diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 072be13ea22..a6153922410 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tool: just@1.13.0,cargo-hack@0.5.26,rust-script@0.23.0,clippy-sarif@0.3.7,sarif-fmt@0.3.7
 
-      # To be removed once https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/issues/934 is sorted
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        if: matrix.directory == 'apps/hash-graph'
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Check formatting
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.directory }}
         run: just format --check
@@ -225,13 +218,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tool: just@1.13.0,cargo-hack@0.5.26,cargo-nextest@0.9.37
 
-      # To be removed once https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/issues/934 is sorted
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        if: matrix.directory == 'apps/hash-graph'
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Install Python
         if: matrix.directory == 'apps/engine'
         uses: actions/setup-python@61a6322f88396a6271a6ee3565807d608ecaddd1 # v4.7.0
@@ -330,13 +316,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tool: just@1.13.0,cargo-nextest@0.9.37,cargo-llvm-cov@0.5.9
 
-      # To be removed once https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/issues/934 is sorted
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        if: matrix.directory == 'apps/hash-graph'
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Run tests
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.directory }}
         run: just coverage --lcov --output-path lcov.info
diff --git a/apps/hash-graph/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/hash-graph/docker/Dockerfile
index 3ccfb102d99..1d213511afe 100644
--- a/apps/hash-graph/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/hash-graph/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ WORKDIR /usr/local/src/apps/hash-graph
 ARG PROFILE=production
 ARG ENABLE_TEST_SERVER=no
 
-# To be removed once https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/issues/934 is sorted
-RUN apk add --no-cache make protobuf-dev
-
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/src/apps/hash-graph/target,sharing=locked \