diff --git a/producer.py b/producer.py
index 091003a..16be502 100755
--- a/producer.py
+++ b/producer.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
     # See https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md
     conf = {
         'bootstrap.servers': os.environ['CLOUDKARAFKA_BROKERS'],
-        'session.timeout.ms': 6000,
-        'default.topic.config': {'auto.offset.reset': 'smallest'},
         'security.protocol': 'SASL_SSL',
 	'sasl.mechanisms': 'SCRAM-SHA-256',
         'sasl.username': os.environ['CLOUDKARAFKA_USERNAME'],