diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/BzlmodRepoRuleFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/BzlmodRepoRuleFunction.java
index 3311cdf513fb83..c9076034e60a6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/BzlmodRepoRuleFunction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/BzlmodRepoRuleFunction.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.RepositoryMapping;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.RepositoryName;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.NoSuchPackageException;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Package;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Rule;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClassProvider;
@@ -148,10 +147,7 @@ public SkyValue compute(SkyKey skyKey, Environment env)
       return BzlmodRepoRuleValue.REPO_RULE_NOT_FOUND_VALUE;
     }
     RepoSpec extRepoSpec = extensionEval.getGeneratedRepoSpecs().get(internalRepo);
-    Package pkg = createRuleFromSpec(extRepoSpec, starlarkSemantics, env).getRule().getPackage();
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(pkg);
-
-    return new BzlmodRepoRuleValue(pkg, repositoryName.getName());
+    return createRuleFromSpec(extRepoSpec, starlarkSemantics, env);
   }
 
   private static Optional<RepoSpec> checkRepoFromNonRegistryOverrides(