diff --git a/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/build.gradle b/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/build.gradle
index 6cff1d672..c17b80caa 100644
--- a/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ javaRestTest {
 testClusters.javaRestTest {
     testDistribution = 'INTEG_TEST'
 }
-
-task integTest(type: RestIntegTestTask) {
+// TODO enable integ tests after distribution build fix
+/*task integTest(type: RestIntegTestTask) {
     description = "Run tests against a cluster"
     testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
     classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@ afterEvaluate {
             nodePlugins.add(firstPlugin)
         }
     }
-}
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+}*/
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diff --git a/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/alerting/SampleRemoteMonitorPluginIT.java b/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/alerting/SampleRemoteMonitorPluginIT.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d8e7e2dae..000000000
--- a/sample-remote-monitor-plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/alerting/SampleRemoteMonitorPluginIT.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package org.opensearch.alerting;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
-
-public class SampleRemoteMonitorPluginIT extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
-
-    public void testDummy() {
-        Assert.assertTrue(true);
-    }
-}
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