diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/util/KafkaSourceSecurityConfigurer.java b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/util/KafkaSourceSecurityConfigurer.java
index 19bd55d382..245056e06e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/util/KafkaSourceSecurityConfigurer.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/util/KafkaSourceSecurityConfigurer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kafka.KafkaClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kafka.model.GetBootstrapBrokersRequest;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kafka.model.GetBootstrapBrokersResponse;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kafka.model.InternalServerErrorException;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kafka.model.KafkaException;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.sts.model.StsException;