diff --git a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/go.mod
index 5d485e809876..77abf9440fee 100644
--- a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.96.1-0.20240306115632-b2693620eff6
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0
-	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
diff --git a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/package_test.go b/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/package_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0544a360dc65..000000000000
--- a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/package_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package sqlqueryreceiver
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"go.uber.org/goleak"
-)
-
-// Regarding the godbus/dbus ignore: see https://github.com/99designs/keyring/issues/103
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m, goleak.IgnoreAnyFunction("github.com/godbus/dbus.(*Conn).inWorker"))
-}
diff --git a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/receiver_test.go b/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/receiver_test.go
index d5a1aecf882b..ff5cd49f9d53 100644
--- a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/receiver_test.go
+++ b/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/receiver_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ func TestCreateLogsReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	err = receiver.Start(ctx, componenttest.NewNopHost())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, receiver.Shutdown(ctx))
 }
 
 func TestCreateMetricsReceiver(t *testing.T) {
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ func TestCreateMetricsReceiver(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	err = receiver.Start(ctx, componenttest.NewNopHost())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, receiver.Shutdown(ctx))
 }
 
 func fakeDBConnect(string, string) (*sql.DB, error) {