diff --git a/google/api/BUILD b/google/api/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index ed4678d8..00000000
--- a/google/api/BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
-load("@submodule_grpc//bazel:grpc_build_system.bzl", "grpc_proto_library")
-
-grpc_proto_library(
-      name = "http",
-      srcs = [
-          "http.proto",
-      ],
-      use_external = True,
-)
-
-grpc_proto_library(
-    name = "label",
-    srcs = [
-        "label.proto",
-    ],
-    use_external = True,
-)
-
-grpc_proto_library(
-    name = "distribution",
-    srcs = ["distribution.proto"],
-    deps = [
-      ":annotations",
-    ],
-    well_known_protos = "@submodule_protobuf//:well_known_protos",
-    use_external = True,
-)
-
-grpc_proto_library(
-    name = "metric",
-    srcs = ["metric.proto"],
-    deps = [
-      "//google/api:label",
-    ],
-    use_external = True,
-)
-
-grpc_proto_library(
-    name = "annotations",
-    srcs = ["annotations.proto"],
-    deps = [
-      ":http",
-    ],
-    well_known_protos = "@submodule_protobuf//:well_known_protos",
-    use_external = True,
-)
-
-grpc_proto_library(
-    name = "monitored_resource",
-    srcs = ["monitored_resource.proto"],
-    deps = [
-      ":label",
-    ],
-    use_external = True,
-)
diff --git a/google/rpc/BUILD b/google/rpc/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e3234e4..00000000
--- a/google/rpc/BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
-load("@submodule_grpc//bazel:grpc_build_system.bzl", "grpc_proto_library")
-
-grpc_proto_library(
-    name = "status",
-    srcs = ["status.proto"],
-    well_known_protos = "@submodule_protobuf//:well_known_protos",
-    use_external = True,
-)