diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-replicate/tests/test_hello.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-replicate/tests/test_hello.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 56970305c..000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-replicate/tests/test_hello.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-"""Hello unit test module."""
-
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.replicate.hello import hello
-
-
-def test_hello():
-    """Test the hello function."""
-    assert hello() == "Hello opentelemetry-instrumentation-replicate"
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-replicate/tests/test_placeholder.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-replicate/tests/test_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201975fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-replicate/tests/test_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def test_placeholder():
+    pass