diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/async/AsyncProducerConfig.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/async/AsyncProducerConfig.scala
index 973fa08c9af..dd39de57b03 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/async/AsyncProducerConfig.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/producer/async/AsyncProducerConfig.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ trait AsyncProducerConfig {
    * -ve: enqueue will block indefinitely if the queue is full
    * +ve: enqueue will block up to this many milliseconds if the queue is full
    */
-  val queueEnqueueTimeoutMs = props.getInt("queue.enqueue.timeout.ms", 0)
+  val queueEnqueueTimeoutMs = props.getInt("queue.enqueue.timeout.ms", -1)
 
   /** the number of messages batched at the producer */
   val batchNumMessages = props.getInt("batch.num.messages", 200)
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/producer/AsyncProducerTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/producer/AsyncProducerTest.scala
index 37a4c170891..93a86e05d23 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/producer/AsyncProducerTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/producer/AsyncProducerTest.scala
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class AsyncProducerTest extends JUnit3Suite {
     props.put("producer.type", "async")
     props.put("queue.buffering.max.messages", "10")
     props.put("batch.num.messages", "1")
+    props.put("queue.enqueue.timeout.ms", "0")
 
     val config = new ProducerConfig(props)
     val produceData = getProduceData(12)
diff --git a/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/PerfConfig.scala b/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/PerfConfig.scala
index 5dabeb51edd..a8fc6b9ec81 100644
--- a/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/PerfConfig.scala
+++ b/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/PerfConfig.scala
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class PerfConfig(args: Array[String]) {
     .defaultsTo(200)
   val compressionCodecOpt = parser.accepts("compression-codec", "If set, messages are sent compressed")
     .withRequiredArg
-    .describedAs("compression codec ")
+    .describedAs("supported codec: NoCompressionCodec as 0, GZIPCompressionCodec as 1, SnappyCompressionCodec as 2")
     .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
     .defaultsTo(0)
   val helpOpt = parser.accepts("help", "Print usage.")
diff --git a/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/ProducerPerformance.scala b/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/ProducerPerformance.scala
index 4822a7ecd60..507743e6d24 100644
--- a/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/ProducerPerformance.scala
+++ b/perf/src/main/scala/kafka/perf/ProducerPerformance.scala
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ object ProducerPerformance extends Logging {
             .describedAs("number of threads")
             .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
             .defaultsTo(1)
-    val compressionCodecOption = parser.accepts("compression-codec", "If set, messages are sent compressed")
-            .withRequiredArg
-            .describedAs("supported codec: NoCompressionCodec as 0, GZIPCompressionCodec as 1, SnappyCompressionCodec as 2")
-            .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
-            .defaultsTo(0)
     val initialMessageIdOpt = parser.accepts("initial-message-id", "The is used for generating test data, If set, messages will be tagged with an " +
             "ID and sent by producer starting from this ID sequentially. Message content will be String type and " +
             "in the form of 'Message:000...1:xxx...'")
@@ -117,15 +112,6 @@ object ProducerPerformance extends Logging {
             .describedAs("message send time gap")
             .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
             .defaultsTo(0)
-    val produceRequestTimeoutMsOpt = parser.accepts("request-timeout-ms", "The produce request timeout in ms")
-      .withRequiredArg()
-      .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
-      .defaultsTo(3000)
-    val produceRequestRequiredAcksOpt = parser.accepts("request-num-acks", "Number of acks required for producer request " +
-      "to complete")
-      .withRequiredArg()
-      .ofType(classOf[java.lang.Integer])
-      .defaultsTo(-1)
     val csvMetricsReporterEnabledOpt = parser.accepts("csv-reporter-enabled", "If set, the CSV metrics reporter will be enabled")
     val metricsDirectoryOpt = parser.accepts("metrics-dir", "If csv-reporter-enable is set, and this parameter is" +
             "set, the csv metrics will be outputed here")