diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index d1d193de50..08152679d9 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ ruby_bundle(
     gemfile = "//ruby:Gemfile",
 )
 
-load("//bazel:workspace_deps.bzl", "upb_deps")
-
-upb_deps()
-
 http_archive(
     name = "lua",
     build_file = "//bazel:lua.BUILD",
diff --git a/bazel/BUILD b/bazel/BUILD
index 3317cac30b..b08bf4ecd2 100644
--- a/bazel/BUILD
+++ b/bazel/BUILD
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ load("@bazel_skylib//:bzl_library.bzl", "bzl_library")
 
 licenses(["notice"])
 
-exports_files(
-    ["workspace_deps.bzl"],
-    visibility = ["//upb/cmake:__pkg__"],
-)
-
 py_binary(
     name = "amalgamate",
     srcs = ["amalgamate.py"],
diff --git a/bazel/workspace_deps.bzl b/bazel/workspace_deps.bzl
deleted file mode 100644
index 14b2fc80a9..0000000000
--- a/bazel/workspace_deps.bzl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
-load("//bazel:python_downloads.bzl", "python_nuget_package", "python_source_archive")
-
-def _github_archive(repo, commit, **kwargs):
-    repo_name = repo.split("/")[-1]
-    http_archive(
-        urls = [repo + "/archive/" + commit + ".zip"],
-        strip_prefix = repo_name + "-" + commit,
-        **kwargs
-    )
-
-def upb_deps():
-    maybe(
-        _github_archive,
-        name = "com_google_absl",
-        repo = "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp",
-        commit = "fb3621f4f897824c0dbe0615fa94543df6192f30",  # Abseil LTS 20230802.1
-        sha256 = "aa768256d0567f626334fcbe722f564c40b281518fc8423e2708a308e5f983ea",
-    )
-
-    maybe(
-        _github_archive,
-        name = "com_google_protobuf",
-        repo = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf",
-        commit = "f85a338d79f05938d1725fba3b2c603a8d06462e",
-        sha256 = "cd28ae63e40a146ec1a2d41e96f53e637aaa5d6c746e7120d013aafc65092882",
-    )
-
-    maybe(
-        _github_archive,
-        name = "utf8_range",
-        repo = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/utf8_range",
-        commit = "de0b4a8ff9b5d4c98108bdfe723291a33c52c54f",
-        sha256 = "5da960e5e5d92394c809629a03af3c7709d2d3d0ca731dacb3a9fb4bf28f7702",
-    )
-
-    maybe(
-        http_archive,
-        name = "rules_pkg",
-        urls = [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.7.0/rules_pkg-0.7.0.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.7.0/rules_pkg-0.7.0.tar.gz",
-        ],
-        sha256 = "8a298e832762eda1830597d64fe7db58178aa84cd5926d76d5b744d6558941c2",
-    )
-
-    maybe(
-        _github_archive,
-        name = "rules_python",
-        repo = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python",
-        commit = "912a5051f51581784fd64094f6bdabf93f6d698f",  # 0.14.0
-        sha256 = "a3e4b4ade7c4a52e757b16a16e94d0b2640333062180cba577d81fac087a501d",
-    )
-
-    maybe(
-        http_archive,
-        name = "bazel_skylib",
-        urls = [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.3.0/bazel-skylib-1.3.0.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/1.3.0/bazel-skylib-1.3.0.tar.gz",
-        ],
-        sha256 = "74d544d96f4a5bb630d465ca8bbcfe231e3594e5aae57e1edbf17a6eb3ca2506",
-    )
-
-    #Python Downloads
-
-    python_source_archive(
-        name = "python-3.7.0",
-        sha256 = "85bb9feb6863e04fb1700b018d9d42d1caac178559ffa453d7e6a436e259fd0d",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.7.0",
-        sha256 = "a8bb49fa1ca62ad55430fcafaca1b58015e22943e66b1a87d5e7cef2556c6a54",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.7.0",
-        sha256 = "66eb796a5bdb1e6787b8f655a1237a6b6964af2115b7627cf4f0032cf068b4b2",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.8.0",
-        sha256 = "87a6481f5eef30b42ac12c93f06f73bd0b8692f26313b76a6615d1641c4e7bca",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.8.0",
-        sha256 = "96c61321ce90dd053c8a04f305a5f6cc6d91350b862db34440e4a4f069b708a0",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.9.0",
-        sha256 = "229abecbe49dc08fe5709e0b31e70edfb3b88f23335ebfc2904c44f940fd59b6",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.9.0",
-        sha256 = "6af58a733e7dfbfcdd50d55788134393d6ffe7ab8270effbf724bdb786558832",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.10.0",
-        sha256 = "e115e102eb90ce160ab0ef7506b750a8d7ecc385bde0a496f02a54337a8bc333",
-    )
-    python_nuget_package(
-        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.10.0",
-        sha256 = "4474c83c25625d93e772e926f95f4cd398a0abbb52793625fa30f39af3d2cc00",
-    )
diff --git a/protobuf_deps.bzl b/protobuf_deps.bzl
index 621d4214c1..0c2919c15b 100644
--- a/protobuf_deps.bzl
+++ b/protobuf_deps.bzl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Load dependencies needed to compile the protobuf library as a 3rd-party consumer."""
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+load("//bazel:python_downloads.bzl", "python_nuget_package", "python_source_archive")
 
 PROTOBUF_MAVEN_ARTIFACTS = [
     "com.google.caliper:caliper:1.0-beta-3",
@@ -147,3 +148,41 @@ def protobuf_deps():
             urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_kotlin/releases/download/v1.8.1/rules_kotlin_release.tgz"],
             sha256 = "a630cda9fdb4f56cf2dc20a4bf873765c41cf00e9379e8d59cd07b24730f4fde",
         )
+
+    # Python Downloads
+    python_source_archive(
+        name = "python-3.7.0",
+        sha256 = "85bb9feb6863e04fb1700b018d9d42d1caac178559ffa453d7e6a436e259fd0d",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.7.0",
+        sha256 = "a8bb49fa1ca62ad55430fcafaca1b58015e22943e66b1a87d5e7cef2556c6a54",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.7.0",
+        sha256 = "66eb796a5bdb1e6787b8f655a1237a6b6964af2115b7627cf4f0032cf068b4b2",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.8.0",
+        sha256 = "87a6481f5eef30b42ac12c93f06f73bd0b8692f26313b76a6615d1641c4e7bca",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.8.0",
+        sha256 = "96c61321ce90dd053c8a04f305a5f6cc6d91350b862db34440e4a4f069b708a0",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.9.0",
+        sha256 = "229abecbe49dc08fe5709e0b31e70edfb3b88f23335ebfc2904c44f940fd59b6",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.9.0",
+        sha256 = "6af58a733e7dfbfcdd50d55788134393d6ffe7ab8270effbf724bdb786558832",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_i686_3.10.0",
+        sha256 = "e115e102eb90ce160ab0ef7506b750a8d7ecc385bde0a496f02a54337a8bc333",
+    )
+    python_nuget_package(
+        name = "nuget_python_x86-64_3.10.0",
+        sha256 = "4474c83c25625d93e772e926f95f4cd398a0abbb52793625fa30f39af3d2cc00",
+    )