diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index bf3db1ca1a..165882d4c6 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ http_archive(
     sha256 = "2977cdbc8ae0eed7d4186385af56a50a3321a549e2136a959998bba89d2edb6e",
 )
 
-http_archive(
-    name = "build_bazel_rules_nodejs",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/archive/0.11.4.zip"],
-    strip_prefix = "rules_nodejs-0.11.4",
-    sha256 = "c31c4ead696944a50fad2b3ee9dfbbeffe31a8dcca0b21b9bf5b3e6c6b069801",
-)
-
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel_skylib",
     urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/archive/0.3.1.zip"],