diff --git a/build/root/BUILD.root b/build/root/BUILD.root
index 7411c8cdf53..56627f257dd 100644
--- a/build/root/BUILD.root
+++ b/build/root/BUILD.root
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_prefix")
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_prefix")
 load("@io_kubernetes_build//defs:build.bzl", "gcs_upload")
 
 go_prefix("k8s.io/kubernetes")
@@ -80,26 +80,3 @@ genrule(
     cmd = "grep ^STABLE_BUILD_SCM_REVISION bazel-out/stable-status.txt | awk '{print $$2}' >$@",
     stamp = 1,
 )
-
-go_library(
-    name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = [
-        "generated.pb.go",
-        "types.go",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        "//vendor/github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/gogo/protobuf/sortkeys:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr:go_default_library",
-    ],
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "go_default_library_protos",
-    srcs = ["generated.proto"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
diff --git a/staging/BUILD b/staging/BUILD
index 97d0c67659a..2d834c734cc 100644
--- a/staging/BUILD
+++ b/staging/BUILD
@@ -6,17 +6,6 @@ load(
     "go_library",
 )
 
-go_binary(
-    name = "staging",
-    library = ":go_default_library",
-)
-
-go_library(
-    name = "go_default_library",
-    srcs = ["godeps-json-updater.go"],
-    deps = ["//vendor/github.com/spf13/pflag:go_default_library"],
-)
-
 filegroup(
     name = "package-srcs",
     srcs = glob(["**"]),