diff --git a/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/config_test.go
index 77166ef261f7..ad46999e0148 100644
--- a/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver/config_test.go
@@ -148,11 +148,6 @@ func TestLoadConfig_Error(t *testing.T) {
 			cfgFile:     "config-missingsumaggregation.yaml",
 			expectedErr: fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", errorPrefix, fmt.Sprintf(missingSumAggregation, "metric")),
 		},
-		{
-			name:        "GaugeAndSum",
-			cfgFile:     "config-gaugeandsum.yaml",
-			expectedErr: fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", errorPrefix, fmt.Sprintf(missingSumAggregation, "metric")),
-		},
 		{
 			name:    "AllErrors",
 			cfgFile: "config-allerrors.yaml",