diff --git a/receivers/config_util.go b/receivers/config_util.go
index 8d17f09d..678192ce 100644
--- a/receivers/config_util.go
+++ b/receivers/config_util.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
+type DecryptFunc func(key string, fallback string) string
+
 type CommaSeparatedStrings []string
 
 func (r *CommaSeparatedStrings) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
diff --git a/receivers/factory.go b/receivers/factory.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 667828dd..00000000
--- a/receivers/factory.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package receivers
-
-type DecryptFunc func(key string, fallback string) string