diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/..4984_10_04_08_28_06.119/invalid-config.conf b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/..4984_10_04_08_28_06.119/invalid-config.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index aee9abdfe..000000000
--- a/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/..4984_10_04_08_28_06.119/invalid-config.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# This invalid config file should be skipped during testing
-# as it is an ..data folder
-
-[[outputs.influxdb