diff --git a/bazel_tools/scala.bzl b/bazel_tools/scala.bzl
index f9fe20aa46d8..ac546de4bcd4 100644
--- a/bazel_tools/scala.bzl
+++ b/bazel_tools/scala.bzl
@@ -554,12 +554,7 @@ def _create_scaladoc_jar(
 
 def _create_scala_repl(
         name,
-        deps = [],
-        scala_deps = [],
-        versioned_deps = {},
-        versioned_scala_deps = {},
         runtime_deps = [],
-        scala_runtime_deps = [],
         tags = [],
         # hiding the following from the `scala_repl` rule
         main_class = None,
@@ -569,10 +564,9 @@ def _create_scala_repl(
         generated_srcs = None,
         **kwargs):
     name = name + "_repl"
-    deps = resolve_scala_deps(deps, scala_deps, versioned_deps, versioned_scala_deps)
-    runtime_deps = resolve_scala_deps(runtime_deps, scala_runtime_deps) + ["@maven//:org_jline_jline"]
+    runtime_deps = runtime_deps + ["@maven//:org_jline_jline"]
     tags = tags + ["manual"]
-    _wrap_rule(scala_repl, name = name, deps = deps, runtime_deps = runtime_deps, tags = tags, **kwargs)
+    _wrap_rule(scala_repl, name = name, runtime_deps = runtime_deps, tags = tags, **kwargs)
 
 def da_scala_library(name, **kwargs):
     """