diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index f5d080ea9..0c2620fa8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@ git_repository(
     remote = "https://github.com/gflags/gflags.git",
     tag = 'v2.2.1',
 )
-
-bind(
-    name = "gflags",
-    actual = "@com_github_gflags_gflags//:gflags",
-)