diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/package.json b/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/package.json
index ed9a9383a7..f30a863002 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/package.json
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/package.json
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
-    "kafkajs": "^2.2.4",
-    "luxon": "^3.0.0"
+    "kafkajs": "^2.2.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/src/publisher/config.ts b/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/src/publisher/config.ts
index aa5921a7f3..69ede48d54 100644
--- a/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/src/publisher/config.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-backend-module-kafka/src/publisher/config.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { Config, readDurationFromConfig } from '@backstage/config';
+import { durationToMilliseconds } from '@backstage/types';
 import { ConsumerConfig, ConsumerSubscribeTopics, KafkaConfig } from 'kafkajs';
-import { Duration } from 'luxon';
 
 /**
  * @public
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const readOptionalHumanDurationInMs = (
 
   if (!humanDuration) return undefined;
 
-  return Duration.fromObject(humanDuration).as('milliseconds');
+  return durationToMilliseconds(humanDuration);
 };
 
 export const readConfig = (
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4621fdd8b8..f41135f82f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6246,7 +6246,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-events-node": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
     kafkajs: "npm:^2.2.4"
-    luxon: "npm:^3.0.0"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft