diff --git a/apm-sniffer/config/agent.config b/apm-sniffer/config/agent.config
index dcec546ac3b3016bff9d57144c8cc2b83bed5a37..2800157c143f61e7403af917cc4023c150e3087a 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/config/agent.config
+++ b/apm-sniffer/config/agent.config
@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ logging.level=${SW_LOGGING_LEVEL:INFO}
 # plugin.mysql.trace_sql_parameters=${SW_MYSQL_TRACE_SQL_PARAMETERS:false}
 
 # Kafka producer configuration
-plugin.kafka.bootstrap_servers=${SW_KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS:localhost:9092}
+# plugin.kafka.bootstrap_servers=${SW_KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS:localhost:9092}
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e-test/docker/kafka/Dockerfile.provider b/test/e2e/e2e-test/docker/kafka/Dockerfile.provider
index bdd89a02d29169f492df1f92fec21907531b7dd0..142278d3ecda952f9c551c4085b58dede07d95e3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e-test/docker/kafka/Dockerfile.provider
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e-test/docker/kafka/Dockerfile.provider
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ ADD ${DIST_PACKAGE} .
 RUN tar -zxf apache-skywalking-apm*.gz --strip=1 || true
 RUN mv apache-skywalking-apm-bin/* . || true
 
+RUN sed -i 's/# plugin.kafka.bootstrap_servers/plugin.kafka.bootstrap_servers/g' agent/config/agent.config
+
 # activate kafka-reporter plugin
 RUN mv agent/optional-reporter-plugins/kafka-reporter-plugin-*.jar agent/plugins/ || true