diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index d927007bc..a41fad3ed 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 workspace(
     name = "dev-infra",
-    managed_directories = {"@npm": ["node_modules"]},
 )
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive", "http_file")