diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index 54b7ee0e1..220944d42 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -205,20 +205,6 @@
     Instances = ["_Total"]
     Measurement = "win_swap"
 
-  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
-    ObjectName = "Network Interface"
-    Instances = ["*"]
-    Counters = [
-      "Bytes Sent/sec",
-      "Bytes Received/sec",
-      "Packets Sent/sec",
-      "Packets Received/sec",
-      "Packets Received Discarded",
-      "Packets Received Errors",
-      "Packets Outbound Discarded",
-      "Packets Outbound Errors",
-    ]
-
 
 
 # Windows system plugins using WMI (disabled by default, using