diff --git a/owners-autoassign/BUILD b/owners-autoassign/BUILD
index 37eb96c..42a32bc 100644
--- a/owners-autoassign/BUILD
+++ b/owners-autoassign/BUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         "src/main/java/**/*.java",
     ]),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    deps = PLUGIN_DEPS + PLUGIN_DEPS_NEVERLINK + [
+    deps = PLUGIN_DEPS_NEVERLINK + [
         "//owners-common",
     ],
 )