diff --git a/telemetry/telemetrybuffer_test.go b/telemetry/telemetrybuffer_test.go
index 4a2f2d6d65..c69aa04aa7 100644
--- a/telemetry/telemetrybuffer_test.go
+++ b/telemetry/telemetrybuffer_test.go
@@ -70,30 +70,6 @@ func TestClientConnClose(t *testing.T) {
 	tbClient.Close()
 }
 
-func TestCloseOnWriteError(t *testing.T) {
-	tbServer, closeTBServer := createTBServer(t)
-	defer closeTBServer()
-
-	tbClient := NewTelemetryBuffer(nil)
-	err := tbClient.Connect()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	defer tbClient.Close()
-
-	data := []byte("{\"good\":1}")
-	_, err = tbClient.Write(data)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	// need to wait for connection to populate in server
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-	require.Len(t, tbServer.connections, 1)
-
-	// the connection should be automatically closed on failure
-	badData := []byte("} malformed json }}}")
-	_, err = tbClient.Write(badData)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
-	require.Empty(t, tbServer.connections)
-}
-
 func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	_, closeTBServer := createTBServer(t)
 	defer closeTBServer()