diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 006cbe576..8c93082d3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 		<kafka.version>0.9.0.1</kafka.version>
 		<spring-kafka.version>1.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-integration-kafka.version>2.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-integration-kafka.version>
-		<rxjava-math.version>1.0.0</rxjava-math.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -80,15 +79,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.reactivex</groupId>
-			<artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.reactivex</groupId>
-			<artifactId>rxjava-math</artifactId>
-			<version>${rxjava-math.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>