diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
index 4be633821a1a..13cde107074f 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ export interface BrowserTracingOptions extends RequestInstrumentationOptions {
   _experiments: Partial<{
     enableLongTask: boolean;
     enableInteractions: boolean;
-    enableHTTPTimings: boolean;
     onStartRouteTransaction: (t: Transaction | undefined, ctx: TransactionContext, getCurrentHub: () => Hub) => void;
   }>;
 
@@ -140,6 +139,7 @@ const DEFAULT_BROWSER_TRACING_OPTIONS: BrowserTracingOptions = {
   startTransactionOnLocationChange: true,
   startTransactionOnPageLoad: true,
   enableLongTask: true,
+  _experiments: {},
   ...defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions,
 };
 
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ export class BrowserTracing implements Integration {
       traceFetch,
       traceXHR,
       shouldCreateSpanForRequest,
+      enableHTTPTimings,
       _experiments,
     } = this.options;
 
@@ -277,9 +278,7 @@ export class BrowserTracing implements Integration {
       traceXHR,
       tracePropagationTargets,
       shouldCreateSpanForRequest,
-      _experiments: {
-        enableHTTPTimings: _experiments.enableHTTPTimings,
-      },
+      enableHTTPTimings,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts
index 071b2146bb16..f7332b9d2957 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_TRACE_PROPAGATION_TARGETS = ['localhost', /^\/(?!\/)/];
 
 /** Options for Request Instrumentation */
 export interface RequestInstrumentationOptions {
-  /**
-   * Allow experiments for the request instrumentation.
-   */
-  _experiments: Partial<{
-    enableHTTPTimings: boolean;
-  }>;
-
   /**
    * @deprecated Will be removed in v8.
    * Use `shouldCreateSpanForRequest` to control span creation and `tracePropagationTargets` to control
@@ -52,6 +45,13 @@ export interface RequestInstrumentationOptions {
    */
   traceXHR: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * If true, Sentry will capture http timings and add them to the corresponding http spans.
+   *
+   * Default: true
+   */
+  enableHTTPTimings: boolean;
+
   /**
    * This function will be called before creating a span for a request with the given url.
    * Return false if you don't want a span for the given url.
@@ -114,16 +114,23 @@ type PolymorphicRequestHeaders =
 export const defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions: RequestInstrumentationOptions = {
   traceFetch: true,
   traceXHR: true,
+  enableHTTPTimings: true,
   // TODO (v8): Remove this property
   tracingOrigins: DEFAULT_TRACE_PROPAGATION_TARGETS,
   tracePropagationTargets: DEFAULT_TRACE_PROPAGATION_TARGETS,
-  _experiments: {},
 };
 
 /** Registers span creators for xhr and fetch requests  */
 export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(_options?: Partial<RequestInstrumentationOptions>): void {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-  const { traceFetch, traceXHR, tracePropagationTargets, tracingOrigins, shouldCreateSpanForRequest, _experiments } = {
+  const {
+    traceFetch,
+    traceXHR,
+    tracePropagationTargets,
+    // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
+    tracingOrigins,
+    shouldCreateSpanForRequest,
+    enableHTTPTimings,
+  } = {
     traceFetch: defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions.traceFetch,
     traceXHR: defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions.traceXHR,
     ..._options,
@@ -143,7 +150,7 @@ export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(_options?: Partial<RequestInstrumenta
   if (traceFetch) {
     addInstrumentationHandler('fetch', (handlerData: FetchData) => {
       const createdSpan = fetchCallback(handlerData, shouldCreateSpan, shouldAttachHeadersWithTargets, spans);
-      if (_experiments?.enableHTTPTimings && createdSpan) {
+      if (enableHTTPTimings && createdSpan) {
         addHTTPTimings(createdSpan);
       }
     });
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(_options?: Partial<RequestInstrumenta
   if (traceXHR) {
     addInstrumentationHandler('xhr', (handlerData: XHRData) => {
       const createdSpan = xhrCallback(handlerData, shouldCreateSpan, shouldAttachHeadersWithTargets, spans);
-      if (_experiments?.enableHTTPTimings && createdSpan) {
+      if (enableHTTPTimings && createdSpan) {
         addHTTPTimings(createdSpan);
       }
     });
diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/test/browser/browsertracing.test.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/test/browser/browsertracing.test.ts
index 0754afd65fc8..e6a9eff3fb82 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/test/browser/browsertracing.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/test/browser/browsertracing.test.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 10 })('BrowserTracing', () => {
 
     expect(browserTracing.options).toEqual({
       enableLongTask: true,
+      _experiments: {},
       ...TRACING_DEFAULTS,
       markBackgroundTransactions: true,
       routingInstrumentation: instrumentRoutingWithDefaults,
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 10 })('BrowserTracing', () => {
 
     expect(browserTracing.options).toEqual({
       enableLongTask: false,
+      _experiments: {},
       ...TRACING_DEFAULTS,
       markBackgroundTransactions: true,
       routingInstrumentation: instrumentRoutingWithDefaults,
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 10 })('BrowserTracing', () => {
           traceFetch: true,
           traceXHR: true,
           tracePropagationTargets: ['something'],
-          _experiments: {},
+          enableHTTPTimings: true,
         });
       });
 
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 10 })('BrowserTracing', () => {
         });
 
         expect(instrumentOutgoingRequestsMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-          _experiments: {},
+          enableHTTPTimings: true,
           traceFetch: true,
           traceXHR: true,
           tracePropagationTargets: ['something-else'],