diff --git a/third_party/BUILD b/third_party/BUILD
index 272d2396003..646875bc59e 100644
--- a/third_party/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/BUILD
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ exports_files([
     "enum34.BUILD",
     "futures.BUILD",
     "libuv.BUILD",
-    "protobuf.patch",
 ])
diff --git a/third_party/protobuf.patch b/third_party/protobuf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b302e4d812..00000000000
--- a/third_party/protobuf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/__init__.py b/python/google/protobuf/__init__.py
-index 97ac28028..8b7585d9d 100644
---- a/python/google/protobuf/__init__.py
-+++ b/python/google/protobuf/__init__.py
-@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@
- # Copyright 2007 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-
- __version__ = '3.14.0'
-+
-+if __name__ != '__main__':
-+  try:
-+    __import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
-+  except ImportError:
-+    __path__ = __import__('pkgutil').extend_path(__path__, __name__)