diff --git a/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/Config.java b/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/Config.java
index 139403b68..94b28c260 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/Config.java
+++ b/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/Config.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public final class Config {
     public static final String LRU_CACHE = CacheType.LRU.getValue();
     static final String DEFAULT_CACHE = LRU_CACHE;
 
-    static final int DEFAULT_MAX_EVENT_STREAM_RETRIES = 7;
     static final int BASE_EVENT_STREAM_RETRY_BACKOFF_MS = 1000;
 
     static String fallBackToEnvOrDefault(String key, String defaultValue) {
diff --git a/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptions.java b/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptions.java
index e4f498915..a74222a1e 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptions.java
+++ b/providers/flagd/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptions.java
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ public class FlagdOptions {
     private int maxCacheSize = fallBackToEnvOrDefault(Config.MAX_CACHE_SIZE_ENV_VAR_NAME,
             Config.DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_SIZE);
 
-    /**
-     * Max event stream connection retries.
-     */
-    @Builder.Default
-    private int maxEventStreamRetries = fallBackToEnvOrDefault(Config.MAX_EVENT_STREAM_RETRIES_ENV_VAR_NAME,
-            Config.DEFAULT_MAX_EVENT_STREAM_RETRIES);
-
     /**
      * Backoff interval in milliseconds.
      */
diff --git a/providers/flagd/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptionsTest.java b/providers/flagd/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptionsTest.java
index 71adc687f..e0eb453a9 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptionsTest.java
+++ b/providers/flagd/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flagd/FlagdOptionsTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ void TestDefaults() {
         assertNull(builder.getSocketPath());
         assertEquals(DEFAULT_CACHE, builder.getCacheType());
         assertEquals(DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_SIZE, builder.getMaxCacheSize());
-        assertEquals(DEFAULT_MAX_EVENT_STREAM_RETRIES, builder.getMaxEventStreamRetries());
         assertNull(builder.getSelector());
         assertNull(builder.getOpenTelemetry());
         assertNull(builder.getCustomConnector());
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ void TestBuilderOptions() {
                 .certPath("etc/cert/ca.crt")
                 .cacheType("lru")
                 .maxCacheSize(100)
-                .maxEventStreamRetries(1)
                 .selector("app=weatherApp")
                 .offlineFlagSourcePath("some-path")
                 .openTelemetry(openTelemetry)
@@ -64,7 +62,6 @@ void TestBuilderOptions() {
         assertEquals("etc/cert/ca.crt", flagdOptions.getCertPath());
         assertEquals("lru", flagdOptions.getCacheType());
         assertEquals(100, flagdOptions.getMaxCacheSize());
-        assertEquals(1, flagdOptions.getMaxEventStreamRetries());
         assertEquals("app=weatherApp", flagdOptions.getSelector());
         assertEquals("some-path", flagdOptions.getOfflineFlagSourcePath());
         assertEquals(openTelemetry, flagdOptions.getOpenTelemetry());
@@ -137,7 +134,6 @@ void usesSetOldAndNewName() {
     }
 
 
-
     @Test
     void testInProcessProvider_noPortConfigured_defaultsToCorrectPort() {
         FlagdOptions flagdOptions = FlagdOptions.builder()