diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
index 44ae712eb..6119b89c4 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kafka_2.13</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kafka_2.13</artifactId>
-			<classifier>test</classifier>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
 			<artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>