diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
index 1ce30642b..c3e901ce5 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/http_test.go
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ func TestDBRPTagsCreateDatabaseNotCalledOnRetryAfterForbidden(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	output := influxdb.InfluxDB{
-		URL:         u.String(),
+		URLs:        []string{u.String()},
 		Database:    "telegraf",
 		DatabaseTag: "database",
 		Log:         testutil.Logger{},
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ func TestDBRPTagsCreateDatabaseCalledOnDatabaseNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	output := influxdb.InfluxDB{
-		URL:         u.String(),
+		URLs:        []string{u.String()},
 		Database:    "telegraf",
 		DatabaseTag: "database",
 		Log:         testutil.Logger{},
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ func TestDBNotFoundShouldDropMetricWhenSkipDatabaseCreateIsTrue(t *testing.T) {
 
 	logger := &testutil.CaptureLogger{}
 	output := influxdb.InfluxDB{
-		URL:                  u.String(),
+		URLs:                 []string{u.String()},
 		Database:             "telegraf",
 		DatabaseTag:          "database",
 		SkipDatabaseCreation: true,
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index eb71c651f..8595a22b9 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ type Client interface {
 
 // InfluxDB struct is the primary data structure for the plugin
 type InfluxDB struct {
-	URL                       string            `toml:"url" deprecated:"0.1.9;1.30.0;use 'urls' instead"`
 	URLs                      []string          `toml:"urls"`
 	Username                  config.Secret     `toml:"username"`
 	Password                  config.Secret     `toml:"password"`
@@ -55,16 +54,14 @@ type InfluxDB struct {
 	ContentEncoding           string            `toml:"content_encoding"`
 	SkipDatabaseCreation      bool              `toml:"skip_database_creation"`
 	InfluxUintSupport         bool              `toml:"influx_uint_support"`
+	Precision                 string            `toml:"precision" deprecated:"1.0.0;option is ignored"`
+	Log                       telegraf.Logger   `toml:"-"`
 	tls.ClientConfig
 
-	Precision string `toml:"precision" deprecated:"1.0.0;option is ignored"`
-
 	clients []Client
 
 	CreateHTTPClientF func(config *HTTPConfig) (Client, error)
 	CreateUDPClientF  func(config *UDPConfig) (Client, error)
-
-	Log telegraf.Logger
 }
 
 func (*InfluxDB) SampleConfig() string {
@@ -74,17 +71,11 @@ func (*InfluxDB) SampleConfig() string {
 func (i *InfluxDB) Connect() error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	urls := make([]string, 0, len(i.URLs))
-	urls = append(urls, i.URLs...)
-	if i.URL != "" {
-		urls = append(urls, i.URL)
+	if len(i.URLs) == 0 {
+		i.URLs = []string{defaultURL}
 	}
 
-	if len(urls) == 0 {
-		urls = append(urls, defaultURL)
-	}
-
-	for _, u := range urls {
+	for _, u := range i.URLs {
 		parts, err := url.Parse(u)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing url [%q]: %w", u, err)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go
index 3f42114fb..29c5c3c97 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb_test.go
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ func (c *MockClient) SetLogger(log telegraf.Logger) {
 func TestDeprecatedURLSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	var actual *influxdb.UDPConfig
 	output := influxdb.InfluxDB{
-		URL: "udp://localhost:8089",
-
+		URLs: []string{"udp://localhost:8089"},
 		CreateUDPClientF: func(config *influxdb.UDPConfig) (influxdb.Client, error) {
 			actual = config
 			return &MockClient{}, nil