diff --git a/driver-kafka/deploy/templates/kafka.service b/driver-kafka/deploy/templates/kafka.service
index 3ed876d3..dade93f5 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/deploy/templates/kafka.service
+++ b/driver-kafka/deploy/templates/kafka.service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Environment=JMX_PORT=9999
 Environment="KAFKA_OPTS=-javaagent:/opt/kafka/jmx_prometheus_javaagent-0.13.0.jar=8080:/opt/kafka/metrics.yml"
 Environment="KAFKA_JMX_OPTS=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=prod-kafka-001 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"
 Environment='KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS=-Xms6g -Xmx6g -XX:MetaspaceSize=96m'
-Environment='KAFKA_JVM_PERFORMANCE_OPTS=-server -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M -XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 -XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80 -Djava.awt.headless=true"
+Environment='KAFKA_JVM_PERFORMANCE_OPTS=-server -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16M -XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=50 -XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=80 -Djava.awt.headless=true'
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/kafka
 RestartSec=1s
 Restart=on-failure