diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index d7f60befbb6e..c42e0199d515 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -170,9 +170,6 @@ issues:
     - path: googlecloudspannerreceiver
       linters:
         - exhaustive
-    - path: kubeletstatsreceiver
-      linters:
-        - exhaustive
     - path: podmanreceiver
       linters:
         - exhaustive
diff --git a/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/internal/kubelet/metrics_test.go b/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/internal/kubelet/metrics_test.go
index 60e3d22e6842..11701eb08db6 100644
--- a/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/internal/kubelet/metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/kubeletstatsreceiver/internal/kubelet/metrics_test.go
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ func requireMetricOk(t *testing.T, m pmetric.Metric) {
 			require.Less(t, dp.StartTimestamp(), dp.Timestamp())
 			requirePointOk(t, dp)
 		}
+	case pmetric.MetricTypeEmpty:
+	case pmetric.MetricTypeHistogram:
+	case pmetric.MetricTypeExponentialHistogram:
+	case pmetric.MetricTypeSummary:
 	}
 }