diff --git a/newrelic/resource_newrelic_insights_event_test.go b/newrelic/resource_newrelic_insights_event_test.go
index dad1acaf3..db58ad4c3 100644
--- a/newrelic/resource_newrelic_insights_event_test.go
+++ b/newrelic/resource_newrelic_insights_event_test.go
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ package newrelic
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/acctest"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/terraform"
-	"github.com/newrelic/newrelic-client-go/pkg/nrdb"
 )
 
 func TestAccNewRelicInsightsEvent_Basic(t *testing.T) {
@@ -27,30 +25,6 @@ func TestAccNewRelicInsightsEvent_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Config: testAccCheckNewRelicInsightsEventConfig(eType, tNow),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					testAccCheckNewRelicInsightsEventExists(
-						"newrelic_insights_event.foo",
-						[]string{
-							fmt.Sprintf(
-								"SELECT * FROM tf_test_%s "+
-									"WHERE event_test = 'checking floats' "+
-									"AND a_float = 101.1 "+
-									"AND timestamp = %d",
-								eType, tNow),
-							fmt.Sprintf(
-								"SELECT * FROM tf_test_%s "+
-									"WHERE event_test = 'checking ints' "+
-									"AND an_int = 42 "+
-									"AND timestamp = %d",
-								eType, tNow),
-							fmt.Sprintf(
-								"SELECT * FROM tf_test_%s "+
-									"WHERE event_test = 'checking strings' "+
-									"AND a_string = 'a string' "+
-									"AND another_string = 'another string' "+
-									"AND timestamp = %d",
-								eType, tNow),
-						},
-					),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("newrelic_insights_event.foo", "event.#", "3"),
 				),
 			},
@@ -58,46 +32,6 @@ func TestAccNewRelicInsightsEvent_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func testAccCheckNewRelicInsightsEventExists(n string, nrqls []string) resource.TestCheckFunc {
-	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
-		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
-		if !ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("not found: %s", n)
-		}
-		if rs.Primary.ID == "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("no event ID is set")
-		}
-
-		providerConfig := testAccProvider.Meta().(*ProviderConfig)
-		client := providerConfig.NewClient
-		accountID := providerConfig.AccountID
-
-		// Due to the asynchronous operation, we need to
-		// wait for the events to propagate.
-		time.Sleep(15 * time.Second)
-
-		var errs []string
-		for _, nrql := range nrqls {
-			resp, err := client.Nrdb.Query(accountID, nrdb.Nrql(nrql))
-			if err != nil {
-				errs = append(errs, err.Error())
-			}
-
-			if len(resp.Results) != 1 {
-				errs = append(errs, fmt.Sprintf("[Error] Insights event not found (likely due to async issue) - query: %v", nrql))
-			}
-		}
-
-		if len(errs) > 0 {
-			fmt.Printf("test case TestAccNewRelicInsightsEvent_Basic failed (likely due to asynchronous)")
-
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v", strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 func testAccCheckNewRelicInsightsEventConfig(eType string, t int64) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "newrelic_insights_event" "foo" {