diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/__init__.py
index 6ff56be0243..26d0a3930aa 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/__init__.py
@@ -351,6 +351,6 @@ def _create_info_metric(
         self, name: str, description: str, attributes: Dict[str, str]
     ) -> InfoMetricFamily:
         """Create an Info Metric Family with list of attributes"""
-        i = InfoMetricFamily(name, description, labels=attributes)
-        i.add_metric(labels=list(attributes.keys()), value=attributes)
-        return i
+        info = InfoMetricFamily(name, description, labels=attributes)
+        info.add_metric(labels=list(attributes.keys()), value=attributes)
+        return info
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/tests/test_prometheus_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/tests/test_prometheus_exporter.py
index 0d047a3f514..c7ce1afae19 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/tests/test_prometheus_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/tests/test_prometheus_exporter.py
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ def test_target_info_disabled(self):
         result = list(metric_reader._collector.collect())
 
         for prometheus_metric in result:
-            self.assertNotEquals(type(prometheus_metric), InfoMetricFamily)
-            self.assertNotEquals(prometheus_metric.name, "target")
-            self.assertNotEquals(
+            self.assertNotEqual(type(prometheus_metric), InfoMetricFamily)
+            self.assertNotEqual(prometheus_metric.name, "target")
+            self.assertNotEqual(
                 prometheus_metric.documentation, "Target metadata"
             )
             self.assertNotIn("os", prometheus_metric.samples[0].labels)