diff --git a/bazel/test/python_test_repo/BUILD b/bazel/test/python_test_repo/BUILD
index f17243cd3f9..b548d89a55e 100644
--- a/bazel/test/python_test_repo/BUILD
+++ b/bazel/test/python_test_repo/BUILD
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ py_binary(
     name = "dummy_plugin",
     srcs = [":dummy_plugin.py"],
     deps = [
-        "@com_github_grpc_grpc//src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython:cygrpc",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_python",
     ],
-)
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