diff --git a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pxd b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pxd
index 5036ef04533..9981a954b6c 100644
--- a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pxd
+++ b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pxd
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from pylibcudf.io.types cimport SourceInfo, TableWithMetadata
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.io.avro cimport avro_reader_options, avro_reader_options_builder
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport size_type
-from rmm._cuda.stream cimport Stream
 
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport size_type
 
@@ -20,4 +19,4 @@ cdef class AvroReaderOptionsBuilder:
     cpdef AvroReaderOptionsBuilder num_rows(self, size_type num_rows)
     cpdef AvroReaderOptions build(self)
 
-cpdef TableWithMetadata read_avro(AvroReaderOptions options, Stream stream = *)
+cpdef TableWithMetadata read_avro(AvroReaderOptions options)
diff --git a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyi b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyi
index 3de4c4bf9c2..764b15f37d9 100644
--- a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyi
+++ b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyi
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
-from rmm._cuda.stream import Stream
-
 from pylibcudf.io.types import SourceInfo, TableWithMetadata
 
 __all__ = ["AvroReaderOptions", "AvroReaderOptionsBuilder", "read_avro"]
@@ -16,6 +14,4 @@ class AvroReaderOptionsBuilder:
     def num_rows(num_rows: int) -> AvroReaderOptionsBuilder: ...
     def build(self) -> AvroReaderOptions: ...
 
-def read_avro(
-    options: AvroReaderOptions, stream: Stream = None
-) -> TableWithMetadata: ...
+def read_avro(options: AvroReaderOptions) -> TableWithMetadata: ...
diff --git a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyx b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyx
index e5e1e9755fd..5b37f0a0a67 100644
--- a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyx
+++ b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/avro.pyx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from pylibcudf.libcudf.io.avro cimport (
     read_avro as cpp_read_avro,
 )
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport size_type
-from rmm._cuda.stream cimport Stream
 
 __all__ = ["read_avro", "AvroReaderOptions", "AvroReaderOptionsBuilder"]
 
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ cdef class AvroReaderOptionsBuilder:
 
 cpdef TableWithMetadata read_avro(
     AvroReaderOptions options,
-    Stream stream = None,
 ):
     """
     Read from Avro format.
@@ -143,8 +141,6 @@ cpdef TableWithMetadata read_avro(
     options: AvroReaderOptions
         Settings for controlling reading behavior
     """
-    if stream is None:
-        stream = Stream()
     with nogil:
         c_result = move(cpp_read_avro(options.c_obj, stream.view()))
 
diff --git a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/libcudf/io/avro.pxd b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/libcudf/io/avro.pxd
index 5252d6d7186..9e571609d9c 100644
--- a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/libcudf/io/avro.pxd
+++ b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/libcudf/io/avro.pxd
@@ -47,5 +47,4 @@ cdef extern from "cudf/io/avro.hpp" \
 
     cdef cudf_io_types.table_with_metadata read_avro(
         avro_reader_options &options,
-        cuda_stream_view stream,
     ) except +libcudf_exception_handler