diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index d7de378..6d6e8ad 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@
         ":bootstrap-jars",
         ":maven-srcs",
         "//src:derived_java_srcs",
-        "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/autocodec:bootstrap_autocodec.tar",
         "@bootstrap_repo_cache//:archives.tar",
     ],
     outs = ["bazel-distfile.zip"],
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@
         ":rules_java-srcs",
         ":maven-srcs",
         "//src:derived_java_srcs",
-        "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/autocodec:bootstrap_autocodec.tar",
         "@bootstrap_repo_cache//:archives.tar",
     ],
     outs = ["bazel-distfile.tar"],
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/autocodec/BUILD b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/autocodec/BUILD
index 64fea7a..fdaf8c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/autocodec/BUILD
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization/autocodec/BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 load("@rules_java//java:defs.bzl", "java_library", "java_plugin")
-load("@rules_pkg//pkg:tar.bzl", "pkg_tar")
 
 package(
     default_applicable_licenses = ["//:license"],
@@ -137,24 +136,3 @@
         "//third_party/protobuf:protobuf_java",
     ],
 )
-
-# .tar archive of dependencies used for bootstrapping.
-pkg_tar(
-    name = "bootstrap_autocodec",
-    # The .jar files are created within the .tar file under third_party/bazel_bootstrap so that
-    # they will appear there in bazel-distfile, which in turn makes them visible for bootstrapping
-    # from the LIBRARY_JARS rule of bazel/scripts/bootstrap/compile.sh.
-    srcs = [
-        ":autocodec-annotation",
-        ":autocodec-processor",
-        ":registered-singleton",
-        ":serialization-constant-annotation",
-        ":serialization-constant-processor",
-        ":serialization-processing-exception",
-        ":type-operations",
-        "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/serialization",
-        "//src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/unsafe:unsafe-provider",
-    ],
-    package_dir = "third_party/bazel_bootstrap",
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)