diff --git a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaKraftBroker.java b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaKraftBroker.java
index 16980f62f5..742881927b 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaKraftBroker.java
+++ b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaKraftBroker.java
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ private void start() {
 			System.setProperty(this.brokerListProperty, getBrokersAsString());
 		}
 		System.setProperty(SPRING_EMBEDDED_KAFKA_BROKERS, getBrokersAsString());
-		System.setProperty(this.brokerListProperty, getBrokersAsString());
 	}
 
 	@Override