diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 63069a20fb60..180a17e6e09f 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,3 @@ parts:
     override-pull: |
       snapcraftctl pull
       snapcraftctl set-version `git describe --tags --long | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'`
-
-build-packages:
-  - protobuf