diff --git a/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py
index 166982d9496..f78d25d0639 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 """Support for Apache Kafka."""
-import asyncio
 from datetime import datetime
 import json
 import logging
 
-from aiokafka import AIOKafkaProducer
-from aiokafka.errors import KafkaError
 import voluptuous as vol
 
 from homeassistant.const import (
@@ -31,24 +28,46 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
 }, extra=vol.ALLOW_EXTRA)
 
 
-async def async_setup(hass, config):
+def setup(hass, config):
     """Activate the Apache Kafka integration."""
+    from aiokafka import AIOKafkaProducer
+
     conf = config[DOMAIN]
+    topic_name = conf[CONF_TOPIC]
+    entities_filter = conf[CONF_FILTER]
 
-    kafka = hass.data[DOMAIN] = KafkaManager(
-        hass,
-        conf[CONF_IP_ADDRESS],
-        conf[CONF_PORT],
-        conf[CONF_TOPIC],
-        conf[CONF_FILTER])
+    producer = AIOKafkaProducer(
+        loop=hass.loop,
+        bootstrap_servers="{0}:{1}".format(
+            conf[CONF_IP_ADDRESS], conf[CONF_PORT]),
+        compression_type="gzip",
+    )
 
-    hass.bus.listen(EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_STOP, kafka.shutdown())
+    encoder = DateTimeJSONEncoder()
 
-    try:
-        await kafka.start()
-    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-        _LOGGER.error('Timed out while connecting to Kafka')
-        return False
+    async def send_to_pubsub(event):
+        """Send states to Pub/Sub."""
+        await producer.start()
+
+        state = event.data.get('new_state')
+        if (state is None
+                or state.state in (STATE_UNKNOWN, '', STATE_UNAVAILABLE)
+                or not entities_filter(state.entity_id)):
+            return
+
+        as_dict = state.as_dict()
+        data = json.dumps(
+            obj=as_dict,
+            default=encoder.encode
+        ).encode('utf-8')
+
+        try:
+            await producer.send_and_wait(topic_name, data)
+        finally:
+            producer.stop()
+
+    hass.bus.listen(EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_STOP, producer.stop())
+    hass.bus.listen(EVENT_STATE_CHANGED, send_to_pubsub)
 
     return True
 
@@ -64,51 +83,3 @@ class DateTimeJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
         if isinstance(o, datetime):
             return o.isoformat()
         return super().default(o)
-
-
-class KafkaManager:
-    """Define a manager to buffer events to Kafka."""
-
-    def __init__(
-            self,
-            hass,
-            ip_address,
-            port,
-            topic,
-            entities_filter):
-        """Initialize."""
-        self._encoder = DateTimeJSONEncoder()
-        self._entities_filter = entities_filter
-        self._producer = AIOKafkaProducer(
-            loop=hass.loop,
-            bootstrap_servers="{0}:{1}".format(ip_address, port),
-            compression_type="gzip",
-        )
-        self._topic = topic
-
-        hass.bus.listen(EVENT_STATE_CHANGED, self._write_to_kafka)
-
-    def _encode_event(self, event):
-        """Translate events into a binary JSON payload."""
-        state = event.data.get('new_state')
-        if (state is None
-                or state.state in (STATE_UNKNOWN, '', STATE_UNAVAILABLE)
-                or not self._entities_filter(state.entity_id)):
-            return
-
-        return json.dumps(
-            obj=state.as_dict(),
-            default=self._encoder.encode
-        ).encode('utf-8')
-
-    async def _write_to_kafka(self, event):
-        """Write a binary payload to Kafka."""
-        await self._producer.send_and_wait(self._topic, event)
-
-    async def start(self):
-        """Start the Kafka manager."""
-        asyncio.wait_for(self._producer.start(), timeout=5)
-
-    async def shutdown(self):
-        """Shut the manager down."""
-        await self._producer.stop()