diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
index b90cea2093a7a..67ec39d8f2793 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -140,28 +140,6 @@ under the License.
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-base_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<!-- exclude Kafka dependencies -->
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-					<artifactId>kafka_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-			<type>test-jar</type>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-connector-kafka-base_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<!-- exclude Kafka dependencies -->
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-					<artifactId>kafka_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>