diff --git a/python/tests/BUILD b/python/tests/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a46f333f1a..00000000000
--- a/python/tests/BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_test.bzl", "cc_test")
-
-cc_test(
-    name = "cc_deps_link_test",
-    size = "small",
-    srcs = [
-        "cc_deps_link_test.cc",
-    ],
-    tags = [
-        "nomsan",  # avoid, because tensorflow library fails msan
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        "@tflm_pip_deps//tensorflow:cc_library",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/python/tests/cc_deps_link_test.cc b/python/tests/cc_deps_link_test.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 60dac5173fd..00000000000
--- a/python/tests/cc_deps_link_test.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// A simple program to test the py_pkg_cc_deps repository rule by building and
-// linking against the Tensorflow library shipping in the Tensorflow Python
-// package.
-
-#include "tensorflow/core/util/util.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-  const char* ptr = "test";
-  const size_t n = 4;
-  tensorflow::PrintMemory(ptr, n);
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/python/tflite_micro/BUILD b/python/tflite_micro/BUILD
index f3243eff73a..3451cc881fd 100644
--- a/python/tflite_micro/BUILD
+++ b/python/tflite_micro/BUILD
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ py_wheel(
         "flatbuffers",
         "numpy",
         "pyyaml",
-        "tensorflow",
     ],
     stamp = 1,  # 1 == always stamp
     strip_path_prefixes = [package_name()],