diff --git a/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/config.d.linux/receivers/smartagent-collectd-nginx.discovery.yaml b/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/config.d.linux/receivers/smartagent-collectd-nginx.discovery.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea31c33e70..0000000000
--- a/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/config.d.linux/receivers/smartagent-collectd-nginx.discovery.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#####################################################################################
-# This file is generated by the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector. #
-#                                                                                   #
-# It reflects the default configuration bundled in the Collector executable for use #
-# in discovery mode (--discovery) and is provided for reference or customization.   #
-# Please note that any changes made to this file will need to be reconciled during  #
-# upgrades of the Collector.                                                        #
-#####################################################################################
-# smartagent/collectd/nginx:
-#   enabled: true
-#   rule:
-#     docker_observer: type == "container" and any([name, image, command], {# matches "(?i)nginx"}) and not (command matches "splunk.discovery")
-#     host_observer: type == "hostport" and command matches "(?i)nginx" and not (command matches "splunk.discovery")
-#     k8s_observer: type == "port" and pod.name matches "(?i)nginx"
-#   config:
-#     default:
-#       type: collectd/nginx
-#       url: '`(port in [443, 8443] ? "https" : "http") + "://{{.Host}}:{{.Port}}/nginx_status"`'
-#       timeout: 5000
-#       isolatedCollectd: true
-#   status:
-#     metrics:
-#       - status: successful
-#         strict: connections.accepted
-#         message: smartagent/collectd/nginx receiver is working!
-#     statements:
-#       - status: failed
-#         regexp: "nginx plugin: curl_easy_perform failed: Operation timed out after"
-#         message: The container is not serving http connections.
-#       - status: failed
-#         regexp: "read-function of plugin .* failed"
-#         message: The integration is unable to read metrics from this endpoint.
diff --git a/tests/receivers/smartagent/collectd-nginx/bundled_test.go b/tests/receivers/smartagent/collectd-nginx/bundled_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 549cf402d7..0000000000
--- a/tests/receivers/smartagent/collectd-nginx/bundled_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Splunk, Inc.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-//go:build smartagent_integration
-
-package tests
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"path"
-	"runtime"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/tests/testutils"
-)
-
-func TestDockerObserver(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("Issues with test-containers networking, need to wait for -contrib to update the docker api version for us to update testcontainers-go locally")
-	testutils.SkipIfNotContainerTest(t)
-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		t.Skip("unable to share sockets between mac and d4m vm: https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/483#issuecomment-758836836")
-	}
-	tc := testutils.NewTestcase(t)
-	defer tc.PrintLogsOnFailure()
-	defer tc.ShutdownOTLPReceiverSink()
-
-	_, stop := tc.Containers(
-		testutils.NewContainer().WithContext(
-			path.Join(".", "testdata", "server"),
-		).WithExposedPorts(
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d:80", testutils.GetAvailablePort(t)),
-		).WithName("nginx").WillWaitForPorts("80"),
-	)
-	defer stop()
-
-	_, shutdown := tc.SplunkOtelCollectorContainer(
-		"otlp_exporter.yaml",
-		func(c testutils.Collector) testutils.Collector {
-			cc := c.(*testutils.CollectorContainer)
-			cc.Container = cc.Container.WithBinds("/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro")
-			cc.Container = cc.Container.WillWaitForLogs("Discovering for next")
-			cc.Container = cc.Container.WithUser(fmt.Sprintf("999:%d", testutils.GetDockerGID(t)))
-			return cc
-		},
-		func(c testutils.Collector) testutils.Collector {
-			return c.WithEnv(map[string]string{
-				// runner seems to be slow
-				"SPLUNK_DISCOVERY_DURATION": "20s",
-				// confirm that debug logging doesn't affect runtime
-				"SPLUNK_DISCOVERY_LOG_LEVEL": "debug",
-			}).WithArgs(
-				"--discovery",
-				"--set", "splunk.discovery.receivers.smartagent/collectd/nginx.config.username=some_user",
-				"--set", "splunk.discovery.receivers.smartagent/collectd/nginx.config.password=some_password",
-				"--set", `splunk.discovery.extensions.k8s_observer.enabled=false`,
-				"--set", `splunk.discovery.extensions.host_observer.enabled=false`,
-			)
-		},
-	)
-	defer shutdown()
-
-	expectedResourceMetrics := tc.ResourceMetrics("default.yaml")
-	require.NoError(t, tc.OTLPReceiverSink.AssertAllMetricsReceived(t, *expectedResourceMetrics, 30*time.Second))
-}
diff --git a/tests/receivers/smartagent/collectd-nginx/testdata/resource_metrics/default.yaml b/tests/receivers/smartagent/collectd-nginx/testdata/resource_metrics/default.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8075ae01b0..0000000000
--- a/tests/receivers/smartagent/collectd-nginx/testdata/resource_metrics/default.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-resource_metrics:
-  - scope_metrics:
-      - metrics:
-          - name: connections.accepted
-            type: IntMonotonicCumulativeSum
-            attributes:
-              dsname: value
-              host: <ANY>
-              plugin: nginx
-              system.type: nginx
-          - name: connections.handled
-            type: IntMonotonicCumulativeSum
-          - name: nginx_connections.active
-            type: IntGauge
-          - name: nginx_connections.reading
-            type: IntGauge
-          - name: nginx_connections.waiting
-            type: IntGauge
-          - name: nginx_connections.writing
-            type: IntGauge
-          - name: nginx_requests
-            type: IntMonotonicCumulativeSum