diff --git a/java/util/BUILD b/java/util/BUILD
index ee6ddeaf1..2714917e4 100644
--- a/java/util/BUILD
+++ b/java/util/BUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ java_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//java/core",
-        "//java/lite",
         "@maven//:com_google_code_findbugs_jsr305",
         "@maven//:com_google_code_gson_gson",
         "@maven//:com_google_errorprone_error_prone_annotations",