ATTRIBUTE_MAPPING,
 )
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.pymongo.version import __version__
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import is_instrumentation_enabled
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import DbSystemValues, SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.trace import SpanKind, get_tracer
 from opentelemetry.trace.span import Span
@@ -122,9 +121,7 @@ class CommandTracer(monitoring.CommandListener):
 
     def started(self, event: monitoring.CommandStartedEvent):
         """Method to handle a pymongo CommandStartedEvent"""
-        if not self.is_enabled or context.get_value(
-            _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-        ):
+        if not self.is_enabled or not is_instrumentation_enabled():
             return
         command_name = event.command_name
         span_name = f"{event.database_name}.{command_name}"
@@ -167,9 +164,7 @@ class CommandTracer(monitoring.CommandListener):
 
     def succeeded(self, event: monitoring.CommandSucceededEvent):
         """Method to handle a pymongo CommandSucceededEvent"""
-        if not self.is_enabled or context.get_value(
-            _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-        ):
+        if not self.is_enabled or not is_instrumentation_enabled():
             return
         span = self._pop_span(event)
         if span is None:
@@ -185,9 +180,7 @@ class CommandTracer(monitoring.CommandListener):
 
     def failed(self, event: monitoring.CommandFailedEvent):
         """Method to handle a pymongo CommandFailedEvent"""
-        if not self.is_enabled or context.get_value(
-            _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-        ):
+        if not (self.is_enabled and is_instrumentation_enabled()):
             return
         span = self._pop_span(event)
         if span is None:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/tests/test_pymongo.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/tests/test_pymongo.py
index 8eab3b701..5a8acfda3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/tests/test_pymongo.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo/tests/test_pymongo.py
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@
 
 from unittest import mock
 
-from opentelemetry import context
 from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.pymongo import (
     CommandTracer,
     PymongoInstrumentor,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import suppress_instrumentation
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 
@@ -112,16 +111,10 @@ class TestPymongo(TestBase):
         mock_event.command.get = mock.Mock()
         mock_event.command.get.return_value = "dummy"
 
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             command_tracer = CommandTracer(mock_tracer)
             command_tracer.started(event=mock_event)
             command_tracer.succeeded(event=mock_event)
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
         # if suppression key is set, CommandTracer methods return immediately, so command.get is not invoked.
         self.assertFalse(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
index 0a8e4ee72..4c198596a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ from requests.models import PreparedRequest, Response
 from requests.sessions import Session
 from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 
-from opentelemetry import context
-
-# FIXME: fix the importing of this private attribute when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation._semconv import (
     _METRIC_ATTRIBUTES_CLIENT_DURATION_NAME,
     _SPAN_ATTRIBUTES_ERROR_TYPE,
@@ -87,8 +83,9 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
-    _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
     http_status_to_status_code,
+    is_http_instrumentation_enabled,
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
 )
 from opentelemetry.metrics import Histogram, get_meter
 from opentelemetry.propagate import inject
@@ -149,9 +146,7 @@ def _instrument(
             )
             return request.headers
 
-        if context.get_value(
-            _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-        ) or context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        if not is_http_instrumentation_enabled():
             return wrapped_send(self, request, **kwargs)
 
         # See
@@ -220,20 +215,19 @@ def _instrument(
             headers = get_or_create_headers()
             inject(headers)
 
-            token = context.attach(
-                context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-            )
-
-            start_time = default_timer()
-
-            try:
-                result = wrapped_send(self, request, **kwargs)  # *** PROCEED
-            except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=W0703
-                exception = exc
-                result = getattr(exc, "response", None)
-            finally:
-                elapsed_time = max(default_timer() - start_time, 0)
-                context.detach(token)
+            with suppress_http_instrumentation():
+                start_time = default_timer()
+                try:
+                    result = wrapped_send(
+                        self, request, **kwargs
+                    )  # *** PROCEED
+                except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+                    exception = exc
+                    result = getattr(exc, "response", None)
+                finally:
+                    elapsed_time = max(
+                        round((default_timer() - start_time) * 1000), 0
+                    )
 
             if isinstance(result, Response):
                 span_attributes = {}
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
index 11eada258..881705306 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ from requests.adapters import BaseAdapter
 from requests.models import Response
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests
-from opentelemetry import context, trace
-
-# FIXME: fix the importing of this private attribute when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation._semconv import (
     _OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN_KEY,
     _SPAN_ATTRIBUTES_ERROR_TYPE,
@@ -33,7 +30,10 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation._semconv import (
     _OpenTelemetrySemanticConventionStability,
 )
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
+    suppress_instrumentation,
+)
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.sdk import resources
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
@@ -397,26 +397,16 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
         self.assert_span()
 
     def test_suppress_instrumentation(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             result = self.perform_request(self.URL)
             self.assertEqual(result.text, "Hello!")
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
         self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
 
     def test_suppress_http_instrumentation(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_http_instrumentation():
             result = self.perform_request(self.URL)
             self.assertEqual(result.text, "Hello!")
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
         self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
index eca8fbda7..3738c4d2c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
@@ -85,16 +85,13 @@ from urllib.request import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
     Request,
 )
 
-from opentelemetry import context
-
-# FIXME: fix the importing of this private attribute when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
-    _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
     http_status_to_status_code,
+    is_http_instrumentation_enabled,
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
 )
 from opentelemetry.metrics import Histogram, get_meter
 from opentelemetry.propagate import inject
@@ -206,9 +203,7 @@ def _instrument(
     def _instrumented_open_call(
         _, request, call_wrapped, get_or_create_headers
     ):  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
-        if context.get_value(
-            _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
-        ) or context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        if not is_http_instrumentation_enabled():
             return call_wrapped()
 
         url = request.full_url
@@ -236,18 +231,15 @@ def _instrument(
             headers = get_or_create_headers()
             inject(headers)
 
-            token = context.attach(
-                context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-            )
-            start_time = default_timer()
-            try:
-                result = call_wrapped()  # *** PROCEED
-            except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=W0703
-                exception = exc
-                result = getattr(exc, "file", None)
-            finally:
-                elapsed_time = round((default_timer() - start_time) * 1000)
-                context.detach(token)
+            with suppress_http_instrumentation():
+                start_time = default_timer()
+                try:
+                    result = call_wrapped()  # *** PROCEED
+                except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+                    exception = exc
+                    result = getattr(exc, "file", None)
+                finally:
+                    elapsed_time = round((default_timer() - start_time) * 1000)
 
             if result is not None:
                 code_ = result.getcode()
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py
index f27f594a3..36189e12c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ from urllib.request import OpenerDirector
 import httpretty
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
-from opentelemetry import context, trace
-
-# FIXME: fix the importing of this private attribute when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
     URLLibInstrumentor,
 )
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
+    suppress_instrumentation,
+)
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.sdk import resources
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
@@ -255,26 +255,16 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
         self.assert_span()
 
     def test_suppress_instrumentation(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_instrumentation():
             result = self.perform_request(self.URL)
             self.assertEqual(result.read(), b"Hello!")
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
         self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
 
     def test_suppress_http_instrumentation(self):
-        token = context.attach(
-            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-        )
-        try:
+        with suppress_http_instrumentation():
             result = self.perform_request(self.URL)
             self.assertEqual(result.read(), b"Hello!")
-        finally:
-            context.detach(token)
 
         self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
index 5580cb529..985f29119 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ API
 """
 
 import collections.abc
-import contextlib
 import io
 import typing
 from timeit import default_timer
@@ -88,16 +87,13 @@ from typing import Collection
 import urllib3.connectionpool
 import wrapt
 
-from opentelemetry import context
-
-# FIXME: fix the importing of this private attribute when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib3.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib3.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
-    _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
     http_status_to_status_code,
+    is_http_instrumentation_enabled,
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
     unwrap,
 )
 from opentelemetry.metrics import Histogram, get_meter
@@ -224,7 +220,7 @@ def _instrument(
     excluded_urls: ExcludeList = None,
 ):
     def instrumented_urlopen(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
-        if _is_instrumentation_suppressed():
+        if not is_http_instrumentation_enabled():
             return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
 
         url = _get_url(instance, args, kwargs, url_filter)
@@ -248,7 +244,7 @@ def _instrument(
                 request_hook(span, instance, headers, body)
             inject(headers)
 
-            with _suppress_further_instrumentation():
+            with suppress_http_instrumentation():
                 start_time = default_timer()
                 response = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
                 elapsed_time = round((default_timer() - start_time) * 1000)
@@ -352,13 +348,6 @@ def _apply_response(span: Span, response: urllib3.response.HTTPResponse):
     span.set_status(Status(http_status_to_status_code(response.status)))
 
 
-def _is_instrumentation_suppressed() -> bool:
-    return bool(
-        context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY)
-        or context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY)
-    )
-
-
 def _create_metric_attributes(
     instance: urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool,
     response: urllib3.response.HTTPResponse,
@@ -382,16 +371,5 @@ def _create_metric_attributes(
     return metric_attributes
 
 
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def _suppress_further_instrumentation():
-    token = context.attach(
-        context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
-    )
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        context.detach(token)
-
-
 def _uninstrument():
     unwrap(urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool, "urlopen")
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py
index 27e1b8126..23124ea59 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ import httpretty
 import urllib3
 import urllib3.exceptions
 
-from opentelemetry import context, trace
-
-# FIXME: fix the importing of this private attribute when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib3 import URLLib3Instrumentor
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
+    suppress_http_instrumentation,
+    suppress_instrumentation,
+)
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.test.mock_textmap import MockTextMapPropagator
@@ -225,20 +225,17 @@ class TestURLLib3Instrumentor(TestBase):
         URLLib3Instrumentor().instrument()
 
     def test_suppress_instrumentation(self):
-        suppression_keys = (
-            _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
-            _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
+        suppression_cms = (
+            suppress_instrumentation,
+            suppress_http_instrumentation,
         )
-        for key in suppression_keys:
+        for cm in suppression_cms:
             self.memory_exporter.clear()
 
-            with self.subTest(key=key):
-                token = context.attach(context.set_value(key, True))
-                try:
+            with self.subTest(cm=cm):
+                with cm():
                     response = self.perform_request(self.HTTP_URL)
                     self.assertEqual(b"Hello!", response.data)
-                finally:
-                    context.detach(token)
 
                 self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py
index 35a55a127..318aaeaa7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py
@@ -13,16 +13,22 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import urllib.parse
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from re import escape, sub
-from typing import Dict, Sequence
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, Sequence
 
 from wrapt import ObjectProxy
 
 from opentelemetry import context, trace
 
-# pylint: disable=unused-import
 # pylint: disable=E0611
-from opentelemetry.context import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY  # noqa: F401
+# FIXME: fix the importing of these private attributes when the location of the _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY is defined.=
+from opentelemetry.context import (
+    _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
+    _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
+)
+
+# pylint: disable=E0611
 from opentelemetry.propagate import extract
 from opentelemetry.trace import StatusCode
 from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext import (
@@ -152,3 +158,42 @@ def _python_path_without_directory(python_path, directory, path_separator):
         "",
         python_path,
     )
+
+
+def is_instrumentation_enabled() -> bool:
+    if context.get_value(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def is_http_instrumentation_enabled() -> bool:
+    return is_instrumentation_enabled() and not context.get_value(
+        _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
+    )
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def _suppress_instrumentation(*keys: str) -> Iterable[None]:
+    """Suppress instrumentation within the context."""
+    ctx = context.get_current()
+    for key in keys:
+        ctx = context.set_value(key, True, ctx)
+    token = context.attach(ctx)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        context.detach(token)
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def suppress_instrumentation() -> Iterable[None]:
+    """Suppress instrumentation within the context."""
+    with _suppress_instrumentation(_SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        yield
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def suppress_http_instrumentation() -> Iterable[None]:
+    """Suppress instrumentation within the context."""
+    with _suppress_instrumentation(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY):
+        yield