diff --git a/third_party/com_google_absl.BUILD b/third_party/com_google_absl.BUILD
index 0c8d327c1f3..8fca145f751 100644
--- a/third_party/com_google_absl.BUILD
+++ b/third_party/com_google_absl.BUILD
@@ -3,15 +3,3 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 licenses(["notice"])  # Apache
 
 exports_files(["LICENSE"])
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "all_files",
-    srcs = glob(
-        ["**/*"],
-        exclude = [
-            "**/METADATA",
-            "**/OWNERS",
-        ],
-    ),
-    visibility = ["//tensorflow:__subpackages__"],
-)