diff --git a/mediapipe/framework/BUILD b/mediapipe/framework/BUILD
index f6487a17a..19c51853c 100644
--- a/mediapipe/framework/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/framework/BUILD
@@ -1685,10 +1685,3 @@ cc_test(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:str_format",
     ],
 )
-
-# Expose the proto source files for building mediapipe AAR.
-filegroup(
-    name = "protos_src",
-    srcs = glob(["*.proto"]),
-    visibility = ["//mediapipe:__subpackages__"],
-)
diff --git a/mediapipe/framework/formats/BUILD b/mediapipe/framework/formats/BUILD
index 4a509ab69..44d9bda0b 100644
--- a/mediapipe/framework/formats/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/framework/formats/BUILD
@@ -334,13 +334,6 @@ mediapipe_register_type(
     deps = [":landmark_cc_proto"],
 )
 
-# Expose the proto source files for building mediapipe AAR.
-filegroup(
-    name = "protos_src",
-    srcs = glob(["*.proto"]),
-    visibility = ["//mediapipe:__subpackages__"],
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "image",
     srcs = ["image.cc"],
diff --git a/mediapipe/framework/formats/annotation/BUILD b/mediapipe/framework/formats/annotation/BUILD
index 2e33f7668..328001e85 100644
--- a/mediapipe/framework/formats/annotation/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/framework/formats/annotation/BUILD
@@ -33,10 +33,3 @@ mediapipe_proto_library(
     srcs = ["rasterization.proto"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
-
-# Expose the proto source files for building mediapipe AAR.
-filegroup(
-    name = "protos_src",
-    srcs = glob(["*.proto"]),
-    visibility = ["//mediapipe:__subpackages__"],
-)