diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/server/DynamicBrokerReconfigurationTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/server/DynamicBrokerReconfigurationTest.scala
index c28fcea15cb38..d1427b2356c42 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/server/DynamicBrokerReconfigurationTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/integration/kafka/server/DynamicBrokerReconfigurationTest.scala
@@ -935,8 +935,6 @@ class DynamicBrokerReconfigurationTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness with SaslSet
       .autoOffsetReset("latest")
       .build()
     verifyProduceConsume(producer1, consumer1, numRecords = 10, topic)
-    // send another message to check consumer later
-    producer1.send(new ProducerRecord(topic, "key", "value")).get(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
 
     val config = servers.head.config
     val existingListenerCount = config.listeners.size