diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 562b47bc52..dffd83a7a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
     - 'release/*'
   pull_request:
 env:
-  CORE_REPO_SHA: cad776a2031c84fb3c3a1af90ee2a939f3394b9a
+  CORE_REPO_SHA: c82829283d3e99aa2e089d1774ee509619650617 
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0aefdf8fde..a2175252f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc` narrow protobuf dependency to exclude protobuf >= 4
   ([#1109](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1109))
 - cleanup type hints for textmap `Getter` and `Setter` classes
-  ([#1106](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1106))
+- Suppressing downstream HTTP instrumentation to avoid [extra spans](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/issues/930)
+  ([#1116](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1116))
 - fixed typo in `system.network.io` metric configuration
   ([#1135](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1135))
 
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 cf64e65d83..40a760d525 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ def response_hook(span, service_name, operation_name, result):
 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,
@@ -105,13 +108,6 @@ def response_hook(span, service_name, operation_name, result):
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# A key to a context variable to avoid creating duplicate spans when instrumenting
-# both botocore.client and urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool.urlopen since
-# botocore calls urlopen
-_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY = context_api.create_key(
-    "suppress_http_instrumentation"
-)
-
 
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 def _patched_endpoint_prepare_request(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
index c7249c9afb..9a5d8429b5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
 )
 
 from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
-from opentelemetry.context import attach, detach, set_value
+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.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
@@ -326,6 +331,17 @@ def test_suppress_instrumentation_xray_client(self):
             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:
+            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
     def test_request_hook(self):
         request_hook_service_attribute_name = "request_hook.service_name"
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 bd14c504e6..1f66ddeac3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 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.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests.version import __version__
@@ -75,12 +78,6 @@
 )
 from opentelemetry.util.http.httplib import set_ip_on_next_http_connection
 
-# A key to a context variable to avoid creating duplicate spans when instrumenting
-# both, Session.request and Session.send, since Session.request calls into Session.send
-_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY = context.create_key(
-    "suppress_http_instrumentation"
-)
-
 _excluded_urls_from_env = get_excluded_urls("REQUESTS")
 
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
index 1375333b67..626337b67c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 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.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
@@ -246,6 +249,18 @@ def test_suppress_instrumentation(self):
 
         self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
 
+    def test_suppress_http_instrumentation(self):
+        token = context.attach(
+            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
+        )
+        try:
+            result = self.perform_request(self.URL)
+            self.assertEqual(result.text, "Hello!")
+        finally:
+            context.detach(token)
+
+        self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
+
     def test_not_recording(self):
         with mock.patch("opentelemetry.trace.INVALID_SPAN") as mock_span:
             RequestsInstrumentor().uninstrument()
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 3e38999ace..04244989f3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib/__init__.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ def response_hook(span, request_obj, response)
 )
 
 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__
@@ -88,12 +91,6 @@ def response_hook(span, request_obj, response)
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status
 from opentelemetry.util.http import remove_url_credentials
 
-# A key to a context variable to avoid creating duplicate spans when instrumenting
-# both, Session.request and Session.send, since Session.request calls into Session.send
-_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY = context.create_key(
-    "suppress_http_instrumentation"
-)
-
 _RequestHookT = typing.Optional[typing.Callable[[Span, Request], None]]
 _ResponseHookT = typing.Optional[
     typing.Callable[[Span, Request, client.HTTPResponse], None]
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py
index 405ff43c1e..d819d481cc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib/tests/test_urllib_integration.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 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.instrumentation.urllib import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
     URLLibInstrumentor,
 )
@@ -188,6 +191,18 @@ def test_suppress_instrumentation(self):
 
         self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
 
+    def test_suppress_http_instrumentation(self):
+        token = context.attach(
+            context.set_value(_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, True)
+        )
+        try:
+            result = self.perform_request(self.URL)
+            self.assertEqual(result.read(), b"Hello!")
+        finally:
+            context.detach(token)
+
+        self.assert_span(num_spans=0)
+
     def test_not_recording(self):
         with mock.patch("opentelemetry.trace.INVALID_SPAN") as mock_span:
             URLLibInstrumentor().uninstrument()
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 ef04b7d0c2..e4973613d1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/urllib3/__init__.py
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ def response_hook(span, request, response):
 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__
@@ -86,12 +89,6 @@ def response_hook(span, request, response):
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status
 from opentelemetry.util.http.httplib import set_ip_on_next_http_connection
 
-# A key to a context variable to avoid creating duplicate spans when instrumenting
-# both, Session.request and Session.send, since Session.request calls into Session.send
-_SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY = context.create_key(
-    "suppress_http_instrumentation"
-)
-
 _UrlFilterT = typing.Optional[typing.Callable[[str], str]]
 _RequestHookT = typing.Optional[
     typing.Callable[
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py
index a79ee8f941..2e70a9d2ab 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3/tests/test_urllib3_integration.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 import urllib3.exceptions
 
 from opentelemetry import context, trace
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.urllib3 import (
-    _SUPPRESS_HTTP_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
-    URLLib3Instrumentor,
-)
+
+# 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.urllib3 import URLLib3Instrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap, set_global_textmap
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes