diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 3f8e5635e898..cf3352b06d51 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -566,7 +566,6 @@ pkg_files(
         "LICENSE",
         "README.md",
         "WORKSPACE",
-        "cmake/CMakeLists.txt",
         "cmake/README.md",
         "generate_descriptor_proto.sh",
         "maven_install.json",
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3849985461ec..000000000000
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-
-message(DEPRECATION "Calling of cmake with source directory set to \"cmake\" subdirectory of Protocol Buffers project is deprecated. Top-level directory of Protocol Buffers project should be used instead.")
-
-project(protobuf C CXX)
-
-set(protobuf_DEPRECATED_CMAKE_SUBDIRECTORY_USAGE TRUE)
-
-include(../CMakeLists.txt)