diff --git a/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel b/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel
index c09ca2d..3eccd5f 100644
--- a/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/metropolis/node/BUILD.bazel
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
         "//metropolis:__subpackages__",
         "@io_k8s_kubernetes//pkg/registry:__subpackages__",
     ],
-    deps = [
-        "//metropolis/proto/common",
-        "@com_github_vishvananda_netlink//:netlink",
-    ],
+    deps = ["//metropolis/proto/common"],
 )
 
 # debug_build checks if we're building in debug mode and enables various debug features for the image.