diff --git a/plugins/inputs/win_wmi/win_wmi_test.go b/plugins/inputs/win_wmi/win_wmi_test.go
index 47bd83a71..540e70cb8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/win_wmi/win_wmi_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/win_wmi/win_wmi_test.go
@@ -13,44 +13,60 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-// initialize test data
 var sysDrive = os.Getenv("SystemDrive") + `\` // C:\
 
-// include Name as a tag, FreeSpace as a field, and Purpose as a known-null class property
-var testQuery = Query{
-	Namespace:  "ROOT\\cimv2",
-	ClassName:  "Win32_Volume",
-	Properties: []string{"Name", "FreeSpace", "Purpose"},
-	//nolint:gocritic // sprintfQuotedString - "%s" used by purpose, string escaping is done by special function
-	Filter:               fmt.Sprintf(`NOT Name LIKE "\\\\?\\%%" AND Name LIKE "%s"`, regexp.QuoteMeta(sysDrive)),
-	TagPropertiesInclude: []string{"Name"},
-	tagFilter:            nil, // this is filled in by CompileInputs()
-}
-
-//nolint:gocritic // sprintfQuotedString - "%s" used by purpose, string escaping is done by special function
-var expectedWql = fmt.Sprintf(
-	`SELECT Name, FreeSpace, Purpose FROM Win32_Volume WHERE NOT Name LIKE "\\\\?\\%%" AND Name LIKE "%s"`,
-	regexp.QuoteMeta(sysDrive),
-)
-
-// test buildWqlStatements
-func TestWmi_buildWqlStatements(t *testing.T) {
-	var logger = new(testutil.Logger)
-	plugin := Wmi{Queries: []Query{testQuery}, Log: logger}
-	require.NoError(t, compileInputs(&plugin))
-	require.Equal(t, expectedWql, plugin.Queries[0].query)
-}
-
-// test DoQuery
-func TestWmi_DoQuery(t *testing.T) {
-	var logger = new(testutil.Logger)
-	var acc = new(testutil.Accumulator)
-	plugin := Wmi{Queries: []Query{testQuery}, Log: logger}
-	require.NoError(t, compileInputs(&plugin))
-	for _, q := range plugin.Queries {
-		require.NoError(t, q.doQuery(acc))
+func TestBuildWqlStatements(t *testing.T) {
+	plugin := &Wmi{
+		Queries: []Query{
+			{
+				Namespace:  "ROOT\\cimv2",
+				ClassName:  "Win32_Volume",
+				Properties: []string{"Name", "FreeSpace", "Purpose"},
+				//nolint:gocritic // sprintfQuotedString - "%s" used by purpose, string escaping is done by special function
+				Filter:               fmt.Sprintf(`NOT Name LIKE "\\\\?\\%%" AND Name LIKE "%s"`, regexp.QuoteMeta(sysDrive)),
+				TagPropertiesInclude: []string{"Name"},
+			},
+		},
+		Log: testutil.Logger{},
 	}
-	// no errors in accumulator
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
+	require.NotEmpty(t, plugin.Queries)
+
+	//nolint:gocritic // sprintfQuotedString - "%s" used by purpose, string escaping is done by special function
+	expected := fmt.Sprintf(
+		`SELECT Name, FreeSpace, Purpose FROM Win32_Volume WHERE NOT Name LIKE "\\\\?\\%%" AND Name LIKE "%s"`,
+		regexp.QuoteMeta(sysDrive),
+	)
+	require.Equal(t, expected, plugin.Queries[0].query)
+}
+
+func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
+	plugin := &Wmi{}
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
+}
+
+func TestQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("Skipping integration test in short mode")
+	}
+
+	plugin := &Wmi{
+		Queries: []Query{
+			{
+				Namespace:  "ROOT\\cimv2",
+				ClassName:  "Win32_Volume",
+				Properties: []string{"Name", "FreeSpace", "Purpose"},
+				//nolint:gocritic // sprintfQuotedString - "%s" used by purpose, string escaping is done by special function
+				Filter:               fmt.Sprintf(`NOT Name LIKE "\\\\?\\%%" AND Name LIKE "%s"`, regexp.QuoteMeta(sysDrive)),
+				TagPropertiesInclude: []string{"Name"},
+			},
+		},
+		Log: testutil.Logger{},
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Gather(&acc))
 	require.Empty(t, acc.Errors)
 	// Only one metric was returned (because we filtered for SystemDrive)
 	require.Len(t, acc.Metrics, 1)
@@ -59,21 +75,3 @@ func TestWmi_DoQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	// FreeSpace property was collected as a field
 	require.NotEmpty(t, acc.Metrics[0].Fields["FreeSpace"])
 }
-
-// test Init function
-func TestWmi_Init(t *testing.T) {
-	var logger = new(testutil.Logger)
-	plugin := Wmi{Queries: []Query{testQuery}, Log: logger}
-	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
-}
-
-// test Gather function
-func TestWmi_Gather(t *testing.T) {
-	var logger = new(testutil.Logger)
-	var acc = new(testutil.Accumulator)
-	plugin := Wmi{Queries: []Query{testQuery}, Log: logger}
-	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
-	require.NoError(t, plugin.Gather(acc))
-	// no errors in accumulator
-	require.Empty(t, acc.Errors)
-}