diff --git a/allowed-breaking-changes.txt b/allowed-breaking-changes.txt
index 6069472407d94..e091ccf78dfa9 100644
--- a/allowed-breaking-changes.txt
+++ b/allowed-breaking-changes.txt
@@ -130,3 +130,9 @@ removed:@aws-cdk/aws-s3.BucketProps.eventBridgeEnabled
 # changed the type of RDS's SnapshotCredentials.secret from Secret to ISecret,
 # shouldn't matter
 changed-type:@aws-cdk/aws-rds.SnapshotCredentials.secret
+
+# removed property from kafka eventsources as they are not supported
+removed:@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources.BaseStreamEventSourceProps.onFailure
+removed:@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources.KafkaEventSourceProps.onFailure
+removed:@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources.ManagedKafkaEventSourceProps.onFailure
+removed:@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources.SelfManagedKafkaEventSourceProps.onFailure
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diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/lib/stream.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/lib/stream.ts
index 462387397b629..e8f7f2a40de3e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/lib/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/lib/stream.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import * as lambda from '@aws-cdk/aws-lambda';
 import { Duration } from '@aws-cdk/core';
 
 /**
- * The set of properties for event sources that follow the streaming model,
- * such as, Dynamo, Kinesis and Kafka.
+ * The set of properties for streaming event sources shared by
+ * Dynamo, Kinesis and Kafka.
  */
 export interface BaseStreamEventSourceProps{
   /**
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ export interface BaseStreamEventSourceProps{
    */
   readonly batchSize?: number;
 
-  /**
-   * An Amazon SQS queue or Amazon SNS topic destination for discarded records.
-   *
-   * @default discarded records are ignored
-   */
-  readonly onFailure?: lambda.IEventSourceDlq;
-
   /**
    * Where to begin consuming the stream.
    */
@@ -50,8 +43,8 @@ export interface BaseStreamEventSourceProps{
 }
 
 /**
- * The set of properties for event sources that follow the streaming model,
- * such as, Dynamo, Kinesis.
+ * The set of properties for streaming event sources shared by
+ * Dynamo and Kinesis.
  */
 export interface StreamEventSourceProps extends BaseStreamEventSourceProps {
   /**
@@ -107,6 +100,13 @@ export interface StreamEventSourceProps extends BaseStreamEventSourceProps {
    * @default - None
    */
   readonly tumblingWindow?: Duration;
+
+  /**
+   * An Amazon SQS queue or Amazon SNS topic destination for discarded records.
+   *
+   * @default - discarded records are ignored
+   */
+  readonly onFailure?: lambda.IEventSourceDlq;
 }
 
 /**