diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 9b9720e3a2..6476bc7c22 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ http_archive(
     url = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rxjs/-/rxjs-6.3.3.tgz",
 )
 
-# TODO(gregmagolan): do we still need go dependencies?
-http_archive(
-    name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "b7a62250a3a73277ade0ce306d22f122365b513f5402222403e507f2f997d421",
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.16.3/rules_go-0.16.3.tar.gz",
-)
-
 # Use a mock @npm repository while we are building angular from source
 # downstream. Angular will get its npm dependencies with in @ngdeps which
 # is setup in ng_setup_workspace().
@@ -87,13 +80,6 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_karma//:package.bzl", "rules_karma_dependencies")
 
 rules_karma_dependencies()
 
-# TODO(gregmagolan): do we still need go dependencies?
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
-
-go_rules_dependencies()
-
-go_register_toolchains()
-
 # Setup the rules_webtesting toolchain
 load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web:repositories.bzl", "browser_repositories", "web_test_repositories")
 
diff --git a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
index 1923f2fdd7..337d5034ae 100644
--- a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
+++ b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_karma//:package.bzl", "rules_karma_dependencies")
 
 rules_karma_dependencies()
 
-# TODO(gregmagolan): do we still need go dependencies?
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
-
-go_rules_dependencies()
-
-go_register_toolchains()
-
 # Setup the rules_webtesting toolchain
 load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web:repositories.bzl", "browser_repositories", "web_test_repositories")
 
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/schematics/bazel-workspace/files/WORKSPACE.template b/packages/bazel/src/schematics/bazel-workspace/files/WORKSPACE.template
index 87a70ab2af..b1d8ddf27b 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/schematics/bazel-workspace/files/WORKSPACE.template
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/schematics/bazel-workspace/files/WORKSPACE.template
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ install_bazel_dependencies()
 load("@build_bazel_rules_karma//:package.bzl", "rules_karma_dependencies")
 rules_karma_dependencies()
 
-load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_rules_dependencies", "go_register_toolchains")
-go_rules_dependencies()
-go_register_toolchains()
-
 load("@io_bazel_rules_webtesting//web:repositories.bzl", "browser_repositories", "web_test_repositories")
 web_test_repositories()
 browser_repositories(