diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index eca5171bd7..4f51d9073d 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ MAIN_DEPS = [
     "@com_google_http_client_google_http_client//jar",
     "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_java",
     "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_java_util",
-    "@google_java_format_all_deps//jar",
     "@io_grpc_grpc_java//api",
     "@io_grpc_grpc_java//protobuf",
     "@io_grpc_grpc_java//stub",
     "@javax_annotation_javax_annotation_api//jar",
     "@junit_junit//jar",
+    "@maven//:com_google_googlejavaformat_google_java_format_all_deps",
     "@org_threeten_threetenbp//jar",
     "@org_yaml_snakeyaml//jar",
 ]
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ java_binary(
     name = "google_java_format_binary",
     jvm_flags = ["-Xmx512m"],
     main_class = "com.google.googlejavaformat.java.Main",
-    runtime_deps = ["@google_java_format_all_deps//jar"],
+    runtime_deps = ["@maven//:com_google_googlejavaformat_google_java_format_all_deps"],
 )
 
 genrule(
diff --git a/PROPERTIES.bzl b/PROPERTIES.bzl
index 8abf2dd26f..a6746d7a10 100644
--- a/PROPERTIES.bzl
+++ b/PROPERTIES.bzl
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 PROPERTIES = {
     "version.com_google_protobuf": "3.19.1",
-    # Version of google-java-format is downgraded from 1.8 to 1.7, because 1.8 supports java 11 minimum, while our JRE is java 8.
-    "version.google_java_format": "1.7",
     "version.io_grpc_java": "1.42.1",
 
     # Common deps.
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 22744a67eb..1a63c4ecb8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 workspace(name = "gapic_generator_java")
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:jvm.bzl", "jvm_maven_import_external")
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_jvm_external",
+    strip_prefix = "rules_jvm_external-4.2",
+    sha256 = "cd1a77b7b02e8e008439ca76fd34f5b07aecb8c752961f9640dea15e9e5ba1ca",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/4.2.zip",
+)
+
+load("@rules_jvm_external//:defs.bzl", "maven_install")
 
 # DO NOT REMOVE.
 # This is needed to clobber any transitively-pulled in versions of bazel_skylib so that packages
@@ -15,17 +23,9 @@ http_archive(
     ],
 )
 
-jvm_maven_import_external(
-    name = "google_java_format_all_deps",
-    artifact = "com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:jar:all-deps:1.7",
-    licenses = [
-        "notice",
-        "reciprocal",
-    ],
-    server_urls = [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
-        "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/",
-    ],
+maven_install(
+    artifacts = ["com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:jar:all-deps:1.7"],
+    repositories = ["https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/"],
 )
 
 # gax-java and its transitive dependencies must be imported before
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ http_archive(
 )
 
 load("@com_google_api_gax_java//:repository_rules.bzl", "com_google_api_gax_java_properties")
-
 com_google_api_gax_java_properties(
     name = "com_google_api_gax_java_properties",
     file = "@com_google_api_gax_java//:dependencies.properties",
@@ -57,26 +56,11 @@ load("//:repositories.bzl", "gapic_generator_java_repositories")
 gapic_generator_java_repositories()
 
 # protobuf
-RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "4.2"
-RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA = "cd1a77b7b02e8e008439ca76fd34f5b07aecb8c752961f9640dea15e9e5ba1ca"
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_jvm_external",
-    strip_prefix = "rules_jvm_external-%s" % RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG,
-    sha256 = RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA,
-    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/%s.zip" % RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG,
-)
-
 load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "PROTOBUF_MAVEN_ARTIFACTS", "protobuf_deps")
 
-load("@rules_jvm_external//:defs.bzl", "maven_install")
-
 maven_install(
     artifacts = PROTOBUF_MAVEN_ARTIFACTS,
-    generate_compat_repositories = True,
-    repositories = [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
-    ],
+    repositories = ["https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/"],
 )
 
 protobuf_deps()
diff --git a/repositories.bzl b/repositories.bzl
index e3e263cad3..ec12956516 100644
--- a/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories.bzl
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ def gapic_generator_java_repositories():
         strip_prefix = "protobuf-%s" % _protobuf_version,
     )
 
-    _maybe(
-        jvm_maven_import_external,
-        name = "google_java_format_all_deps",
-        artifact = "com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:jar:all-deps:%s" % PROPERTIES["version.google_java_format"],
-        server_urls = ["https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/", "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"],
-        licenses = ["notice", "reciprocal"],
-    )
-
     _maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "bazel_skylib",