diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/correlation/package_test.go b/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/correlation/package_test.go
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-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package correlation
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"go.uber.org/goleak"
-)
-
-// The IgnoreTopFunction call prevents catching the leak generated by opencensus
-// defaultWorker.Start which at this time is part of the package's init call.
-// See https://github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-go/issues/1191 for more information.
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m, goleak.IgnoreTopFunction("go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start"))
-}