diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties.java b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties.java
index 1b0a48cec..779e2f47f 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties.java
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaProperties;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.HeaderMode;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.ProducerProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.properties.KafkaProducerProperties.CompressionType;
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Chukwubuikem Ume-Ugwa
  * @author Nico Heller
  */
-@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder")
 public class KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties {
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_KAFKA_CONNECTION_STRING = "localhost:9092";
@@ -146,14 +144,11 @@ public class KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties {
 	private boolean enableObservation;
 
 	/**
-	 * @Autowired on this constructor is necessary in order to make sure that all the optional (provided as JavaBean setters)
-	 * properties in this class are taken into consideration when generating configuration metadata.
-	 * In addition, in order for all the properties to be discovered and bound when running as a native
-	 * application, this @Autowired is necessary, so that Boot binding mechanism considers all the properties.
-	 * See the following issues for more details.
+	 * @Autowired on this constructor is necessary for all the properties to be discovered and bound when running as a native
+	 * application.
+	 *
+	 * See the following issue for more details:
 	 *
-	 * https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/issues/2640
-	 * https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/34031
 	 * https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/issues/2644
 	 *
 	 * @param kafkaProperties Spring Kafka properties autoconfigured by Spring Boot
diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/reactorkafka/ReactorKafkaBinderConfiguration.java b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/reactorkafka/ReactorKafkaBinderConfiguration.java
index 3d310fb4b..5a740f897 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/reactorkafka/ReactorKafkaBinderConfiguration.java
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/reactorkafka/ReactorKafkaBinderConfiguration.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.reactorkafka;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.Binder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.properties.KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties;
@@ -41,7 +42,20 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ KafkaProperties.class, KafkaExtendedBindingProperties.class })
 public class ReactorKafkaBinderConfiguration {
 
+	/**
+	 * @ConfigurationProperties is declared on the @Bean method for Spring Boot to ignore
+	 * constructor binding on KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties. If constructor binding is
+	 * used, it ignores all the JavaBeans style properties when generating configuration metadata.
+	 *
+	 * See the following issues for more details:
+	 *
+	 * https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/issues/2640
+	 * https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/34031
+	 *
+	 * @param kafkaProperties Spring Kafka properties autoconfigured by Spring Boot
+	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder")
 	KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties configurationProperties(
 			KafkaProperties kafkaProperties) {
 		return new KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties(kafkaProperties);
diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/config/KafkaBinderConfiguration.java b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/config/KafkaBinderConfiguration.java
index 8db6a9932..9790ffb68 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/config/KafkaBinderConfiguration.java
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/config/KafkaBinderConfiguration.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.Binder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.KafkaBinderMetrics;
@@ -90,7 +91,20 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConverter;
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ KafkaProperties.class, KafkaExtendedBindingProperties.class })
 public class KafkaBinderConfiguration {
 
+	/**
+	 * @ConfigurationProperties is declared on the @Bean method for Spring Boot to ignore
+	 * constructor binding on KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties. If constructor binding is
+	 * used, it ignores all the JavaBeans style properties when generating configuration metadata.
+	 *
+	 * See the following issues for more details:
+	 *
+	 * https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/issues/2640
+	 * https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/34031
+	 *
+	 * @param kafkaProperties Spring Kafka properties autoconfigured by Spring Boot
+	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder")
 	KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties configurationProperties(
 			KafkaProperties kafkaProperties) {
 		return new KafkaBinderConfigurationProperties(kafkaProperties);