diff --git a/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/BUILD.bazel b/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/repositories.bzl b/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/repositories.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7247ff4e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/repositories.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
+
+BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION = "1.7.1"
+
+def load_bazel_skylib_repositories():
+    maybe(
+        name = "bazel_skylib",
+        repo_rule = http_archive,
+        sha256 = "bc283cdfcd526a52c3201279cda4bc298652efa898b10b4db0837dc51652756f",
+        urls = [
+            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/{version}/bazel-skylib-{version}.tar.gz".format(version = BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION),
+            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib/releases/download/{version}/bazel-skylib-{version}.tar.gz".format(version = BAZEL_SKYLIB_VERSION),
+        ],
+    )
+
+BUILDIFIER_PREBUILT_VERSION = "7.3.1"
+
+def load_buildifier_prebuilt_repositories():
+    maybe(
+        name = "buildifier_prebuilt",
+        repo_rule = http_archive,
+        sha256 = "7f85b688a4b558e2d9099340cfb510ba7179f829454fba842370bccffb67d6cc",
+        strip_prefix = "buildifier-prebuilt-{version}".format(version = BUILDIFIER_PREBUILT_VERSION),
+        urls = [
+            "http://github.com/keith/buildifier-prebuilt/archive/{version}.tar.gz".format(version = BUILDIFIER_PREBUILT_VERSION),
+        ],
+    )
diff --git a/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/setup.bzl b/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/setup.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..927f490604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazel/buildifier_prebuilt/setup.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+load("@buildifier_prebuilt//:deps.bzl", "buildifier_prebuilt_deps")
+load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
+load("@buildifier_prebuilt//:defs.bzl", "buildifier_prebuilt_register_toolchains")
+
+def setup_buildifier_prebuilt():
+    buildifier_prebuilt_deps()
+
+    bazel_skylib_workspace()
+
+    buildifier_prebuilt_register_toolchains()
diff --git a/bazel/load_repositories.bzl b/bazel/load_repositories.bzl
index b258c85353..2520e4e3ca 100644
--- a/bazel/load_repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/load_repositories.bzl
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 
-load("//bazel/bazelbuild:repositories.bzl", "load_com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools_repositories", "load_com_github_bazelbuild_rules_cc_repositories", "load_com_google_protobuf_repositories", "load_io_bazel_rules_go_repositories")
+load("//bazel/bazelbuild:repositories.bzl", "load_com_github_bazelbuild_rules_cc_repositories")
+load("//bazel/buildifier_prebuilt:repositories.bzl", "load_buildifier_prebuilt_repositories", "load_bazel_skylib_repositories")
 load("//bazel/cpptoml:repositories.bzl", "load_cpptoml_repositories")
 load("//bazel/googletest:repositories.bzl", "load_googletest_repositories")
 
@@ -25,8 +26,7 @@ def load_repositories():
     Loads repositories for iceoryx dependencies
     """
     load_com_github_bazelbuild_rules_cc_repositories()
-    load_io_bazel_rules_go_repositories()
-    load_com_google_protobuf_repositories()
-    load_com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools_repositories()
+    load_bazel_skylib_repositories()
+    load_buildifier_prebuilt_repositories()
     load_googletest_repositories()
     load_cpptoml_repositories()
diff --git a/bazel/setup_repositories.bzl b/bazel/setup_repositories.bzl
index 7dc1e3cab6..e85213cc83 100644
--- a/bazel/setup_repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/setup_repositories.bzl
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 
-load("//bazel/bazelbuild:setup.bzl", "setup_go_protobuf_for_bazelbuild")
+load("//bazel/buildifier_prebuilt:setup.bzl", "setup_buildifier_prebuilt")
 
 def setup_repositories():
     """
     Loads repositories for iceoryx dependencies
     """
-    setup_go_protobuf_for_bazelbuild()
+    setup_buildifier_prebuilt()