diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod
index d333a4225..72f087b85 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod
@@ -39,6 +39,3 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.46.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 // indirect
 )
-
-// Use local Sarama repo for debugging
-replace github.com/IBM/sarama => /Users/chrislu/dev/sarama
diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum
index cdafa918f..80340f879 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/IBM/sarama v1.46.1 h1:AlDkvyQm4LKktoQZxv0sbTfH3xukeH7r/UFBbUmFV9M=
+github.com/IBM/sarama v1.46.1/go.mod h1:ipyOREIx+o9rMSrrPGLZHGuT0mzecNzKd19Quq+Q8AA=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=