diff --git a/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries_test.go b/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries_test.go
index 31ebcf1c26e10..af58a383bd5fe 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/redistimeseries/redistimeseries_test.go
@@ -21,27 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
 
-func TestConnectAndWrite(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("Skipping integration test in short mode")
-	}
-
-	address := testutil.GetLocalHost() + ":6379"
-	redis := &RedisTimeSeries{
-		Address:             address,
-		ConvertStringFields: true,
-		Timeout:             config.Duration(10 * time.Second),
-	}
-
-	// Verify that we can connect to the RedisTimeSeries server
-	err := redis.Connect()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Verify that we can successfully write data to the RedisTimeSeries server
-	err = redis.Write(testutil.MockMetrics())
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-}
-
 func TestConnectAndWriteIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("Skipping integration test in short mode")