diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfig.java b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfig.java
index 68dbed2280..57adc46b1a 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfig.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfig.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ public class SinkForwardConfig {
     @JsonProperty("with_data")
     Map<String, Object> withData;
 
-    @JsonCreator
     public SinkForwardConfig() {
     }