diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala
index ac893a91993ac..ba30bed0b450e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/ExistingRDD.scala
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ case class RowDataSourceScanExec(
     override val metastoreTableIdentifier: Option[TableIdentifier])
   extends DataSourceScanExec with CodegenSupport {
 
-  private[sql] override lazy val metrics =
+  override lazy val metrics =
     Map("numOutputRows" -> SQLMetrics.createMetric(sparkContext, "number of output rows"))
 
   val outputUnsafeRows = relation match {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ case class BatchedDataSourceScanExec(
     override val metastoreTableIdentifier: Option[TableIdentifier])
   extends DataSourceScanExec with CodegenSupport {
 
-  private[sql] override lazy val metrics =
+  override lazy val metrics =
     Map("numOutputRows" -> SQLMetrics.createMetric(sparkContext, "number of output rows"),
       "scanTime" -> SQLMetrics.createTimingMetric(sparkContext, "scan time"))
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
index 15a5d79dcb085..3a8b0f1b8ebdf 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.MetastoreRelation
  * @param ignoreIfExists allow continue working if it's already exists, otherwise
  *                      raise exception
  */
-private[hive]
 case class CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand(
     tableDesc: CatalogTable,
     query: LogicalPlan,
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala
index dfb12512a40fc..9747abbf15a55 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.{CircularBuffer, RedirectThread, SerializableConfig
  * @param script the command that should be executed.
  * @param output the attributes that are produced by the script.
  */
-private[hive]
 case class ScriptTransformation(
     input: Seq[Expression],
     script: String,
@@ -336,7 +335,6 @@ private class ScriptTransformationWriterThread(
   }
 }
 
-private[hive]
 object HiveScriptIOSchema {
   def apply(input: ScriptInputOutputSchema): HiveScriptIOSchema = {
     HiveScriptIOSchema(
@@ -355,7 +353,6 @@ object HiveScriptIOSchema {
 /**
  * The wrapper class of Hive input and output schema properties
  */
-private[hive]
 case class HiveScriptIOSchema (
     inputRowFormat: Seq[(String, String)],
     outputRowFormat: Seq[(String, String)],
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
index a2c8092e01bb9..9843f0774af96 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.SerializableConfiguration
  * [[FileFormat]] for reading ORC files. If this is moved or renamed, please update
  * [[DataSource]]'s backwardCompatibilityMap.
  */
-private[sql] class OrcFileFormat
+class OrcFileFormat
   extends FileFormat with DataSourceRegister with Serializable {
 
   override def shortName(): String = "orc"