diff --git a/src/telemetry/backend/tests/testTelemetryBackend.py b/src/telemetry/backend/tests/testTelemetryBackend.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 95710ff8805593f3152c3f6905bacc20a96ea166..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/telemetry/backend/tests/testTelemetryBackend.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2024 ETSI OSG/SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import logging
-from common.tools.kafka.Variables import KafkaTopic
-from src.telemetry.backend.service.TelemetryBackendService import TelemetryBackendService
-
-
-LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-###########################
-# Tests Implementation of Telemetry Backend
-###########################
-
-# --- "test_validate_kafka_topics" should be run before the functionality tests ---
-def test_validate_kafka_topics():
-    LOGGER.debug(" >>> test_validate_kafka_topics: START <<< ")
-    response = KafkaTopic.create_all_topics()
-    assert isinstance(response, bool)
-
-def test_RunRequestListener():
-    LOGGER.info('test_RunRequestListener')
-    TelemetryBackendServiceObj = TelemetryBackendService()
-    response = TelemetryBackendServiceObj.RunRequestListener()
-    LOGGER.debug(str(response))
-    assert isinstance(response, bool)
diff --git a/src/telemetry/backend/tests/test_TelemetryBackend.py b/src/telemetry/backend/tests/test_TelemetryBackend.py
index 95710ff8805593f3152c3f6905bacc20a96ea166..a2bbee540c3ce348ef52eceb0e776f48a68d94b1 100644
--- a/src/telemetry/backend/tests/test_TelemetryBackend.py
+++ b/src/telemetry/backend/tests/test_TelemetryBackend.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import logging
 from common.tools.kafka.Variables import KafkaTopic
-from src.telemetry.backend.service.TelemetryBackendService import TelemetryBackendService
+from telemetry.backend.service.TelemetryBackendService import TelemetryBackendService
 
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)