diff --git a/sdk-autogen/pom.xml b/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
index 3b1d92ffa8..196f5e3873 100644
--- a/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
       <artifactId>grpc-testing</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>3.11.4</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>