diff --git a/third_party/chrony/chrony.bzl b/third_party/chrony/chrony.bzl
index 82b39aa..bb1477c 100644
--- a/third_party/chrony/chrony.bzl
+++ b/third_party/chrony/chrony.bzl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     name = "config.h",
     src = "@@//third_party/chrony:config.h.in",
     substitutions = {
-        # ONCHANGE(//third_party/chrony:external.bzl): version needs to be kept in sync
+        # ONCHANGE(//build/bazel:third_party.MODULE.bazel): version needs to be kept in sync
         "%CHRONY_VERSION%": "4.1-monogon",
     },
 )
diff --git a/third_party/chrony/external.bzl b/third_party/chrony/external.bzl
deleted file mode 100644
index f28a427..0000000
--- a/third_party/chrony/external.bzl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#  Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
-#
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#  limitations under the License.
-
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-
-def chrony_external(name):
-    # ONCHANGE(//third_party/chrony:chrony.bzl): version needs to be kept in sync
-    version = "4.1"
-
-    http_archive(
-        name = name,
-        sha256 = "ed76f2d3f9347ac6221a91ad4bd553dd0565ac188cd7490d0801d08f7171164c",
-        build_file = "@//third_party/chrony:chrony.bzl",
-        strip_prefix = "chrony-" + version,
-        patch_args = ["-p1"],
-        patches = [
-            "//third_party/chrony/patches:disable_defaults.patch",
-            "//third_party/chrony/patches:support_fixed_uids.patch",
-        ],
-        urls = ["https://download.tuxfamily.org/chrony/chrony-%s.tar.gz" % version],
-    )