diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 102ba27..d6818c7 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     exports = PLUGIN_DEPS + PLUGIN_TEST_DEPS + [
         ":rate-limiter__plugin",
-        "@mockito//jar",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ea8f6e3..7c49ee6 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -24,7 +24,3 @@
 
 # Load release Plugin API
 #gerrit_api()
-
-load("//:external_plugin_deps.bzl", "external_plugin_deps")
-
-external_plugin_deps()
diff --git a/external_plugin_deps.bzl b/external_plugin_deps.bzl
deleted file mode 100644
index 151b2fb..0000000
--- a/external_plugin_deps.bzl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-load("//tools/bzl:maven_jar.bzl", "maven_jar")
-
-def external_plugin_deps():
-    maven_jar(
-        name = "mockito",
-        artifact = "org.mockito:mockito-core:2.28.2",
-        sha1 = "91110215a8cb9b77a46e045ee758f77d79167cc0",
-        deps = [
-            "@byte-buddy//jar",
-            "@objenesis//jar",
-        ],
-    )
-
-    BYTE_BUDDY_VERSION = "1.9.10"
-
-    maven_jar(
-        name = "byte-buddy",
-        artifact = "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:" + BYTE_BUDDY_VERSION,
-        sha1 = "211a2b4d3df1eeef2a6cacf78d74a1f725e7a840",
-    )
-
-    maven_jar(
-        name = "objenesis",
-        artifact = "org.objenesis:objenesis:2.6",
-        sha1 = "639033469776fd37c08358c6b92a4761feb2af4b",
-    )