diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/proto_text/BUILD b/tensorflow/tools/proto_text/BUILD
index c40f7c913ce..893a7f3e350 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/proto_text/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/proto_text/BUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # Note that proto3 well-known types (e.g. Any) are not handled in a special way
 # by the generated code.
 
-load("//tools/build_defs/proto/cpp:cc_proto_library.bzl", "cc_proto_library")
 load(
     "//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl",
     "if_ios",
@@ -76,11 +75,6 @@ tf_proto_library_cc(
     srcs = ["test.proto"],
 )
 
-cc_proto_library(
-    name = "test_cc_proto",
-    deps = [":test_proto_cc"],
-)
-
 tf_generate_proto_text_sources(
     name = "test_proto_text",
     srcs = ["test.proto"],