diff --git a/statefun-flink/statefun-flink-datastream/pom.xml b/statefun-flink/statefun-flink-datastream/pom.xml
index 5821039..4452af8 100644
--- a/statefun-flink/statefun-flink-datastream/pom.xml
+++ b/statefun-flink/statefun-flink-datastream/pom.xml
@@ -115,17 +115,6 @@
                                         <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
                                     </excludes>
                                 </filter>
-                                <filter>
-                                    <artifact>org.apache.kafka:*</artifact>
-                                    <excludes>
-                                        <exclude>kafka/kafka-version.properties</exclude>
-                                        <exclude>LICENSE</exclude>
-                                        <!-- Does not contain anything relevant.
-                                            Cites a binary dependency on jersey, but this is neither reflected in the
-                                            dependency graph, nor are any jersey files bundled. -->
-                                        <exclude>NOTICE</exclude>
-                                    </excludes>
-                                </filter>
                             </filters>
                             <transformers>
                                 <!-- required to aggregate all the META-INF/services files -->