diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index f048200f01d..5db5b3c4dab 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -114,15 +114,6 @@ dependencies:
     - path: cluster/images/etcd/Makefile
       match: 'GOLANG_VERSION := \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?'
 
-  # Golang
-  # TODO: this should really be eliminated and controlled by .go-version
-  - name: "golang: upstream version"
-    version: 1.25.7
-    refPaths:
-    - path: .go-version
-    - path: staging/publishing/rules.yaml
-      match: 'default-go-version\: \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?'
-
   # This should ideally be updated to match the golang version
   # but we can dynamically fetch go if the base image is out of date.
   # This allows us to ship go updates more quickly.