diff --git a/testbed/datasenders/stanza.go b/testbed/datasenders/stanza.go
index 6bf75fee3452..d056075e8c09 100644
--- a/testbed/datasenders/stanza.go
+++ b/testbed/datasenders/stanza.go
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ func (f *FileLogWriter) GenConfigYAMLStr() string {
 	// We are testing stanza receiver here.
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
   filelog:
-    retry_on_failure:
-      enabled: true
     include: [ %s ]
     start_at: beginning
     operators:
diff --git a/testbed/tests/log_test.go b/testbed/tests/log_test.go
index 843fe4580119..b98c3493b22e 100644
--- a/testbed/tests/log_test.go
+++ b/testbed/tests/log_test.go
@@ -385,7 +385,10 @@ func TestMemoryLimiterHit(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "filelog",
 			sender: func() testbed.DataSender {
-				return datasenders.NewFileLogWriter()
+				return datasenders.NewFileLogWriter().WithRetry(`
+    retry_on_failure:
+      enabled: true
+`)
 			},
 		},
 	}