diff --git a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
index d70108eb4..cb3f44af8 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 Telegraf's configuration file is written using [TOML][] and is composed of
 three sections: [global tags][], [agent][] settings, and [plugins][].
 
-View the default [telegraf.conf][] config file with all available plugins.
-
 ## Generating a Configuration File
 
 A default config file can be generated by telegraf:
@@ -787,7 +785,6 @@ Reference the detailed [TLS][] documentation.
 [processors]: #processor-plugins
 [aggregators]: #aggregator-plugins
 [metric filtering]: #metric-filtering
-[telegraf.conf]: /etc/telegraf.conf
 [TLS]: /docs/TLS.md
 [glob pattern]: https://github.com/gobwas/glob#syntax
 [flags]: /docs/COMMANDS_AND_FLAGS.md