diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/BookKeeperClientFactoryImpl.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/BookKeeperClientFactoryImpl.java
index 996bf225892af..9a09deb166b0f 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/BookKeeperClientFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/BookKeeperClientFactoryImpl.java
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ public BookKeeper create(ServiceConfiguration conf, ZooKeeper zkClient, EventLoo
         try {
             return BookKeeper.forConfig(bkConf)
                     .allocator(PulsarByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT)
-                    .setZookeeper(zkClient)
                     .eventLoopGroup(eventLoopGroup)
                     .statsLogger(statsLogger)
                     .build();