diff --git a/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingController.cs b/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingController.cs
index a5da3210194..48310cb89f1 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingController.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingController.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ namespace Polly.Hedging.Utils;
 
 internal sealed class HedgingController
 {
-    private readonly IObjectPool<HedgingExecutionContext> _contextPool;
-    private readonly IObjectPool<TaskExecution> _executionPool;
+    private readonly ObjectPool<HedgingExecutionContext> _contextPool;
+    private readonly ObjectPool<TaskExecution> _executionPool;
     private int _rentedContexts;
     private int _rentedExecutions;
 
diff --git a/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingExecutionContext.cs b/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingExecutionContext.cs
index 9f4c747ca08..ac74c02c8ca 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingExecutionContext.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Core/Hedging/Controller/HedgingExecutionContext.cs
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ internal sealed class HedgingExecutionContext
 
     private readonly List<TaskExecution> _tasks = new();
     private readonly List<TaskExecution> _executingTasks = new();
-    private readonly IObjectPool<TaskExecution> _executionPool;
+    private readonly ObjectPool<TaskExecution> _executionPool;
     private readonly TimeProvider _timeProvider;
     private readonly int _maxAttempts;
     private readonly Action<HedgingExecutionContext> _onReset;
     private readonly ResilienceProperties _replacedProperties = new();
 
     public HedgingExecutionContext(
-        IObjectPool<TaskExecution> executionPool,
+        ObjectPool<TaskExecution> executionPool,
         TimeProvider timeProvider,
         int maxAttempts,
         Action<HedgingExecutionContext> onReset)
diff --git a/src/Polly.Core/Utils/IObjectPool.cs b/src/Polly.Core/Utils/IObjectPool.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 43cb038cb20..00000000000
--- a/src/Polly.Core/Utils/IObjectPool.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-namespace Polly.Utils;
-
-#pragma warning disable CA1716 // Identifiers should not match keywords
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Represents a pool of objects.
-/// </summary>
-/// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects in the pool.</typeparam>
-internal interface IObjectPool<T>
-    where T : class
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets an object from the pool.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <returns>Object instance.</returns>
-    T Get();
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Returns an object to the pool.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="obj">The object instance to return.</param>
-    void Return(T obj);
-}
diff --git a/src/Polly.Core/Utils/ObjectPool.cs b/src/Polly.Core/Utils/ObjectPool.cs
index bb735167be4..1c535a96e8f 100644
--- a/src/Polly.Core/Utils/ObjectPool.cs
+++ b/src/Polly.Core/Utils/ObjectPool.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 namespace Polly.Utils;
 
 // copied from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/53124ab8cbf152f59120982f1c74e802e7970845/src/ObjectPool/src/DefaultObjectPool.cs
-internal sealed class ObjectPool<T> : IObjectPool<T>
+internal sealed class ObjectPool<T>
     where T : class
 {
     internal static readonly int MaxCapacity = (Environment.ProcessorCount * 2) - 1; // the - 1 is to account for _fastItem