diff --git a/service/telemetry/internal/otelinit/testdata/bad_cert.crt b/service/telemetry/internal/otelinit/testdata/bad_cert.crt
deleted file mode 100644
index e79f3ba5c04..00000000000
--- a/service/telemetry/internal/otelinit/testdata/bad_cert.crt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This is intentionally not a PEM formatted cert file.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/service/telemetry/internal/otelinit/testdata/ca.crt b/service/telemetry/internal/otelinit/testdata/ca.crt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2272f84e64d..00000000000
--- a/service/telemetry/internal/otelinit/testdata/ca.crt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
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------END CERTIFICATE-----