diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/config_test.go b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/config_test.go
index 381f7c8a0221..1371a869f2c8 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/config_test.go
@@ -29,17 +29,6 @@ import (
 
 func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []operatortest.ConfigUnmarshalTest{
-		{
-			Name:      "default",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect:    NewConfig(),
-		},
-		{
-
-			Name:      "extra_field",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect:    NewConfig(),
-		},
 		{
 			Name:      "include_one",
 			ExpectErr: false,
@@ -273,111 +262,6 @@ func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 				return cfg
 			}(),
 		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_name_lower",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFileName = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_name_upper",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFileName = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_name_on",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFileName = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_name_yes",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFileName = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_path_lower",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFilePath = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_path_upper",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFilePath = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_path_on",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFilePath = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_path_yes",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFilePath = true
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_path_off",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFilePath = false
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_path_no",
-			ExpectErr: false,
-			Expect: func() *Config {
-				cfg := NewConfig()
-				cfg.Include = append(cfg.Include, "one.log")
-				cfg.IncludeFilePath = false
-				return cfg
-			}(),
-		},
-		{
-			Name:      "include_file_path_nonbool",
-			ExpectErr: true,
-			Expect:    nil,
-		},
 		{
 			Name:      "multiline_line_start_string",
 			ExpectErr: false,
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/default.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/default.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1643b3fa03be..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/default.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_lower.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_lower.yaml
index aa4ed6efdc4b..beadf58fc129 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_lower.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_lower.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 encoding: "utf-16le"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_upper.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_upper.yaml
index ce63e44d54d9..6bae176e1757 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_upper.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/encoding_upper.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 encoding: "UTF-16lE"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob.yaml
index 1f5524d2be6b..db3bd2433736 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
 exclude:
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk.yaml
index 392ea571805f..a2966550084c 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
 exclude:
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml
index 1528eaeb5d6d..33d02135d6d1 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
 exclude:
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml
index eb400730344d..567c147cb2be 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
 exclude:
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_inline.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_inline.yaml
index 3555dec5c9eb..fd48776801be 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_inline.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_inline.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 include: [ "*.log" ]
 exclude: [ "a.log", "b.log" ]
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_invalid.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_invalid.yaml
index 21245bc27c47..17014d40c9e3 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_invalid.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_invalid.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
 exclude: "aRandomString"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_multi.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_multi.yaml
index 37ca7d021c5f..1d5ecd223aee 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_multi.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_multi.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
 exclude:
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_one.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_one.yaml
index 48b467284846..ba049d7d2e25 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_one.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/exclude_one.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
 exclude:
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/extra_field.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/extra_field.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 819128bcd92a..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/extra_field.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-hello: world
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KB.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KB.yaml
index 61e58a70ad25..836a6dafac44 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KB.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KB.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 fingerprint_size: 1KB
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KiB.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KiB.yaml
index 6fbd0d32ebd4..87744e755181 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KiB.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1KiB.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 fingerprint_size: 1KiB
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kb_lower.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kb_lower.yaml
index 82a53759b72f..55fc9002b3d1 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kb_lower.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kb_lower.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 fingerprint_size: 1kb
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kib_lower.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kib_lower.yaml
index 3b8b9c0cf09f..dad22ac10689 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kib_lower.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_1kib_lower.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 fingerprint_size: 1kib
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_float.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_float.yaml
index d2f4cc5f8a84..1d5fb54891de 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_float.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_float.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 fingerprint_size: 1.1kb
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_no_units.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_no_units.yaml
index 68b3b9d45fc8..58663338224d 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_no_units.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/fingerprint_size_no_units.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 fingerprint_size: 1000
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/id_custom.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/id_custom.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13e2a3c265d1..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/id_custom.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-id: test_id
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_lower.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_lower.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 68570a3e634f..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_lower.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_name: true
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_on.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_on.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 99776e70383a..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_on.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_name: on
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_upper.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_upper.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c8bf44cd19e1..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_upper.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_name: TRUE
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_yes.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_yes.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c5ccdaadf773..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_name_yes.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_name: yes
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_lower.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_lower.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 67e20cf828b3..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_lower.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_path: true
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_no.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_no.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ac8bb724a236..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_no.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_path: no
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_nonbool.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_nonbool.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fadd3b41d36e..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_nonbool.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_path: asdf
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_off.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_off.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 600599e9daad..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_off.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_path: off
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_on.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_on.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d227c4551a9..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_on.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_path: on
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_upper.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_upper.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 45e5622b441f..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_upper.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_path: TRUE
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_yes.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_yes.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b74a3e8f96f..000000000000
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_file_path_yes.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: file_input
-include:
-  - one.log
-include_file_path: yes
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob.yaml
index b50dffaacd4f..8e85953d0239 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "*.log"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk.yaml
index b1b0b3b259fa..4ea8dc6c612b 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "**.log"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml
index 574a5a146496..496962bb8eda 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_nested.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "directory/**/*.log"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml
index c4592a583334..69cb57d6ce14 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_glob_double_asterisk_prefix.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - "**/directory/**/*.log"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_inline.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_inline.yaml
index 29cdbd0c55f9..7cc6c34a2d21 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_inline.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_inline.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 include: [ "a.log", "b.log" ]
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_invalid.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_invalid.yaml
index 2dd2ad7c9077..f32e25e7de66 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_invalid.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_invalid.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 include: "justwords"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_multi.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_multi.yaml
index f3f0676f5d0e..47fdd2a7da62 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_multi.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_multi.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - one.log
   - two.log
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_one.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_one.yaml
index fa07bbd18230..da5ca1e08b60 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_one.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/include_one.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 include:
   - one.log
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_concurrent_large.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_concurrent_large.yaml
index fd99e549a406..59d667849ff2 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_concurrent_large.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_concurrent_large.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 max_concurrent_files: 9223372036854775807
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_invalid_unit.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_invalid_unit.yaml
index bbcc2371e941..3b9d9031da75 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_invalid_unit.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_invalid_unit.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 max_log_size: 1TOFU
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_lower.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_lower.yaml
index ae2c8295d1be..23710e1879c0 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_lower.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_lower.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 max_log_size: 1mib
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_upper.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_upper.yaml
index d38d20e6324b..24e66fdcc6dc 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_upper.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mb_upper.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 max_log_size: 1MiB
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_lower.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_lower.yaml
index ae2c8295d1be..23710e1879c0 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_lower.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_lower.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 max_log_size: 1mib
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_upper.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_upper.yaml
index d38d20e6324b..24e66fdcc6dc 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_upper.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/max_log_size_mib_upper.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 max_log_size: 1MiB
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_extra_field.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_extra_field.yaml
index 26f3313bd4bb..5fdf30564f14 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_extra_field.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_extra_field.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 multiline:
   that_random_field: "this should go nowhere"
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_special.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_special.yaml
index d88927310051..05b1abbd217e 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_special.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_special.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 multiline:
   line_end_pattern: '%'
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_string.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_string.yaml
index 49ef6a31ca6f..21b8f13fff1e 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_string.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_end_string.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 multiline:
   line_end_pattern: 'Start'
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_special.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_special.yaml
index 5567239b10c5..e1051b22018b 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_special.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_special.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 multiline:
   line_start_pattern: '%'
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_string.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_string.yaml
index bbe40fc32ba3..8904694de5fd 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_string.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/multiline_line_start_string.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-type: file_input
 multiline:
   line_start_pattern: 'Start'
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1000ms.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1000ms.yaml
index e5c3c380df7a..8c06b67500ff 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1000ms.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1000ms.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 poll_interval: 1000ms
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1ms.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1ms.yaml
index e524cab56fa5..82d9026d80a8 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1ms.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1ms.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 poll_interval: 1ms
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1s.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1s.yaml
index 9cea5ea7c62a..dae0b5a2b8d9 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1s.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_1s.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 poll_interval: 1s
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_no_units.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_no_units.yaml
index a722aa844bae..2af6da3ba124 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_no_units.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/poll_interval_no_units.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 poll_interval: 1
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/start_at_string.yaml b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/start_at_string.yaml
index e47a2b8ab4ae..0ad5fdaf810c 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/start_at_string.yaml
+++ b/pkg/stanza/internal/fileconsumer/testdata/start_at_string.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-type: file_input
 start_at: "beginning"