diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 522ea54ac76..ea741c31c7f 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -18,18 +18,6 @@ load("//tensorflow:workspace.bzl", "tf_repositories")
 # Please add all new TensorFlow dependencies in workspace.bzl.
 tf_repositories()
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
-
-git_repository(
-    name = "com_github_nelhage_rules_boost",
-    commit = "1e3a69bf2d5cd10c34b74f066054cd335d033d71",
-    remote = "https://github.com/nelhage/rules_boost",
-    shallow_since = "1591047380 -0700",
-)
-
-load("@com_github_nelhage_rules_boost//:boost/boost.bzl", "boost_deps")
-boost_deps()
-
 register_toolchains("@local_config_python//:py_toolchain")
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_closure//closure:defs.bzl", "closure_repositories")