diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/consul-base-cfg/peering_server.hcl b/test/integration/connect/envoy/consul-base-cfg/peering_server.hcl
deleted file mode 100644
index ccbba6939c43..000000000000
--- a/test/integration/connect/envoy/consul-base-cfg/peering_server.hcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-ports {
-    grpc_tls = 8503
-}
-connect {
-    enabled = true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh b/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh
index d32092e7a906..d1123bc4b8a7 100755
--- a/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh
@@ -104,13 +104,6 @@ function init_workdir {
     mv workdir/${CLUSTER}/consul/server.hcl workdir/${CLUSTER}/consul-server/server.hcl
   fi
 
-  if test -f "workdir/${CLUSTER}/consul/peering_server.hcl" -a $REQUIRE_PEERS = "1"
-  then
-    mv workdir/${CLUSTER}/consul/peering_server.hcl workdir/${CLUSTER}/consul-server/peering_server.hcl
-  else
-    rm workdir/${CLUSTER}/consul/peering_server.hcl
-  fi
-
   # copy the ca-certs for SDS so we can verify the right ones are served
   mkdir -p workdir/test-sds-server/certs
   cp test-sds-server/certs/ca-root.crt workdir/test-sds-server/certs/ca-root.crt