diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/settings/custom_link.ts b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/settings/custom_link.ts
index 0670b0408519be..2acc6522bf4797 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/settings/custom_link.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/settings/custom_link.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import URL from 'url';
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { CustomLink } from '../../../../../plugins/apm/common/custom_link/custom_link_types';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../common/ftr_provider_context';
-import expectedTransaction from './expectation/custom_links_transaction.json';
 
 export default function customLinksTests({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertestRead = getService('supertestAsApmReadUser');