diff --git a/extensions/kafka-streams/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/deployment/KafkaStreamsProcessor.java b/extensions/kafka-streams/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/deployment/KafkaStreamsProcessor.java
index 25f65ebca6ab0..4cc5b52d0b422 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-streams/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/deployment/KafkaStreamsProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-streams/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/deployment/KafkaStreamsProcessor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.RuntimeReinitializedClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.builditem.NativeImageRunnerBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild;
 import io.quarkus.kafka.streams.runtime.KafkaStreamsProducer;
 import io.quarkus.kafka.streams.runtime.KafkaStreamsRecorder;
 import io.quarkus.kafka.streams.runtime.KafkaStreamsRuntimeConfig;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class KafkaStreamsProcessor {
 
     public static final String DEFAULT_PARTITION_GROUPER = "org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.DefaultPartitionGrouper";
 
-    @BuildStep
+    @BuildStep(onlyIf = NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild.class)
     void build(BuildProducer<FeatureBuildItem> feature,
             BuildProducer<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> reflectiveClasses,
             BuildProducer<JniRuntimeAccessBuildItem> jniRuntimeAccessibleClasses,