diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index 2eac0ac960c..33efab12c53 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ public class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 		map.from(properties::getMonitorInterval).as(Duration::getSeconds).as(Number::intValue)
 				.to(container::setMonitorInterval);
 		map.from(properties::getLogContainerConfig).to(container::setLogContainerConfig);
-		map.from(properties::isOnlyLogRecordMetadata).to(container::setOnlyLogRecordMetadata);
 		map.from(properties::isMissingTopicsFatal).to(container::setMissingTopicsFatal);
 		map.from(properties::isImmediateStop).to(container::setStopImmediate);
 		map.from(this.transactionManager).to(container::setTransactionManager);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
index 3d15670cef2..69410bd3279 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
@@ -934,12 +934,6 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 		 */
 		private Boolean logContainerConfig;
 
-		/**
-		 * Whether to suppress the entire record from being written to the log when
-		 * retries are being attempted.
-		 */
-		private boolean onlyLogRecordMetadata = true;
-
 		/**
 		 * Whether the container should fail to start if at least one of the configured
 		 * topics are not present on the broker.
@@ -1056,14 +1050,6 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 			this.logContainerConfig = logContainerConfig;
 		}
 
-		public boolean isOnlyLogRecordMetadata() {
-			return this.onlyLogRecordMetadata;
-		}
-
-		public void setOnlyLogRecordMetadata(boolean onlyLogRecordMetadata) {
-			this.onlyLogRecordMetadata = onlyLogRecordMetadata;
-		}
-
 		public boolean isMissingTopicsFatal() {
 			return this.missingTopicsFatal;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index ec4228c95a2..f6da250d6cf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -1503,6 +1503,16 @@
       "name": "spring.kafka.jaas.control-flag",
       "defaultValue": "required"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "spring.kafka.listener.only-log-record-metadata",
+      "type": "java.lang.Boolean",
+      "defaultValue": true,
+      "description": "Whether to suppress the entire record from being written to the log when retries are being attempted.",
+      "deprecation": {
+        "reason": "Use KafkaUtils#setConsumerRecordFormatter instead.",
+        "level": "error"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "name": "spring.kafka.listener.type",
       "defaultValue": "single"
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
index fe0eacbf0cf..861aff1bed8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -432,17 +432,6 @@ class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 				});
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	@Deprecated
-	void logOnlyRecordMetadataProperty() {
-		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.kafka.listener.only-log-record-metadata=true").run((context) -> {
-			AbstractKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?, ?> kafkaListenerContainerFactory = (AbstractKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?, ?>) context
-					.getBean(KafkaListenerContainerFactory.class);
-			ContainerProperties containerProperties = kafkaListenerContainerFactory.getContainerProperties();
-			assertThat(containerProperties.isOnlyLogRecordMetadata()).isTrue();
-		});
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void testKafkaTemplateRecordMessageConverters() {
 		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(MessageConverterConfiguration.class)
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaPropertiesTests.java
index 189073952c2..620e0b25eaf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaPropertiesTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class KafkaPropertiesTests {
 	void listenerDefaultValuesAreConsistent() {
 		ContainerProperties container = new ContainerProperties("test");
 		Listener listenerProperties = new KafkaProperties().getListener();
-		assertThat(listenerProperties.isOnlyLogRecordMetadata()).isEqualTo(container.isOnlyLogRecordMetadata());
 		assertThat(listenerProperties.isMissingTopicsFatal()).isEqualTo(container.isMissingTopicsFatal());
 	}