diff --git a/tensorflow/core/data/BUILD b/tensorflow/core/data/BUILD
index e42c46d6348..1b6e6790559 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/data/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/core/data/BUILD
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ cc_library(
         "//tensorflow/core:lib",
         "//tensorflow/core:lib_internal",
         "//tensorflow/core:protos_all_cc",
-        "//tensorflow/core/profiler/lib:traceme",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/memory",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/data/compression_utils.cc b/tensorflow/core/data/compression_utils.cc
index 3fd4a4078b4..d132bdca8da 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/data/compression_utils.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/data/compression_utils.cc
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/dma_helper.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/framework/tensor.pb.h"
 #include "tensorflow/core/platform/snappy.h"
-#include "tensorflow/core/profiler/lib/traceme.h"
 
 namespace tensorflow {
 namespace data {
 
 Status CompressElement(const std::vector<Tensor>& element,
                        CompressedElement* out) {
-  tensorflow::profiler::TraceMe activity(
-      "CompressElement", tensorflow::profiler::TraceMeLevel::kInfo);
-
   // Step 1: Determine the total uncompressed size. This requires serializing
   // non-memcopyable tensors, which we save to use again later.
   std::vector<TensorProto> non_memcpy_components;
@@ -79,8 +75,6 @@ Status CompressElement(const std::vector<Tensor>& element,
 
 Status UncompressElement(const CompressedElement& compressed,
                          std::vector<Tensor>* out) {
-  tensorflow::profiler::TraceMe activity(
-      "UncompressElement", tensorflow::profiler::TraceMeLevel::kInfo);
   int num_components = compressed.component_metadata_size();
   out->clear();
   out->reserve(num_components);