diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 483f1b00b1..f5b0f174d5 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,21 +16,6 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
 
-  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
-    directory: "proto"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-
-## Disable dependabot for `proto-compiler`.
-## Rationale: we maintain the dependencies for proto-compiler
-##    manually, so that we update the proto-compiler binary
-##    (and the Cargo.lock file) only when we regenerate
-##    Rust types from the .proto files.
-#  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
-#    directory: "proto-compiler"
-#    schedule:
-#      interval: "weekly"
-
   - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
     directory: "relayer"
     schedule:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index 500c2aff49..7a5e376953 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:
       - flake.lock
       - ci/**
       - e2e/**
-      - proto/**
       - modules/**
       - relayer/**
       - relayer-cli/**
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ on:
       - flake.lock
       - ci/**
       - e2e/**
-      - proto/**
       - modules/**
       - relayer/**
       - relayer-cli/**
diff --git a/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml b/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml
index d9020d1de1..55e7158bd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/no-std.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
       - Cargo.toml
       - Cargo.lock
       - ci/**
-      - proto/**
       - modules/**
   push:
     branches: master
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ on:
       - Cargo.toml
       - Cargo.lock
       - ci/**
-      - proto/**
       - modules/**
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index d6506276d2..8480378573 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ on:
       - Cargo.lock
       - ci/**
       - e2e/**
-      - proto/**
       - modules/**
       - relayer/**
       - relayer-cli/**
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ on:
       - Cargo.lock
       - ci/**
       - e2e/**
-      - proto/**
       - modules/**
       - relayer/**
       - relayer-cli/**