diff --git a/build/root/BUILD.root b/build/root/BUILD.root
index 38e89c12e90..85212cb607f 100644
--- a/build/root/BUILD.root
+++ b/build/root/BUILD.root
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_prefix")
 load("@io_kubernetes_build//defs:build.bzl", "gcs_upload")
 
-go_prefix("k8s.io/kubernetes")
-
 filegroup(
     name = "_binary-artifacts-and-hashes",
     srcs = [