diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 5545e2ac4fed..ebdb050a79cf 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@ load("@envoy_api//bazel:repositories.bzl", "api_dependencies")
 api_dependencies()
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_rules_dependencies", "go_register_toolchains")
-load("@com_lyft_protoc_gen_validate//bazel:go_proto_library.bzl", "go_proto_repositories")
-go_proto_repositories(shared=0)
 go_rules_dependencies()
 go_register_toolchains()
diff --git a/ci/WORKSPACE b/ci/WORKSPACE
index c7f6e59e8e1c..10d08d789b4a 100644
--- a/ci/WORKSPACE
+++ b/ci/WORKSPACE
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ load("@envoy_api//bazel:repositories.bzl", "api_dependencies")
 api_dependencies()
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_rules_dependencies", "go_register_toolchains")
-load("@com_lyft_protoc_gen_validate//bazel:go_proto_library.bzl", "go_proto_repositories")
-go_proto_repositories(shared=0)
 go_rules_dependencies()
 go_register_toolchains()
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:def.bzl", "proto_register_toolchains")
diff --git a/ci/WORKSPACE.filter.example b/ci/WORKSPACE.filter.example
index f423bea64bb0..d99d94a8f190 100644
--- a/ci/WORKSPACE.filter.example
+++ b/ci/WORKSPACE.filter.example
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ load("@envoy_api//bazel:repositories.bzl", "api_dependencies")
 api_dependencies()
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_rules_dependencies", "go_register_toolchains")
-load("@com_lyft_protoc_gen_validate//bazel:go_proto_library.bzl", "go_proto_repositories")
-go_proto_repositories(shared=0)
 go_rules_dependencies()
 go_register_toolchains()
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//proto:def.bzl", "proto_register_toolchains")