diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index d014c36366..77c38a6d90 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/pkg:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
-
 alias(
     name = "build_gen",
     actual = "@rules_gapic//bazel:build_file_generator",