diff --git a/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/llvm/BUILD.bazel b/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/llvm/BUILD.bazel
index eb887a2e04a2..3ca71bc623e3 100644
--- a/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/llvm/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/utils/bazel/llvm-project-overlay/llvm/BUILD.bazel
@@ -274,14 +274,6 @@ cc_library(
     deps = [
         ":config",
         ":Demangle",
-        # We unconditionally depend on the custom LLVM zlib wrapper. This will
-        # be an empty library unless zlib is enabled, in which case it will
-        # both provide the necessary dependencies and configuration defines.
-        "@llvm_zlib//:zlib",
-        # We unconditionally depend on the custom LLVM zstd wrapper. This will
-        # be an empty library unless zstd is enabled, in which case it will
-        # both provide the necessary dependencies and configuration defines.
-        "@llvm_zstd//:zstd",
     ],
 )