diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 8cda31e2b139da..26e65f2d17d5a4 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ filegroup(
     visibility = ["//src/test/shell/bazel:__pkg__"],
 )
 
-filegroup(
-    name = "git",
-    srcs = glob(
-        [".git/**"],
-        allow_empty = True,
-        exclude = [".git/**/*[*"],  # gitk creates temp files with []
-    ),
-)
-
 filegroup(
     name = "dummy",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],