diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index cf01d8a..49f295e 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - python
     - async-timeout
-    - kafka-python >=2.0.2
     - packaging
     - zlib