diff --git a/examples/camel-example-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties b/examples/camel-example-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d07e809..531ad65 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/examples/camel-example-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 kafka.host=localhost
 kafka.port=9092
 
-kafka.serializerClass=kafka.serializer.StringEncoder
-
 # Producer properties
 producer.topic=TestLog
 producer.partitioner=org.apache.camel.example.kafka.StringPartitioner