diff --git a/content-service/build.gradle b/content-service/build.gradle
index 2346bcc..3518c28 100644
--- a/content-service/build.gradle
+++ b/content-service/build.gradle
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    // Kafka Consumer
-    implementation 'org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka'
-
     // Redis for AI data reading and image URL caching
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-redis'
 
diff --git a/content-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml b/content-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
index a155a85..a58c15c 100644
--- a/content-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
+++ b/content-service/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ spring:
       port: ${REDIS_PORT:6379}
       password: ${REDIS_PASSWORD:}
 
-  kafka:
-    bootstrap-servers: ${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS:4.230.50.63:9092}
-    consumer:
-      group-id: ${KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP_ID:content-service-consumers}
-      auto-offset-reset: earliest
-      key-deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
-      value-deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
-
 server:
   port: ${SERVER_PORT:8084}
 
diff --git a/content-service/src/main/resources/application-local.yml b/content-service/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
index c7ac1dd..eb843f8 100644
--- a/content-service/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
+++ b/content-service/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
@@ -28,17 +28,10 @@ spring:
       host: localhost
       port: 6379
 
-  kafka:
-    # Kafka 연결 비활성화 (Mock 사용)
-    bootstrap-servers: localhost:9092
-    consumer:
-      enabled: false
-
   autoconfigure:
     exclude:
       - org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.redis.RedisAutoConfiguration
       - org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.redis.RedisRepositoriesAutoConfiguration
-      - org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaAutoConfiguration
 
 server:
   port: 8084
diff --git a/content-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/content-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index c55102d..9da4c98 100644
--- a/content-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/content-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ spring:
       port: ${REDIS_PORT:6379}
       password: ${REDIS_PASSWORD:}
 
-  kafka:
-    bootstrap-servers: ${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS:localhost:9092}
-    consumer:
-      group-id: ${KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP_ID:content-service-consumers}
-      auto-offset-reset: earliest
-      key-deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
-      value-deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
-
 server:
   port: ${SERVER_PORT:8084}