diff -up mariadb-connector-j-2.7.1/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/authentication/gssapi/GssUtility.java.patch0 mariadb-connector-j-2.7.1/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/authentication/gssapi/GssUtility.java
--- mariadb-connector-j-2.7.1/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/authentication/gssapi/GssUtility.java.patch0	2020-12-10 21:04:22.902932157 +0100
+++ mariadb-connector-j-2.7.1/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/internal/com/send/authentication/gssapi/GssUtility.java	2020-12-10 21:06:46.303703168 +0100
@@ -57,26 +57,11 @@ import com.sun.jna.Platform;
 public class GssUtility {
 
   /**
-   * Get authentication method according to classpath. Windows native authentication is using
-   * Waffle-jna.
+   * Get authentication method according to classpath.
    *
    * @return authentication method
    */
   public static GssapiAuth getAuthenticationMethod() {
-    try {
-      // Waffle-jna has jna as dependency, so if not available on classpath, just use standard
-      // authentication
-      if (Platform.isWindows()) {
-        try {
-          Class.forName("waffle.windows.auth.impl.WindowsAuthProviderImpl");
-          return new WindowsNativeSspiAuthentication();
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException cle) {
-          // waffle not in the classpath
-        }
-      }
-    } catch (Throwable cle) {
-      // jna jar's are not in classpath
-    }
     return new StandardGssapiAuthentication();
   }
 }