diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index abb99a2ebb0..02cc73bf130 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 * uniform_unit_scaling_initializer() no longer takes a full_shape arg, instead
   relying on the partition info passed to the initializer function when it's
   called.
+* The NodeDef protocol message is now defined in its own file node_def.proto
+  instead of graph.proto.
 
 # Release 0.10.0
 
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/framework/graph.proto b/tensorflow/core/framework/graph.proto
index 7c669db319d..7d6e16d5c12 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/framework/graph.proto
+++ b/tensorflow/core/framework/graph.proto
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ option java_outer_classname = "GraphProtos";
 option java_multiple_files = true;
 option java_package = "org.tensorflow.framework";
 
-// Temporarily include node_def.proto here as a public import until
-// users can be migrated to reference node_def.proto to get NodeDef.
-import public "tensorflow/core/framework/node_def.proto";
+import "tensorflow/core/framework/node_def.proto";
 import "tensorflow/core/framework/function.proto";
 import "tensorflow/core/framework/versions.proto";