diff --git a/xla/pjrt/gpu/BUILD b/xla/pjrt/gpu/BUILD
index 1ba4cc86eecef..8f199bbad65d8 100644
--- a/xla/pjrt/gpu/BUILD
+++ b/xla/pjrt/gpu/BUILD
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ cc_library(
     ]) + if_cuda([
         "@local_config_cuda//cuda:cuda_headers",
         "//xla/stream_executor/cuda:cuda_platform_id",
-        "//xla/stream_executor/cuda:cuda_activation_header",
         "//xla/stream_executor/gpu:gpu_cudamallocasync_allocator",
         "//xla/service/gpu:nvptx_compiler_impl",
     ]) + if_rocm([