diff --git a/benchmarks/download_data.sh b/benchmarks/download_data.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fa0729e9a336e..0000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/download_data.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-curl -O https://storage.googleapis.com/protobuf_opensource_benchmark_data/datasets.tar.gz
-tar -zvxf datasets.tar.gz
-
diff --git a/kokoro/linux/benchmark/run.sh b/kokoro/linux/benchmark/run.sh
index 1b1032bd3775c..ee80db3cf1954 100755
--- a/kokoro/linux/benchmark/run.sh
+++ b/kokoro/linux/benchmark/run.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ fi
 
 # download datasets for benchmark
 cd benchmarks
-./download_data.sh
 datasets=$(for file in $(find . -type f -name "dataset.*.pb" -not -path "./tmp/*"); do echo "$(pwd)/$file"; done | xargs)
 echo $datasets
 cd $oldpwd