diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 2edf2be524aa..f259c9741f4c 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ new_local_repository(
     path = PYTORCH_LOCAL_DIR,
 )
 
-new_local_repository(
-    name = "fmt",
-    build_file = "//bazel:fmt.BUILD",
-    path = PYTORCH_LOCAL_DIR + "/third_party/fmt",
-)
-
 ############################# OpenXLA Setup ###############################
 
 # To build PyTorch/XLA with a new revison of OpenXLA, update the xla_hash to
diff --git a/bazel/fmt.BUILD b/bazel/fmt.BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8c566b98a5..000000000000
--- a/bazel/fmt.BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
-
-cc_library(
-    name = "fmt",
-    hdrs = glob(["include/fmt/*.h",]),
-    defines = ["FMT_HEADER_ONLY=1"],
-    includes = ["include"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
diff --git a/bazel/torch.BUILD b/bazel/torch.BUILD
index cfbd620e0777..afc6bb57af9e 100644
--- a/bazel/torch.BUILD
+++ b/bazel/torch.BUILD
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ cc_library(
         ["torch/include/**/*.h"],
         ["torch/include/google/protobuf/**/*.h"],
     ),
-    deps = [
-        "@fmt",
-    ],
     strip_include_prefix = "torch/include",
 )