diff --git a/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go b/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go
index b8a9f6ebd..4bdc980db 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_test.go
@@ -407,12 +407,6 @@ func TestRabbitMQGeneratesMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		"messages_ready",
 		"messages_unacked",
 
-		"message_bytes",
-		"message_bytes_ready",
-		"message_bytes_unacked",
-		"message_bytes_ram",
-		"message_bytes_persist",
-
 		"messages_acked",
 		"messages_delivered",
 		"messages_published",