diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessingHook.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessingHook.java
deleted file mode 100644
index eee7f07c51..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessingHook.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.boot;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationHooks.Hook;
-import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
-/**
- * A {@link Hook} used to prevent standard refresh of the application's context, ready for
- * subsequent {@link GenericApplicationContext#refreshForAotProcessing() AOT processing}.
- *
- * @author Andy Wilkinson
- */
-class AotProcessingHook implements Hook {
-
-	private GenericApplicationContext context;
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean preRefresh(SpringApplication application, ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
-		Assert.isInstanceOf(GenericApplicationContext.class, context,
-				() -> "AOT processing requires a GenericApplicationContext but got a " + context.getClass().getName());
-		this.context = (GenericApplicationContext) context;
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void postRun(SpringApplication application, ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
-		throw new MainMethodSilentExitException();
-	}
-
-	GenericApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
-		return this.context;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Internal exception used to prevent main method to continue once
-	 * {@code SpringApplication#run} completes.
-	 */
-	static class MainMethodSilentExitException extends RuntimeException {
-
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java
index 733d2bc7fa..923a9d17ac 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import org.springframework.aot.hint.ReflectionHints;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
 import org.springframework.aot.nativex.FileNativeConfigurationWriter;
-import org.springframework.boot.AotProcessingHook.MainMethodSilentExitException;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationHooks.Hook;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.aot.ApplicationContextAotGenerator;
 import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.javapoet.ClassName;
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ public class AotProcessor {
 	 */
 	public void process() {
 		deleteExistingOutput();
-		AotProcessingHook hook = new AotProcessingHook();
+		AotProcessorHook hook = new AotProcessorHook();
 		SpringApplicationHooks.withHook(hook, this::callApplicationMainMethod);
 		GenericApplicationContext applicationContext = hook.getApplicationContext();
 		Assert.notNull(applicationContext, "No application context available after calling main method of '"
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ public class AotProcessor {
 		}
 		catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
 			Throwable targetException = ex.getTargetException();
-			if (!(targetException instanceof MainMethodSilentExitException)) {
+			if (!(targetException instanceof SilentExitException)) {
 				throw (targetException instanceof RuntimeException runtimeEx) ? runtimeEx
 						: new RuntimeException(targetException);
 			}
@@ -225,4 +227,40 @@ public class AotProcessor {
 		aotProcess.process();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Hook used to capture the {@link ApplicationContext} and trigger early exit of main
+	 * method.
+	 */
+	private static class AotProcessorHook implements Hook {
+
+		private GenericApplicationContext context;
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean preRefresh(SpringApplication application, ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
+			Assert.isInstanceOf(GenericApplicationContext.class, context,
+					() -> "AOT processing requires a GenericApplicationContext but got a "
+							+ context.getClass().getName());
+			this.context = (GenericApplicationContext) context;
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void postRun(SpringApplication application, ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
+			throw new SilentExitException();
+		}
+
+		GenericApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+			return this.context;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Internal exception used to prevent main method to continue once
+	 * {@code SpringApplication#run} completes.
+	 */
+	private static class SilentExitException extends RuntimeException {
+
+	}
+
 }