diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d2f7ce6eb..c8729f777 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - nifi: Add NiFi hadoop Azure and GCP libraries ([#943]).
 - base: Add containerdebug tool ([#928]).
 
+### Removed
+
+- kafka: Remove `kubectl`, as we are now using listener-op ([#884]).
+
+[#884]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/884
 [#928]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/928
 [#943]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/943
 
diff --git a/kafka/Dockerfile b/kafka/Dockerfile
index c8ae7f05e..8005550fb 100644
--- a/kafka/Dockerfile
+++ b/kafka/Dockerfile
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ LABEL name="Apache Kafka" \
       summary="The Stackable image for Apache Kafka." \
       description="This image is deployed by the Stackable Operator for Apache Kafka."
 
-# This is needed for kubectl
-COPY kafka/kubernetes.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 COPY --chown=${STACKABLE_USER_UID}:0 kafka/licenses /licenses
 COPY --chown=${STACKABLE_USER_UID}:0 --from=kafka-builder /stackable/kafka_${SCALA}-${PRODUCT} /stackable/kafka_${SCALA}-${PRODUCT}
 COPY --chown=${STACKABLE_USER_UID}:0 --from=kafka-builder /stackable/kafka_${SCALA}-${PRODUCT}.cdx.json /stackable/kafka_${SCALA}-${PRODUCT}/kafka_${SCALA}-${PRODUCT}.cdx.json
@@ -82,10 +80,8 @@ WORKDIR /stackable
 RUN <<EOF
 microdnf update
 # cyrus-sasl-gssapi: needed by kcat for kerberos
-# kubectl: Can be removed once listener-operator integration is used
 microdnf install \
-  cyrus-sasl-gssapi \
-  kubectl
+  cyrus-sasl-gssapi
 
 microdnf clean all
 rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n" | sort > /stackable/package_manifest.txt
diff --git a/kafka/kubernetes.repo b/kafka/kubernetes.repo
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ab069754..000000000
--- a/kafka/kubernetes.repo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Copied from https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/#install-using-native-package-management
-[kubernetes]
-name=Kubernetes
-baseurl=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.31/rpm/
-enabled=1
-gpgcheck=1
-gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.31/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key