diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 65abc14cf6..2fca2a60ab 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
 
 # Expose the public protobuf rules already used transitively by rules_rs.
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "34.0.bcr.1", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.1.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "llvm", version = "0.8.11")
 bazel_dep(name = "windows_support", version = "0.2.0")
 
diff --git a/codex-rs/code-mode-protocol/BUILD.bazel b/codex-rs/code-mode-protocol/BUILD.bazel
index deff3c2e3a..124611ac64 100644
--- a/codex-rs/code-mode-protocol/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/codex-rs/code-mode-protocol/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_library")
+load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel:proto_library.bzl", "proto_library")
 load("@rules_rust//extensions/prost:defs.bzl", "rust_prost_library")
 load("//:defs.bzl", "codex_rust_crate")