diff --git a/geomesa-kafka/geomesa-kafka-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh b/geomesa-kafka/geomesa-kafka-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh
index b2f59eeb9426..b415fa9edbbd 100755
--- a/geomesa-kafka/geomesa-kafka-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh
+++ b/geomesa-kafka/geomesa-kafka-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ function dependencies() {
   fi
 
   declare -a gavs=(
-    "org.apache.kafka:kafka_%%scala.binary.version%%:${kafka_version}:jar"
     "org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:${kafka_version}:jar"
     "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:${zk_version}:jar"
     "net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:5.0.4:jar"
diff --git a/geomesa-lambda/geomesa-lambda-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh b/geomesa-lambda/geomesa-lambda-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh
index ccf3fcd87c71..e719d2d47e6a 100755
--- a/geomesa-lambda/geomesa-lambda-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh
+++ b/geomesa-lambda/geomesa-lambda-tools/conf-filtered/dependencies.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ function dependencies() {
     "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-auth:${hadoop_version}:jar"
     "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:${hadoop_version}:jar"
     "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs:${hadoop_version}:jar"
-    "org.apache.kafka:kafka_%%scala.binary.version%%:${kafka_version}:jar"
     "org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:${kafka_version}:jar"
     "commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.3:jar"
     "org.apache.htrace:htrace-core:3.1.0-incubating:jar"