diff --git a/data-plane/config/broker/100-config-kafka-broker-data-plane.yaml b/data-plane/config/broker/100-config-kafka-broker-data-plane.yaml
index a64ba1ea84..a05612261b 100644
--- a/data-plane/config/broker/100-config-kafka-broker-data-plane.yaml
+++ b/data-plane/config/broker/100-config-kafka-broker-data-plane.yaml
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ data:
     linger.ms=0
     max.block.ms=60000
     max.request.size=1048576
-    partitioner.class=org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.internals.DefaultPartitioner
     receive.buffer.bytes=-1
     request.timeout.ms=2000
     enable.idempotence=false
diff --git a/data-plane/config/channel/100-config-kafka-channel-data-plane.yaml b/data-plane/config/channel/100-config-kafka-channel-data-plane.yaml
index b5f178c440..32d8b2b13c 100644
--- a/data-plane/config/channel/100-config-kafka-channel-data-plane.yaml
+++ b/data-plane/config/channel/100-config-kafka-channel-data-plane.yaml
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ data:
     linger.ms=0
     max.block.ms=60000
     max.request.size=1048576
-    partitioner.class=org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.internals.DefaultPartitioner
     receive.buffer.bytes=-1
     request.timeout.ms=2000
     enable.idempotence=false
diff --git a/data-plane/config/sink/100-config-kafka-sink-data-plane.yaml b/data-plane/config/sink/100-config-kafka-sink-data-plane.yaml
index 5c9dadba29..ab533ccde7 100644
--- a/data-plane/config/sink/100-config-kafka-sink-data-plane.yaml
+++ b/data-plane/config/sink/100-config-kafka-sink-data-plane.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ data:
     linger.ms=0
     max.block.ms=60000
     max.request.size=1048576
-    partitioner.class=org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.internals.DefaultPartitioner
     receive.buffer.bytes=-1
     request.timeout.ms=2000
     enable.idempotence=false
diff --git a/data-plane/config/source/100-config-kafka-source-data-plane.yaml b/data-plane/config/source/100-config-kafka-source-data-plane.yaml
index 65db11cc63..4f6f151bff 100644
--- a/data-plane/config/source/100-config-kafka-source-data-plane.yaml
+++ b/data-plane/config/source/100-config-kafka-source-data-plane.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ data:
     linger.ms=0
     max.block.ms=60000
     max.request.size=1048576
-    partitioner.class=org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.internals.DefaultPartitioner
     receive.buffer.bytes=-1
     request.timeout.ms=2000
     enable.idempotence=false
diff --git a/data-plane/profiler/resources/config-kafka-broker-producer.properties b/data-plane/profiler/resources/config-kafka-broker-producer.properties
index fe63e7f1aa..5bd62d7b20 100644
--- a/data-plane/profiler/resources/config-kafka-broker-producer.properties
+++ b/data-plane/profiler/resources/config-kafka-broker-producer.properties
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ delivery.timeout.ms=120000
 linger.ms=0
 max.block.ms=60000
 max.request.size=1048576
-partitioner.class=org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.internals.DefaultPartitioner
 receive.buffer.bytes=-1
 request.timeout.ms=30000
 enable.idempotence=false