diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 40af3bee4..3611aa5fb 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ module(
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.0", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "6.0.2", repo_name = "rules_proto")
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-py", version = "2.1.0", repo_name = "py_absl")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.16")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.11")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.7.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.9.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_python", version = "0.23.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.6.4")
 bazel_dep(name = "bazel_features", version = "1.25.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_shell", version = "0.4.1")
diff --git a/MODULE.release.bazel b/MODULE.release.bazel
index 2968296d8..e5ca07fbc 100644
--- a/MODULE.release.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.release.bazel
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ bazel_dep(name = "bazel_features", version = "1.25.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.0", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "6.0.2", repo_name = "rules_proto")
 bazel_dep(name = "abseil-py", version = "2.1.0", repo_name = "py_absl")
-bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.16")
 
 rules_java_toolchains = use_extension("@rules_java//java:extensions.bzl", "toolchains")
 use_repo(rules_java_toolchains, "remote_java_tools")
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/initialize.release.bzl b/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/initialize.release.bzl
index f834c95cc..10061a571 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/initialize.release.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/initialize.release.bzl
@@ -113,14 +113,6 @@ def kotlin_repositories(
         strip_prefix = "abseil-py-2.1.0",
     )
 
-    maybe(
-        http_archive,
-        name = "rules_cc",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.0.16/rules_cc-0.0.16.tar.gz"],
-        sha256 = "bbf1ae2f83305b7053b11e4467d317a7ba3517a12cef608543c1b1c5bf48a4df",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_cc-0.0.16",
-    )
-
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "rules_license",