diff --git a/actor/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes b/actor/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
index a74f8a8452..02d94460c1 100644
--- a/actor/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
+++ b/actor/src/main/mima-filters/2.0.x.backwards.excludes/remove-deprecated-methods.excludes
@@ -145,3 +145,7 @@ ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleMethTypeProblem]("org.apache.pekko.japi.pf.Un
 ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleMethTypeProblem]("org.apache.pekko.japi.pf.UnitPFBuilder.matchEquals")
 ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleMethTypeProblem]("org.apache.pekko.japi.pf.UnitPFBuilder.matchAny")
 ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingClassProblem]("org.apache.pekko.japi.JAPI")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingTypesProblem]("org.apache.pekko.dispatch.ThreadPoolConfig")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.pekko.dispatch.ThreadPoolConfig.createExecutorServiceFactory")
+ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingClassProblem]("org.apache.pekko.dispatch.ThreadPoolConfig$ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactory")
+
diff --git a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
index 63cd39db62..21c9e5a2f2 100644
--- a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
+++ b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.pekko
 import pekko.actor._
-import pekko.annotation.InternalStableApi
+import pekko.annotation.{ InternalApi, InternalStableApi }
 import pekko.dispatch.affinity.AffinityPoolConfigurator
 import pekko.dispatch.sysmsg._
 import pekko.event.EventStream
@@ -464,10 +464,49 @@ final class VirtualThreadExecutorConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: Dis
   }
 }
 
-class ThreadPoolExecutorConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites)
-    extends ExecutorServiceConfigurator(config, prerequisites) {
+/**
+ * INTERNAL API
+ */
+@InternalApi
+trait ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactoryProvider extends ExecutorServiceFactoryProvider {
+  def threadPoolConfig: ThreadPoolConfig
+  def createExecutorServiceFactory(id: String, threadFactory: ThreadFactory): ExecutorServiceFactory = {
+    class ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactory(threadFactory: ThreadFactory) extends ExecutorServiceFactory {
+      def createExecutorService: ExecutorService = {
+        val config = threadPoolConfig
+        val service: ThreadPoolExecutor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(
+          config.corePoolSize,
+          config.maxPoolSize,
+          config.threadTimeout.length,
+          config.threadTimeout.unit,
+          config.queueFactory(),
+          threadFactory,
+          config.rejectionPolicy) with LoadMetrics {
+          def atFullThrottle(): Boolean = this.getActiveCount >= this.getPoolSize
+        }
+        service.allowCoreThreadTimeOut(config.allowCorePoolTimeout)
+        service
+      }
+    }
 
-  val threadPoolConfig: ThreadPoolConfig = createThreadPoolConfigBuilder(config, prerequisites).config
+    def createExecutorServiceFactory(id: String, threadFactory: ThreadFactory): ExecutorServiceFactory = {
+      val tf = threadFactory match {
+        case m: MonitorableThreadFactory =>
+          // add the dispatcher id to the thread names
+          m.withName(m.name + "-" + id)
+        case other => other
+      }
+      new ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactory(tf)
+    }
+    createExecutorServiceFactory(id, threadFactory)
+  }
+}
+
+class ThreadPoolExecutorConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites)
+    extends ExecutorServiceConfigurator(config, prerequisites)
+    with ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactoryProvider {
+
+  override val threadPoolConfig: ThreadPoolConfig = createThreadPoolConfigBuilder(config, prerequisites).config
 
   protected def createThreadPoolConfigBuilder(
       config: Config,
@@ -505,9 +544,6 @@ class ThreadPoolExecutorConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPr
     else
       builder.setFixedPoolSize(config.getInt("fixed-pool-size"))
   }
-
-  def createExecutorServiceFactory(id: String, threadFactory: ThreadFactory): ExecutorServiceFactory =
-    threadPoolConfig.createExecutorServiceFactory(id, threadFactory)
 }
 
 class DefaultExecutorServiceConfigurator(
diff --git a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
index fd8b9b95f7..2e619f8a7e 100644
--- a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
+++ b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ class PinnedDispatcher(
       _id,
       Int.MaxValue,
       Duration.Zero,
-      _threadPoolConfig.copy(corePoolSize = 1, maxPoolSize = 1),
+      new ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactoryProvider() {
+        override def threadPoolConfig: ThreadPoolConfig = _threadPoolConfig.copy(corePoolSize = 1, maxPoolSize = 1)
+      },
       _shutdownTimeout) {
 
   @volatile
diff --git a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala
index b10cc46724..eff0acaf8b 100644
--- a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala
+++ b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/ThreadPoolBuilder.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.pekko.dispatch
 
+import org.apache.pekko.annotation.InternalApi
+
 import java.util.Collection
 import java.util.concurrent.{
   ArrayBlockingQueue,
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.{
   TimeUnit
 }
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.{ AtomicLong, AtomicReference }
-
 import scala.concurrent.{ BlockContext, CanAwait }
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 
@@ -76,16 +77,18 @@ trait ExecutorServiceFactoryProvider {
 }
 
 /**
- * A small configuration DSL to create ThreadPoolExecutors that can be provided as an ExecutorServiceFactoryProvider to Dispatcher
+ * INTERNAL API
+ *
+ * Configuration object for ThreadPoolExecutor
  */
+@InternalApi
 final case class ThreadPoolConfig(
     allowCorePoolTimeout: Boolean = ThreadPoolConfig.defaultAllowCoreThreadTimeout,
     corePoolSize: Int = ThreadPoolConfig.defaultCorePoolSize,
     maxPoolSize: Int = ThreadPoolConfig.defaultMaxPoolSize,
     threadTimeout: Duration = ThreadPoolConfig.defaultTimeout,
     queueFactory: ThreadPoolConfig.QueueFactory = ThreadPoolConfig.linkedBlockingQueue(),
-    rejectionPolicy: RejectedExecutionHandler = ThreadPoolConfig.defaultRejectionPolicy)
-    extends ExecutorServiceFactoryProvider {
+    rejectionPolicy: RejectedExecutionHandler = ThreadPoolConfig.defaultRejectionPolicy) {
   // Written explicitly to permit non-inlined defn; this is necessary for downstream instrumentation that stores extra
   // context information on the config
   @noinline
@@ -98,32 +101,6 @@ final case class ThreadPoolConfig(
       rejectionPolicy: RejectedExecutionHandler = rejectionPolicy
   ): ThreadPoolConfig =
     ThreadPoolConfig(allowCorePoolTimeout, corePoolSize, maxPoolSize, threadTimeout, queueFactory, rejectionPolicy)
-
-  class ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactory(val threadFactory: ThreadFactory) extends ExecutorServiceFactory {
-    def createExecutorService: ExecutorService = {
-      val service: ThreadPoolExecutor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(
-        corePoolSize,
-        maxPoolSize,
-        threadTimeout.length,
-        threadTimeout.unit,
-        queueFactory(),
-        threadFactory,
-        rejectionPolicy) with LoadMetrics {
-        def atFullThrottle(): Boolean = this.getActiveCount >= this.getPoolSize
-      }
-      service.allowCoreThreadTimeOut(allowCorePoolTimeout)
-      service
-    }
-  }
-  def createExecutorServiceFactory(id: String, threadFactory: ThreadFactory): ExecutorServiceFactory = {
-    val tf = threadFactory match {
-      case m: MonitorableThreadFactory =>
-        // add the dispatcher id to the thread names
-        m.withName(m.name + "-" + id)
-      case other => other
-    }
-    new ThreadPoolExecutorServiceFactory(tf)
-  }
 }
 
 /**