diff --git a/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams.go b/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams.go
index 8bb2dbe27e6a9..710682ef6102b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams.go
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ func (ms *MetricStreams) serveWrite(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 	defer ms.writesServed.Incr(1)
 
 	// Check that the content length is not too large for us to handle.
-	//nolint:unconvert // Conversion needed
 	if req.ContentLength > int64(ms.MaxBodySize) {
 		ms.Log.Errorf("content length exceeded maximum body size")
 		if err := tooLarge(res); err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams_test.go b/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams_test.go
index 5c5e1ed5faa07..45d80b58e7785 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/metric_streams/metric_streams_test.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func TestWriteHTTPGzippedData(t *testing.T) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/records.gz")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", createURL(metricStream, "http", "/write", ""), bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(data)))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", createURL(metricStream, "http", "/write", ""), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")