diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 7a1cf4c3..26fd088b 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -734,15 +734,11 @@ PHP_METHOD(RdKafka_Conf, setLogCb)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+#ifdef HAS_RD_KAFKA_OAUTHBEARER_TOKEN_REFRESH_CB
 /* {{{ proto void RdKafka\Conf::setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb(mixed $callback)
    Set token refresh callback for OAUTHBEARER sasl */
 PHP_METHOD(RdKafka_Conf, setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb)
 {
-#ifndef HAS_RD_KAFKA_OAUTHBEARER_TOKEN_REFRESH_CB
-    zend_throw_exception_ex(NULL, 0, "This version of rdkafka does not support the OAUTHBEARER sasl mechanism");
-    return;
-#endif
-
     zend_fcall_info fci;
     zend_fcall_info_cache fcc;
     kafka_conf_object *conf;
@@ -770,6 +766,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(RdKafka_Conf, setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb)
     rd_kafka_conf_set_oauthbearer_token_refresh_cb(conf->u.conf, kafka_conf_set_oauthbearer_token_refresh_cb);
 }
 /* }}} */
+#endif
 
 /* {{{ proto RdKafka\TopicConf::__construct() */
 PHP_METHOD(RdKafka_TopicConf, __construct)
diff --git a/conf.stub.php b/conf.stub.php
index ccd84ab1..7aa6a62d 100644
--- a/conf.stub.php
+++ b/conf.stub.php
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ public function setOffsetCommitCb(callable $callback): void {}
     /** @tentative-return-type */
     public function setLogCb(callable $callback): void {}
 
+    #ifdef HAS_RD_KAFKA_OAUTHBEARER_TOKEN_REFRESH_CB
     /** @tentative-return-type */
     public function setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb(callable $callback): void {}
+    #endif
 }
 
 class TopicConf
diff --git a/tests/conf_callbacks.phpt b/tests/conf_callbacks.phpt
index 6c78358d..fd5e881e 100644
--- a/tests/conf_callbacks.phpt
+++ b/tests/conf_callbacks.phpt
@@ -23,12 +23,8 @@ $conf->setRebalanceCb(function () { });
 $dump = $conf->dump();
 var_dump(isset($dump["rebalance_cb"]));
 
-echo "Setting oauth token bearer callback\n";
-try {
-    $conf->setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb(function () {});
-} catch (\Exception $e) {
-    echo $e->getMessage()."\n";
-}
+echo "Checking if oauthbearer cb exists\n";
+var_dump(method_exists($conf, 'setOauthbearerTokenRefreshCb'));
 
 --EXPECT--
 Setting consume callback
@@ -37,5 +33,5 @@ Setting offset_commit callback
 bool(true)
 Setting rebalance callback
 bool(true)
-Setting oauth token bearer callback
-This version of rdkafka does not support the OAUTHBEARER sasl mechanism
+Checking if oauthbearer cb exists
+bool(false)