diff --git a/src/objective-c/examples/Sample/Podfile b/src/objective-c/examples/Sample/Podfile
index f3c49c12a17..72308c16192 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/examples/Sample/Podfile
+++ b/src/objective-c/examples/Sample/Podfile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
 platform :ios, '8.0'
 
 pod 'gRPC', :path => "../../../.."
-pod 'Protobuf', :git => 'https://github.com/google/protobuf.git'
 pod 'RemoteTest', :path => "../../generated_libraries/RemoteTestClient"
 
 target 'Sample' do
diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
index c099fb51823..598e1595e88 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
 platform :ios, '8.0'
 
 pod 'gRPC', :path => "../../.."
-pod 'Protobuf', :git => 'https://github.com/google/protobuf.git'
 pod 'RemoteTest', :path => "../generated_libraries/RemoteTestClient"
 pod 'Route_guide', :path => "../generated_libraries/RouteGuideClient"