diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerPropertyUtils.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerPropertyUtils.java
index 4c8c0b70f0..2f50a7e5f4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerPropertyUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/StubRunnerPropertyUtils.java
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ class StubRunnerPropertyUtils {
 			}
 			return value;
 		}
-		String directTry = doGetProp(propName);
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(directTry)) {
-			return directTry;
-		}
 		return doGetProp(appendPrefixIfNecessary(propName));
 	}