diff --git a/vendor/BUILD b/vendor/BUILD
index ba8dd3b8aea..d481dd8ff09 100644
--- a/vendor/BUILD
+++ b/vendor/BUILD
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 licenses(["notice"])
 
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl")
-
 filegroup(
     name = "package-srcs",
     srcs = glob(["**"]),