diff --git a/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml b/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml
index 7da9a76d60d7..528ab5baaa92 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb-rocksdb-config-setter/pom.xml
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@
             <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.rocksdb</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rocksdbjni</artifactId>
-            <version>5.18.4</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>