diff --git a/instrumentation/runtime/test/go.mod b/instrumentation/runtime/test/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c32e45ae90..00000000000
--- a/instrumentation/runtime/test/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime/test
-
-go 1.21
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime => ../
diff --git a/instrumentation/runtime/test/go.sum b/instrumentation/runtime/test/go.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000