diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/index.client.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/index.client.ts
index e2423055a877..61a1b27da7f3 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/index.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/index.client.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { configureScope, init as reactInit, Integrations as BrowserIntegrations
 import { BrowserTracing, defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions } from '@sentry/tracing';
 
 import { nextRouterInstrumentation } from './performance/client';
-import { MetadataBuilder } from './utils/metadataBuilder';
+import { buildMetadata } from './utils/metadata';
 import { NextjsOptions } from './utils/nextjsOptions';
 import { addIntegration, UserIntegrations } from './utils/userIntegrations';
 
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ export const Integrations = { ...BrowserIntegrations, BrowserTracing };
 
 /** Inits the Sentry NextJS SDK on the browser with the React SDK. */
 export function init(options: NextjsOptions): void {
-  const metadataBuilder = new MetadataBuilder(options, ['nextjs', 'react']);
-  metadataBuilder.addSdkMetadata();
+  buildMetadata(options, ['nextjs', 'react']);
   options.environment = options.environment || process.env.NODE_ENV;
 
   // Only add BrowserTracing if a tracesSampleRate or tracesSampler is set
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
index 9da9d88dd6ba..ac3d4c4bb6ce 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { escapeStringForRegex, logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 import * as domainModule from 'domain';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-import { MetadataBuilder } from './utils/metadataBuilder';
+import { buildMetadata } from './utils/metadata';
 import { NextjsOptions } from './utils/nextjsOptions';
 import { addIntegration } from './utils/userIntegrations';
 
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ export function init(options: NextjsOptions): void {
     return;
   }
 
-  const metadataBuilder = new MetadataBuilder(options, ['nextjs', 'node']);
-  metadataBuilder.addSdkMetadata();
+  buildMetadata(options, ['nextjs', 'node']);
   options.environment = options.environment || process.env.NODE_ENV;
   addServerIntegrations(options);
   // Right now we only capture frontend sessions for Next.js
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadata.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7985ad6aa9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/core';
+import { Options, SdkInfo } from '@sentry/types';
+
+const PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX = 'npm:@sentry/';
+
+/**
+ * A builder for the SDK metadata in the options for the SDK initialization.
+ * @param options sdk options object that gets mutated
+ * @param names list of package names
+ */
+export function buildMetadata(options: Options, names: string[]): void {
+  options._metadata = options._metadata || {};
+  options._metadata.sdk =
+    options._metadata.sdk ||
+    ({
+      name: 'sentry.javascript.nextjs',
+      packages: names.map(name => ({
+        name: `${PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX}${name}`,
+        version: SDK_VERSION,
+      })),
+      version: SDK_VERSION,
+    } as SdkInfo);
+}
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadataBuilder.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadataBuilder.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dba9f821ebc..000000000000
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/utils/metadataBuilder.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import { SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/core';
-import { Package, SdkInfo } from '@sentry/types';
-
-import { NextjsOptions } from './nextjsOptions';
-
-export const SDK_NAME = 'sentry.javascript.nextjs';
-export const PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX = 'npm:@sentry/';
-
-/**
- * A builder for the SDK metadata in the options for the SDK initialization.
- */
-export class MetadataBuilder {
-  private _options: NextjsOptions;
-  private _packageNames: string[];
-
-  public constructor(options: NextjsOptions, packages: string[]) {
-    this._options = options;
-    this._packageNames = packages;
-  }
-
-  /** JSDoc */
-  public addSdkMetadata(): void {
-    this._options._metadata = this._options._metadata || {};
-    this._options._metadata.sdk = this._getSdkInfo();
-  }
-
-  /** JSDoc */
-  private _getSdkInfo(): SdkInfo {
-    return {
-      name: SDK_NAME,
-      version: SDK_VERSION,
-      packages: this._getPackages(),
-    };
-  }
-
-  /** JSDoc */
-  private _getPackages(): Package[] {
-    return this._packageNames.map((pkgName: string) => {
-      return {
-        name: PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX + pkgName,
-        version: SDK_VERSION,
-      };
-    });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/test/index.client.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/test/index.client.test.ts
index 19171bc4346c..44edf997ef50 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/test/index.client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/test/index.client.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,16 @@ describe('Client init()', () => {
           sdk: {
             name: 'sentry.javascript.nextjs',
             version: expect.any(String),
-            packages: expect.any(Array),
+            packages: [
+              {
+                name: 'npm:@sentry/nextjs',
+                version: expect.any(String),
+              },
+              {
+                name: 'npm:@sentry/react',
+                version: expect.any(String),
+              },
+            ],
           },
         },
         environment: 'test',
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/test/index.server.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/test/index.server.test.ts
index 41d721c0daaf..62d51a9aa860 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/test/index.server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/test/index.server.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,16 @@ describe('Server init()', () => {
           sdk: {
             name: 'sentry.javascript.nextjs',
             version: expect.any(String),
-            packages: expect.any(Array),
+            packages: [
+              {
+                name: 'npm:@sentry/nextjs',
+                version: expect.any(String),
+              },
+              {
+                name: 'npm:@sentry/node',
+                version: expect.any(String),
+              },
+            ],
           },
         },
         autoSessionTracking: false,
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/test/utils/metadataBuilder.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/test/utils/metadataBuilder.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 888a35f765d4..000000000000
--- a/packages/nextjs/test/utils/metadataBuilder.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import { SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/core';
-import { Package, SdkInfo } from '@sentry/types';
-
-import { MetadataBuilder, PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX, SDK_NAME } from '../../src/utils/metadataBuilder';
-import { NextjsOptions } from '../../src/utils/nextjsOptions';
-
-describe('build metadata', () => {
-  test('without packages', () => {
-    const nextjsOptions: NextjsOptions = {};
-    const metadataPackages: string[] = [];
-    testMetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions, metadataPackages);
-  });
-
-  test('with packages', () => {
-    const nextjsOptions: NextjsOptions = {};
-    const metadataPackages: string[] = ['packageA', 'packageB'];
-    testMetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions, metadataPackages);
-  });
-});
-
-function testMetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions: NextjsOptions, packages: string[]): void {
-  new MetadataBuilder(nextjsOptions, packages).addSdkMetadata();
-  const optionsMetadata = nextjsOptions._metadata;
-  expect(optionsMetadata).toBeDefined();
-  const sdkInfo = optionsMetadata?.sdk;
-  testSdkInfo(sdkInfo);
-  testSdkInfoPackages(sdkInfo?.packages, packages);
-}
-
-function testSdkInfo(sdkInfo: SdkInfo | undefined): void {
-  expect(sdkInfo).toBeDefined();
-  expect(sdkInfo?.name).toBeDefined();
-  expect(sdkInfo?.name).toEqual(SDK_NAME);
-  expect(sdkInfo?.version).toEqual(expect.any(String));
-  expect(sdkInfo?.packages).toEqual(expect.any(Array));
-}
-
-function testSdkInfoPackages(actualPkgs: Package[] | undefined, expectedPkgNames: string[]): void {
-  expect(actualPkgs).toBeDefined();
-  expect(actualPkgs).toHaveLength(expectedPkgNames.length);
-
-  const pkgNames = actualPkgs?.map((currentPkg: Package) => {
-    expect(currentPkg.version).toBeDefined();
-    expect(currentPkg.version).toEqual(SDK_VERSION);
-
-    expect(currentPkg.name).toBeDefined();
-    const pkgPrefix = currentPkg.name.substring(0, PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX.length);
-    expect(pkgPrefix).toEqual(PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX);
-    return currentPkg.name.substring(PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX.length);
-  });
-  expect(pkgNames).toEqual(expectedPkgNames);
-}