diff --git a/tools/build_defs/docker/docker.bzl b/tools/build_defs/docker/docker.bzl
index 40633e24e6bc9e..4603a47c827aa0 100644
--- a/tools/build_defs/docker/docker.bzl
+++ b/tools/build_defs/docker/docker.bzl
@@ -16,15 +16,3 @@
 load(":build.bzl", "docker_build")
 load(":bundle.bzl", "docker_bundle")
 
-print("The docker_{build,bundle} rules bundled with Bazel are deprecated " +
-      "in favor of:\nhttps://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker. " +
-      "Please change BUILD loads to reference: " +
-      "@io_bazel_rules_docker//docker:docker.bzl and add the following to " +
-      "your WORKSPACE:\n" +
-      """git_repository(
-    name = "io_bazel_rules_docker",
-    remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker.git",
-    commit = "...",
-)
-load("@io_bazel_rules_docker//docker:docker.bzl", "docker_repositories")
-docker_repositories()""")