diff --git a/consumergroup.go b/consumergroup.go
index 64fb3293a..0c9843a45 100644
--- a/consumergroup.go
+++ b/consumergroup.go
@@ -612,12 +612,7 @@ func (t *timeoutCoordinator) readPartitions(ctx context.Context, topics ...strin
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, t.timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 	metaResp, err := t.client.Metadata(ctx, &MetadataRequest{
-		Topics: topics,
-		// With this set to false the consumer group gets caught
-		// looping getting unknown topic or partition errors.
-		// This is the same behavior as the Java Consumer
-		// which always sends the metadata request with auto topic
-		// creation set to true.
+		Topics:                 topics,
 		AllowAutoTopicCreation: t.autoCreateTopic,
 	})
 	if err != nil {