diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/test/PrometheusExporter.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/test/PrometheusExporter.test.ts
index 3b5f044be3c..8782e5a1357 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/test/PrometheusExporter.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/test/PrometheusExporter.test.ts
@@ -216,10 +216,9 @@ describe('PrometheusExporter', () => {
       exporter = new PrometheusExporter({}, () => {
         meterProvider = new MeterProvider({
           interval: Math.pow(2, 31) - 1,
-        });
-        meter = meterProvider.getMeter('test-prometheus', '1', {
           exporter,
         });
+        meter = meterProvider.getMeter('test-prometheus', '1');
         done();
       });
     });
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts
index c7edefd0d7f..cc4ecc82a1e 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/MeterProvider.ts
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ export class MeterProvider implements api.MeterProvider {
    *
    * @returns Meter A Meter with the given name and version
    */
-  getMeter(name: string, version?: string, config?: MeterConfig): Meter {
+  getMeter(name: string, version?: string): Meter {
     const key = `${name}@${version || ''}`;
     if (!this._meters.has(key)) {
       this._meters.set(
         key,
-        new Meter({ name, version }, config || this._config)
+        new Meter({ name, version }, this._config)
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/Meter.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/Meter.test.ts
index e89545f7adf..3dae4e62302 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/Meter.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/Meter.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import {
-  Aggregator,
   CounterMetric,
   Histogram,
   LastValue,
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import {
   Meter,
   MeterProvider,
   Metric,
-  MetricDescriptor,
   MetricKind,
   MetricRecord,
   Sum,
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ import {
 import { BatchObserver } from '../src/BatchObserver';
 import { BatchObserverResult } from '../src/BatchObserverResult';
 import { SumAggregator } from '../src/export/aggregators';
-import { Processor } from '../src/export/Processor';
 import { ObservableCounterMetric } from '../src/ObservableCounterMetric';
 import { ObservableUpDownCounterMetric } from '../src/ObservableUpDownCounterMetric';
 import { hashLabels } from '../src/Utils';
@@ -1364,28 +1361,8 @@ describe('Meter', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(value, 10);
     });
   });
-
-  it('should allow custom processor', () => {
-    const customMeter = new MeterProvider().getMeter('custom-processor', '*', {
-      processor: new CustomProcessor(),
-    });
-    assert.throws(() => {
-      const histogram = customMeter.createHistogram('myHistogram');
-      histogram.bind({}).record(1);
-    }, /aggregatorFor method not implemented/);
-  });
 });
 
-class CustomProcessor extends Processor {
-  process(record: MetricRecord): void {
-    throw new Error('process method not implemented.');
-  }
-
-  aggregatorFor(metricKind: MetricDescriptor): Aggregator {
-    throw new Error('aggregatorFor method not implemented.');
-  }
-}
-
 function ensureMetric(metric: MetricRecord, name?: string, value?: LastValue) {
   assert.ok(metric.aggregator instanceof LastValueAggregator);
   const lastValue = metric.aggregator.toPoint().value;
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/MeterProvider.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/MeterProvider.test.ts
index b7bb7bd42f6..5411f63b8f5 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/MeterProvider.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/test/MeterProvider.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
-import { MeterProvider, Meter, CounterMetric } from '../src';
+import {
+  MeterProvider,
+  Meter,
+  CounterMetric,
+  MetricRecord,
+  MetricDescriptor,
+  Aggregator,
+  Processor,
+} from '../src';
 
 describe('MeterProvider', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -74,6 +82,27 @@ describe('MeterProvider', () => {
       const meter4 = provider.getMeter('meter3', 'ver2');
       assert.notEqual(meter3, meter4);
     });
+
+    it('should allow custom processor', () => {
+      class CustomProcessor extends Processor {
+        process(record: MetricRecord): void {
+          throw new Error('process method not implemented.');
+        }
+
+        aggregatorFor(metricKind: MetricDescriptor): Aggregator {
+          throw new Error('aggregatorFor method not implemented.');
+        }
+      }
+
+      const meter = new MeterProvider({
+        processor: new CustomProcessor(),
+      }).getMeter('custom-processor', '*');
+
+      assert.throws(() => {
+        const histogram = meter.createHistogram('myHistogram');
+        histogram.bind({}).record(1);
+      }, /aggregatorFor method not implemented/);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('shutdown()', () => {