diff --git a/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml
index 503fc129dc4f2b7b12e0b83f5e84005216e3d301..8daa7ed608f6a52c165f8efafc3f86ea3ec5e284 100644
--- a/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <sbt.project.name>streaming-kafka-assembly</sbt.project.name>
-    <spark.jar.dir>scala-${scala.binary.version}</spark.jar.dir>
-    <spark.jar.basename>spark-streaming-kafka-assembly-${project.version}.jar</spark.jar.basename>
-    <spark.jar>${project.build.directory}/${spark.jar.dir}/${spark.jar.basename}</spark.jar>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@
       <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
       <configuration>
         <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
-        <outputFile>${spark.jar}</outputFile>
         <artifactSet>
           <includes>
             <include>*:*</include>