diff --git a/common/component/kafka/metadata_test.go b/common/component/kafka/metadata_test.go
index e53b1721d8..acb6eb1208 100644
--- a/common/component/kafka/metadata_test.go
+++ b/common/component/kafka/metadata_test.go
@@ -376,20 +376,6 @@ func TestTls(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestAwsIam(t *testing.T) {
-	k := getKafka()
-
-	t.Run("missing aws region", func(t *testing.T) {
-		m := getBaseMetadata()
-		m[authType] = awsIAMAuthType
-		meta, err := k.getKafkaMetadata(m)
-		require.Error(t, err)
-		require.Nil(t, meta)
-
-		require.Equal(t, "missing AWS region property 'awsRegion' for authType 'awsiam'", err.Error())
-	})
-}
-
 func TestMetadataConsumerFetchValues(t *testing.T) {
 	k := getKafka()
 	m := getCompleteMetadata()