diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 6a50163da..fa8a610cb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -37,17 +37,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-integration-kafka</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring-integration-kafka.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-					<artifactId>avro-compiler</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>