diff --git a/build/root/BUILD.root b/build/root/BUILD.root
index 85212cb607f..a5bc4a59102 100644
--- a/build/root/BUILD.root
+++ b/build/root/BUILD.root
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+# gazelle:build_file_name BUILD,BUILD.bazel
+
 # gazelle:exclude _artifacts
 # gazelle:exclude _gopath
 # gazelle:exclude _output
 # gazelle:exclude _tmp
+
 # gazelle:prefix k8s.io/kubernetes
 
 # Disable proto rules, since the Go sources are currently generated by
 # hack/update-generated-protobuf.sh and checked into the repo.
-# gazelle:proto disable
+# gazelle:proto disable_global
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
diff --git a/hack/update-bazel.sh b/hack/update-bazel.sh
index 64cc801ddbd..fe3d5cd49e8 100755
--- a/hack/update-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/update-bazel.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ if ! grep -q "# gazelle:importmap_prefix" "${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor/BUILD"; then
 fi
 
 gazelle fix \
-    -build_file_name=BUILD,BUILD.bazel \
     -external=vendored \
     -mode=fix \
     -repo_root "${KUBE_ROOT}" \