diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
index 56020b6675d..e424eac0584 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.100.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/nopreceiver v0.100.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.100.0
-	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/package_test.go b/cmd/otelcorecol/package_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cd502ca564..00000000000
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/package_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"go.uber.org/goleak"
-)
-
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m)
-}