diff --git a/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/Dockerfile b/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/Dockerfile
index eca90a702cc87..443bf06c88768 100644
--- a/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/Dockerfile
+++ b/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/Dockerfile
@@ -129,32 +129,6 @@ RUN \
  # This is the folder where unixODBC searches for driver config and where we ask customers to copy their config to
  --sysconfdir=/opt/datadog-agent/embedded/etc
 
-# Dependencies needed to build librdkafka (and thus, confluent-kafka) with kerberos support
-RUN \
- DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/LMDB/lmdb/archive/LMDB_{{version}}.tar.gz" \
- VERSION="0.9.29" \
- SHA256="22054926b426c66d8f2bc22071365df6e35f3aacf19ad943bc6167d4cae3bebb" \
- RELATIVE_PATH="lmdb-LMDB_{{version}}/libraries/liblmdb" \
- # No ./configure, use a NOOP
- CONFIGURE_SCRIPT="true" \
- bash install-from-source.sh
-RUN \
- DOWNLOAD_URL="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v{{version}}/e2fsprogs-{{version}}.tar.gz" \
- VERSION="1.47.0" \
- SHA256="0b4fe723d779b0927fb83c9ae709bc7b40f66d7df36433bef143e41c54257084" \
- RELATIVE_PATH="e2fsprogs-{{version}}" \
- bash install-from-source.sh --enable-elf-shlibs
-RUN \
- # Add -fPIC to let librdkafka link against it statically
- CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC" \
- # Explicitly ask the linker to use gssapi_krb5, otherwise static compilation fails
- LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib -lgssapi_krb5" \
- DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/releases/download/cyrus-sasl-{{version}}/cyrus-sasl-{{version}}.tar.gz" \
- VERSION="2.1.28" \
- SHA256="7ccfc6abd01ed67c1a0924b353e526f1b766b21f42d4562ee635a8ebfc5bb38c" \
- RELATIVE_PATH="cyrus-sasl-{{version}}" \
- bash install-from-source.sh --with-dblib=lmdb --enable-gssapi=/usr/local \
-    --enable-static --disable-shared
 # curl
 RUN \
  DOWNLOAD_URL="https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-{{version}}.tar.gz" \
diff --git a/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh b/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh
index cb58dceeaa005..156fd1d898af7 100644
--- a/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh
@@ -13,19 +13,6 @@ sed -i '/pymqi==/d' /home/requirements.in
 always_build=()
 
 if [[ "${DD_BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
-    # confluent-kafka and librdkafka need to be compiled from source to get kerberos support
-    # The librdkafka version needs to stay in sync with the confluent-kafka version,
-    # thus we extract the version from the requirements file.
-    kafka_version=$(grep 'confluent-kafka==' /home/requirements.in | sed -E 's/^.*([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+).*$/\1/')
-    # Libraries need to be explicitly specified for static linking to work properly
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib -lkrb5 -lgssapi_krb5 -llmdb" \
-    DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/refs/tags/v{{version}}.tar.gz" \
-        VERSION="${kafka_version}" \
-        SHA256="3dc62de731fd516dfb1032861d9a580d4d0b5b0856beb0f185d06df8e6c26259" \
-        RELATIVE_PATH="librdkafka-{{version}}" \
-        bash install-from-source.sh --enable-sasl --enable-curl
-    always_build+=("confluent-kafka")
-
     # The version of pyodbc is dynamically linked against a version of the odbc which doesn't come included in the wheel
     # That causes the omnibus' health check to flag it. Forcing the build so that we do include it in the wheel.
     always_build+=("pyodbc")
diff --git a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile
index 0ea7bf99315d6..7df6742d43854 100644
--- a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile
+++ b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile
@@ -102,32 +102,6 @@ RUN \
  # This is the folder where unixODBC searches for driver config and where we ask customers to copy their config to
  --sysconfdir=/opt/datadog-agent/embedded/etc
 
-# Dependencies needed to build librdkafka (and thus, confluent-kafka) with kerberos support
-RUN \
- DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/LMDB/lmdb/archive/LMDB_{{version}}.tar.gz" \
- VERSION="0.9.29" \
- SHA256="22054926b426c66d8f2bc22071365df6e35f3aacf19ad943bc6167d4cae3bebb" \
- RELATIVE_PATH="lmdb-LMDB_{{version}}/libraries/liblmdb" \
- # No ./configure, use a NOOP
- CONFIGURE_SCRIPT="true" \
- bash install-from-source.sh
-RUN \
- DOWNLOAD_URL="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v{{version}}/e2fsprogs-{{version}}.tar.gz" \
- VERSION="1.47.0" \
- SHA256="0b4fe723d779b0927fb83c9ae709bc7b40f66d7df36433bef143e41c54257084" \
- RELATIVE_PATH="e2fsprogs-{{version}}" \
- bash install-from-source.sh --enable-elf-shlibs
-RUN \
- # Add -fPIC to let librdkafka link against it statically
- CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC" \
- # Explicitly ask the linker to use gssapi_krb5, otherwise static compilation fails
- LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib -lgssapi_krb5" \
- DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/releases/download/cyrus-sasl-{{version}}/cyrus-sasl-{{version}}.tar.gz" \
- VERSION="2.1.28" \
- SHA256="7ccfc6abd01ed67c1a0924b353e526f1b766b21f42d4562ee635a8ebfc5bb38c" \
- RELATIVE_PATH="cyrus-sasl-{{version}}" \
- bash install-from-source.sh --with-dblib=lmdb --enable-gssapi=/usr/local \
-    --enable-static --disable-shared
 # curl
 RUN \
  DOWNLOAD_URL="https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-{{version}}.tar.gz" \
diff --git a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh
index c78bae6127d1f..92cb7977df8b2 100644
--- a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh
@@ -10,19 +10,6 @@ build_wheels() {
 always_build=()
 
 if [[ "${DD_BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
-    # confluent-kafka and librdkafka need to be compiled from source to get kerberos support
-    # The librdkafka version needs to stay in sync with the confluent-kafka version,
-    # thus we extract the version from the requirements file.
-    kafka_version=$(grep 'confluent-kafka==' /home/requirements.in | sed -E 's/^.*([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+).*$/\1/')
-    # Libraries need to be explicitly specified for static linking to work properly
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib -lkrb5 -lgssapi_krb5 -llmdb" \
-    DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/refs/tags/v{{version}}.tar.gz" \
-        VERSION="${kafka_version}" \
-        SHA256="3dc62de731fd516dfb1032861d9a580d4d0b5b0856beb0f185d06df8e6c26259" \
-        RELATIVE_PATH="librdkafka-{{version}}" \
-        bash install-from-source.sh --enable-sasl --enable-curl
-    always_build+=("confluent-kafka")
-
     # The version of pyodbc is dynamically linked against a version of the odbc which doesn't come included in the wheel
     # That causes the omnibus' health check to flag it. Forcing the build so that we do include it in the wheel.
     always_build+=("pyodbc")
diff --git a/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/builder_setup.sh b/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/builder_setup.sh
index 098e555edc560..9f22e3222556e 100644
--- a/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/builder_setup.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/builder_setup.sh
@@ -93,21 +93,3 @@ RELATIVE_PATH="curl-{{version}}" \
 # Remove the binary installed so that we consistenly use the same original `curl` binary
 rm "${DD_PREFIX_PATH}/bin/curl"
 
-# Dependencies needed to build librdkafka (and thus, confluent-kafka) with kerberos support
-DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/LMDB/lmdb/archive/LMDB_{{version}}.tar.gz" \
-VERSION="0.9.29" \
-SHA256="22054926b426c66d8f2bc22071365df6e35f3aacf19ad943bc6167d4cae3bebb" \
-RELATIVE_PATH="lmdb-LMDB_{{version}}/libraries/liblmdb" \
-CONFIGURE_SCRIPT="true" \
-INSTALL_COMMAND="make prefix=${DD_PREFIX_PATH} install" \
-XCFLAGS=${CFLAGS} \
-  install-from-source
-# CFLAGS and LDFLAGS add compiler and linker flags to make static compilation work
-CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC" \
-LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${DD_PREFIX_PATH}/lib -lgssapi_krb5" \
-DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/releases/download/cyrus-sasl-{{version}}/cyrus-sasl-{{version}}.tar.gz" \
-VERSION="2.1.28" \
-SHA256="7ccfc6abd01ed67c1a0924b353e526f1b766b21f42d4562ee635a8ebfc5bb38c" \
-RELATIVE_PATH="cyrus-sasl-{{version}}" \
-  install-from-source --with-dblib=lmdb --enable-gssapi="${DD_PREFIX_PATH}" --disable-macos-framework \
-    --enable-static --disable-shared
diff --git a/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/extra_build.sh b/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/extra_build.sh
index f5e49d609e6fb..c74fde227f523 100644
--- a/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/extra_build.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/macos-x86_64/extra_build.sh
@@ -5,24 +5,6 @@ set -exu
 # Packages which must be built from source
 always_build=()
 
-if [[ "${DD_BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
-    # confluent-kafka and librdkafka need to be compiled from source to get kerberos support
-    # The librdkafka version needs to stay in sync with the confluent-kafka version,
-    # thus we extract the version from the requirements file.
-    kafka_version=$(grep 'confluent-kafka==' "${DD_MOUNT_DIR}/requirements.in" | sed -E 's/^.*([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+).*$/\1/')
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${DD_PREFIX_PATH}/lib -lgssapi_krb5 -llmdb" \
-    DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/refs/tags/v{{version}}.tar.gz" \
-      VERSION="${kafka_version}" \
-      SHA256="3dc62de731fd516dfb1032861d9a580d4d0b5b0856beb0f185d06df8e6c26259" \
-      RELATIVE_PATH="librdkafka-{{version}}" \
-      bash install-from-source.sh --prefix="${DD_PREFIX_PATH}" --enable-sasl --enable-curl
-
-    # lmdb doesnt't get the actual full path in its install name which means delocate won't find it
-    # Luckily we can patch it here so that it does.
-    install_name_tool -change liblmdb.so "${DD_PREFIX_PATH}/lib/liblmdb.so" "${DD_PREFIX_PATH}/lib//librdkafka.1.dylib"
-    always_build+=("confluent-kafka")
-fi
-
 # Make sure IBM MQ libraries are found under /opt/mqm even when we're using the builder cache
 sudo cp -Rf "${DD_PREFIX_PATH}/mqm" /opt