diff --git a/kafka_consumer/assets/configuration/spec.yaml b/kafka_consumer/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
index a11b05851dea0..dc5ba29d6cfd0 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
+++ b/kafka_consumer/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
@@ -150,13 +150,6 @@ files:
           type: string
           example: localhost
           display_default: null
-      - name: ssl_context
-        description: |
-          Pre-configured SSLContext for wrapping socket connections.
-          If provided, all other ssl_* configurations are ignored.
-        value:
-          type: string
-          example: <SSL_CONTEXT>
       - name: ssl_check_hostname
         description: |
           Flag to configure whether SSL handshake should verify that the
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/defaults.py b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/defaults.py
index 9bdb38ba5ad47..9c31395b7499d 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/defaults.py
+++ b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/defaults.py
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ def instance_ssl_check_hostname(field, value):
     return True
 
 
-def instance_ssl_context(field, value):
-    return get_default_field_value(field, value)
-
-
 def instance_ssl_crlfile(field, value):
     return get_default_field_value(field, value)
 
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/instance.py b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/instance.py
index 9d56fd50dcd71..2d0ed682755e6 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/instance.py
+++ b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/config_models/instance.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class Config:
     ssl_cafile: Optional[str]
     ssl_certfile: Optional[str]
     ssl_check_hostname: Optional[bool]
-    ssl_context: Optional[str]
     ssl_crlfile: Optional[str]
     ssl_keyfile: Optional[str]
     ssl_password: Optional[str]
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/data/conf.yaml.example b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/data/conf.yaml.example
index 36da315f6999c..eaa374010c5c9 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/data/conf.yaml.example
+++ b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/data/conf.yaml.example
@@ -167,12 +167,6 @@ instances:
     #
     # sasl_kerberos_domain_name: localhost
 
-    ## @param ssl_context - string - optional
-    ## Pre-configured SSLContext for wrapping socket connections.
-    ## If provided, all other ssl_* configurations are ignored.
-    #
-    # ssl_context: <SSL_CONTEXT>
-
     ## @param ssl_check_hostname - boolean - optional - default: true
     ## Flag to configure whether SSL handshake should verify that the
     ## certificate matches the broker’s hostname.