diff --git a/internal/coreinternal/scraperinttest/scraperint.go b/internal/coreinternal/scraperinttest/scraperint.go
index 55421515016c..18a95b13f697 100644
--- a/internal/coreinternal/scraperinttest/scraperint.go
+++ b/internal/coreinternal/scraperinttest/scraperint.go
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ type IntegrationTest struct {
 	compareOptions []pmetrictest.CompareMetricsOption
 	compareTimeout time.Duration
 
-	writeExpected bool
+	failOnErrorLogs bool
+	writeExpected   bool
 }
 
 func (it *IntegrationTest) Run(t *testing.T) {
@@ -122,6 +123,14 @@ func (it *IntegrationTest) Run(t *testing.T) {
 			if len(allMetrics) == 0 {
 				return false
 			}
+			if it.failOnErrorLogs && len(observedLogs.All()) > 0 {
+				logs := strings.Builder{}
+				for _, e := range observedLogs.All() {
+					logs.WriteString(e.Message + "\n")
+				}
+				t.Errorf("full log:\n%s", logs.String())
+			}
+
 			if it.writeExpected {
 				require.NoError(t, golden.WriteMetrics(t, it.expectedFile, allMetrics[0]))
 				return true
@@ -229,6 +238,15 @@ func WithExpectedFile(f string) TestOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// This option is useful for debugging scrapers but should not be used permanently
+// because the logs do not correlate to a single scrape interval. In other words,
+// when a retryable failure occurs, this setting will likely force a failure anyways.
+func FailOnErrorLogs() TestOption {
+	return func(it *IntegrationTest) {
+		it.failOnErrorLogs = true
+	}
+}
+
 func WriteExpected() TestOption {
 	return func(it *IntegrationTest) {
 		it.writeExpected = true
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/README.md b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/README.md
index f2a9c5b0d133..88f47d823ee9 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This receiver queries MySQL's global status and InnoDB tables.
 
 This receiver supports MySQL version 8.0
 
-Collecting most metrics requires the ability to execute `SHOW GLOBAL STATUS`. The `buffer_pool_size` metric requires access to the `information_schema.innodb_metrics` table. Please refer to [setup.sh](./testdata/integration/scripts/setup.sh) for an example of how to configure these permissions. 
+Collecting most metrics requires the ability to execute `SHOW GLOBAL STATUS`.
 
 ## Configuration
 
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/integration_test.go b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/integration_test.go
index 962f82c74064..dc58a2e31fd5 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/integration_test.go
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/integration_test.go
@@ -27,18 +27,23 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		NewFactory(),
 		scraperinttest.WithContainerRequest(
 			testcontainers.ContainerRequest{
-				FromDockerfile: testcontainers.FromDockerfile{
-					Context:    filepath.Join("testdata", "integration"),
-					Dockerfile: "Dockerfile.mysql",
-				},
+				Image:        "mysql:8.0.33",
 				ExposedPorts: []string{mysqlPort},
 				WaitingFor: wait.ForListeningPort(mysqlPort).
 					WithStartupTimeout(2 * time.Minute),
-				LifecycleHooks: []testcontainers.ContainerLifecycleHooks{{
-					PostStarts: []testcontainers.ContainerHook{
-						scraperinttest.RunScript([]string{"/setup.sh"}),
+				Env: map[string]string{
+					"MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD": "otel",
+					"MYSQL_DATABASE":      "otel",
+					"MYSQL_USER":          "otel",
+					"MYSQL_PASSWORD":      "otel",
+				},
+				Files: []testcontainers.ContainerFile{
+					{
+						HostFilePath:      filepath.Join("testdata", "integration", "init.sh"),
+						ContainerFilePath: "/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sh",
+						FileMode:          700,
 					},
-				}},
+				},
 			}),
 		scraperinttest.WithCustomConfig(
 			func(t *testing.T, cfg component.Config, ci *scraperinttest.ContainerInfo) {
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go
index 0dadd833d47f..441e438552e8 100644
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/scraper.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (m *mySQLScraper) scrape(context.Context) (pmetric.Metrics, error) {
 	m.scrapeGlobalStats(now, errs)
 
 	// colect replicas status metrics.
-	m.scrapeReplicaStatusStats(now, errs)
+	m.scrapeReplicaStatusStats(now)
 
 	m.mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithMysqlInstanceEndpoint(m.config.Endpoint))
 
@@ -528,11 +528,10 @@ func (m *mySQLScraper) scrapeTableLockWaitEventStats(now pcommon.Timestamp, errs
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *mySQLScraper) scrapeReplicaStatusStats(now pcommon.Timestamp, errs *scrapererror.ScrapeErrors) {
+func (m *mySQLScraper) scrapeReplicaStatusStats(now pcommon.Timestamp) {
 	replicaStatusStats, err := m.sqlclient.getReplicaStatusStats()
 	if err != nil {
-		m.logger.Error("Failed to fetch replica status stats", zap.Error(err))
-		errs.AddPartial(8, err)
+		m.logger.Info("Failed to fetch replica status stats", zap.Error(err))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/Dockerfile.mysql b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/Dockerfile.mysql
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f60d14bc9cb..000000000000
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/Dockerfile.mysql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-FROM mysql:8.0.33
-
-COPY scripts/setup.sh /setup.sh
-RUN chmod +x /setup.sh
-
-ENV MYSQL_DATABASE=otel
-ENV MYSQL_USER=otel
-ENV MYSQL_PASSWORD=otel
-ENV MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=otel
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/init.sh b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5151eb6223d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+USER="otel"
+ROOT_PASS="otel"
+
+# # NOTE: -pPASSWORD is missing a space on purpose
+mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO ${USER}" > /dev/null
+mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "GRANT SELECT ON performance_schema.* TO ${USER}" > /dev/null
+mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES" > /dev/null
diff --git a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/scripts/setup.sh b/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/scripts/setup.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f67f0c995dd9..000000000000
--- a/receiver/mysqlreceiver/testdata/integration/scripts/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-set -e
-
-USER="otel"
-ROOT_PASS="otel"
-CODE=1
-
-
-setup_permissions() {
-    # NOTE: -pPASSWORD is missing a space on purpose
-    mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO ${USER}" > /dev/null
-    mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "GRANT SELECT ON INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_METRICS TO ${USER}" > /dev/null
-    mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES" > /dev/null
-}
-
-setup_data() {
-    mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "CREATE DATABASE a_schema" > /dev/null
-    mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "CREATE TABLE a_schema.a_table (k int, v int)" > /dev/null
-    mysql -u root -p"${ROOT_PASS}" -e "CREATE INDEX an_index ON a_schema.a_table ((k + v))" > /dev/null
-}
-
-echo "Configuring ${USER} permissions. . ."
-end=$((SECONDS+60))
-while [ $SECONDS -lt $end ]; do
-    result="$?"
-    if setup_permissions; then
-        echo "Permissions configured!"
-        while [ $SECONDS -lt $end ]; do
-            result="$?"
-            if setup_data; then
-                echo "Data created!"
-                exit 0
-            fi
-            echo "Trying again in 5 seconds. . ."
-            sleep 5
-        done
-    fi
-    echo "Trying again in 5 seconds. . ."
-    sleep 5
-done
-
-echo "Failed to configure permissions"