Running local Kinesis still requires AWS access

[cjbottaro]

Even when using local Kinesis (Kinesalite) and the --kinesisendpoint option, pg2k4j still requires I put in AWS creds and it makes AWS API calls:

[kpl-daemon-0003] WARN com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.producer.LogInputStreamReader - [2019-09-07 18:32:42.777668] [0x000005b2][0x00007fe2cb436700] [warning] [AWS Log: WARN](AWSErrorMarshaller)Encountered AWSError
AccessDenied
User: arn:aws:iam::xxxxxxxxxxx:user/ci is not authorized to perform: cloudwatch:PutMetricData:

If using this --kinesisendpoint option, shouldn't it assume that the user is developing locally and thus not require AWS creds or try to use the AWS API at all?