diff --git a/metadata-ingestion-examples/common/build.gradle b/metadata-ingestion-examples/common/build.gradle
index dc633503ef..9b957c61f5 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion-examples/common/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-ingestion-examples/common/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ dependencies {
 
   compile externalDependency.javaxInject
   compile externalDependency.kafkaAvroSerde
-  compile externalDependency.kafkaSerializers
   compile externalDependency.lombok
   compile externalDependency.springBeans
   compile externalDependency.springBootAutoconfigure
@@ -17,4 +16,4 @@ dependencies {
   annotationProcessor externalDependency.lombok
 
   runtime externalDependency.logbackClassic
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion-examples/kafka-etl/build.gradle b/metadata-ingestion-examples/kafka-etl/build.gradle
index 9ab77481b4..d87f74236b 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion-examples/kafka-etl/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-ingestion-examples/kafka-etl/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ dependencies {
 
   compile externalDependency.javaxInject
   compile externalDependency.kafkaAvroSerde
-  compile externalDependency.kafkaSerializers
   compile externalDependency.lombok
   compile externalDependency.springBeans
   compile externalDependency.springBootAutoconfigure
@@ -26,4 +25,4 @@ dependencies {
 
 bootJar {
   mainClassName = 'com.linkedin.metadata.examples.kafka.KafkaEtlApplication'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}