diff --git a/api/BUILD b/api/BUILD
index a70eae799d797..3e990fa9783a5 100644
--- a/api/BUILD
+++ b/api/BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# DO NOT EDIT. This file is generated by tools/proto_format/proto_sync.py.
-
 load("@rules_proto//proto:defs.bzl", "proto_library")
 
 licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2