diff --git a/bazel/development2.bzl b/bazel/development2.bzl
index d470974..7a65f70 100644
--- a/bazel/development2.bzl
+++ b/bazel/development2.bzl
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 
 """Load dependencies needed for google-cloud-cpp development / Phase 2."""
 
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
-
 def gl_cpp_development2(name = None):
     """Loads dependencies needed to develop the google-cloud-cpp libraries.
 
@@ -27,16 +24,3 @@ def gl_cpp_development2(name = None):
         name: Unused. It is conventional to provide a `name` argument to all
             workspace functions.
     """
-
-    # An XML parser and generator, this is only used in //docfx.
-    # This is an internal tool used to generate the reference documentation.
-    maybe(
-        http_archive,
-        name = "com_github_zeux_pugixml",
-        urls = [
-            "https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/archive/v1.14.tar.gz",
-        ],
-        sha256 = "610f98375424b5614754a6f34a491adbddaaec074e9044577d965160ec103d2e",
-        strip_prefix = "pugixml-1.14",
-        build_file = Label("//bazel:pugixml.BUILD"),
-    )
diff --git a/bazel/pugixml.BUILD b/bazel/pugixml.BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 14d19e9..0000000
--- a/bazel/pugixml.BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
-licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2.0
-
-cc_library(
-    name = "pugixml",
-    srcs = [
-        "src/pugixml.cpp",
-    ],
-    hdrs = [
-        "src/pugiconfig.hpp",
-        "src/pugixml.hpp",
-    ],
-    includes = ["src"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake-gcc.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake-gcc.Dockerfile
index c3d1b95..3ba647a 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake-gcc.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake-gcc.Dockerfile
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ RUN dnf makecache && dnf install -y java-latest-openjdk
 RUN dnf makecache && dnf install -y "dnf-command(debuginfo-install)"
 RUN dnf makecache && dnf debuginfo-install -y libstdc++
 
-# These are used by the docfx tool.
-RUN dnf makecache && dnf install -y pugixml-devel yaml-cpp-devel
-
 # Sets root's password to the empty string to enable users to get a root shell
 # inside the container with `su -` and no password. Sudo would not work because
 # we run these containers as the invoking user's uid, which does not exist in
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile
index 209ecfe..58b33c5 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ RUN dnf makecache && dnf install -y java-latest-openjdk
 RUN dnf makecache && dnf install -y "dnf-command(debuginfo-install)"
 RUN dnf makecache && dnf debuginfo-install -y libstdc++
 
-# These are used by the docfx tool.
-RUN dnf makecache && dnf install -y pugixml-devel yaml-cpp-devel
-
 # Sets root's password to the empty string to enable users to get a root shell
 # inside the container with `su -` and no password. Sudo would not work because
 # we run these containers as the invoking user's uid, which does not exist in