diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
index 6afca130b6..c6fd34d8cd 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
     error_attributes as ErrorAttributes,
 )
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCode
+from opentelemetry.util.genai.environment_variables import (
+    OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT,
+)
 from opentelemetry.util.genai.types import (
     InputMessage,
     LLMInvocation,
@@ -45,10 +48,6 @@
     ToolCallResponse,
 )
 
-OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT = (
-    "OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT"
-)
-
 
 def is_content_enabled() -> bool:
     capture_content = environ.get(