diff --git a/presto-kafka/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/KafkaConnectorConfig.java b/presto-kafka/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/KafkaConnectorConfig.java
index 25c098e64cd6..6a1c2e07f740 100644
--- a/presto-kafka/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/KafkaConnectorConfig.java
+++ b/presto-kafka/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/KafkaConnectorConfig.java
@@ -14,21 +14,13 @@
 package com.facebook.presto.kafka;
 
 import com.facebook.airlift.configuration.Config;
-import com.facebook.airlift.configuration.ConfigDescription;
 import com.facebook.presto.kafka.schema.file.FileTableDescriptionSupplier;
 import com.facebook.presto.kafka.server.file.FileKafkaClusterMetadataSupplier;
-import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import io.airlift.units.Duration;
 import io.airlift.units.MinDuration;
 
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;
-
 public class KafkaConnectorConfig
 {
     /**
@@ -66,8 +58,6 @@ public class KafkaConnectorConfig
      */
     private String clusterMetadataSupplier = FileKafkaClusterMetadataSupplier.NAME;
 
-    private List<File> resourceConfigFiles = ImmutableList.of();
-
     @NotNull
     public String getDefaultSchema()
     {
@@ -155,20 +145,4 @@ public KafkaConnectorConfig setHideInternalColumns(boolean hideInternalColumns)
         this.hideInternalColumns = hideInternalColumns;
         return this;
     }
-
-    @NotNull
-    public List<File> getResourceConfigFiles()
-    {
-        return resourceConfigFiles;
-    }
-
-    @Config("kafka.config.resources")
-    @ConfigDescription("Optional config files")
-    public KafkaConnectorConfig setResourceConfigFiles(String files)
-    {
-        this.resourceConfigFiles = Splitter.on(',').trimResults().omitEmptyStrings().splitToList(files).stream()
-                .map(File::new)
-                .collect(toImmutableList());
-        return this;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/presto-kafka/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/TestKafkaConnectorConfig.java b/presto-kafka/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/TestKafkaConnectorConfig.java
index 2a1e4b115727..248a8898d1a5 100644
--- a/presto-kafka/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/TestKafkaConnectorConfig.java
+++ b/presto-kafka/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/kafka/TestKafkaConnectorConfig.java
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ public void testDefaults()
                 .setTableDescriptionSupplier(FileTableDescriptionSupplier.NAME)
                 .setHideInternalColumns(true)
                 .setMaxPartitionFetchBytes(1048576)
-                .setMaxPollRecords(500)
-                .setResourceConfigFiles(""));
+                .setMaxPollRecords(500));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .put("kafka.hide-internal-columns", "false")
                 .put("kafka.max-partition-fetch-bytes", "1024")
                 .put("kafka.max-poll-records", "1000")
-                .put("kafka.config.resources", "test-config.file")
                 .build();
 
         KafkaConnectorConfig expected = new KafkaConnectorConfig()
@@ -57,8 +55,7 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .setKafkaConnectTimeout("1h")
                 .setHideInternalColumns(false)
                 .setMaxPartitionFetchBytes(1024)
-                .setMaxPollRecords(1000)
-                .setResourceConfigFiles("test-config.file");
+                .setMaxPollRecords(1000);
 
         ConfigAssertions.assertFullMapping(properties, expected);
     }