diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 959b5f2f83e..b47e3e7bd19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -165,11 +165,10 @@ endif
 
 PROTO_SRCS = $(wildcard proto/*.proto)
 PROTO_SRC_NAMES = $(basename $(notdir $(PROTO_SRCS)))
-PROTO_PY_OUTS = $(foreach name, $(PROTO_SRC_NAMES), py/vtproto/$(name)_pb2.py)
 PROTO_GO_OUTS = $(foreach name, $(PROTO_SRC_NAMES), go/vt/proto/$(name)/$(name).pb.go)
 
 # This rule rebuilds all the go and python files from the proto definitions for gRPC.
-proto: proto_banner $(PROTO_GO_OUTS) $(PROTO_PY_OUTS)
+proto: proto_banner $(PROTO_GO_OUTS)
 
 proto_banner:
 ifeq (,$(PROTOC_COMMAND))
@@ -180,9 +179,6 @@ ifndef NOBANNER
 	echo $$(date): Compiling proto definitions
 endif
 
-$(PROTO_PY_OUTS): py/vtproto/%_pb2.py: proto/%.proto
-	$(PROTOC_COMMAND) -Iproto $< --python_out=py/vtproto --grpc_python_out=py/vtproto
-
 # TODO(sougou): find a better way around this temp hack.
 VTTOP=$(VTROOT)/../../..
 $(PROTO_GO_OUTS): install_protoc-gen-go proto/*.proto
diff --git a/go/vt/proto/vtgate/vtgate.pb.go b/go/vt/proto/vtgate/vtgate.pb.go
index 43f45d52c17..10786f95d07 100644
--- a/go/vt/proto/vtgate/vtgate.pb.go
+++ b/go/vt/proto/vtgate/vtgate.pb.go
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ package vtgate
 
 import (
 	fmt "fmt"
-	proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	math "math"
+
+	proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	binlogdata "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/binlogdata"
 	query "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/query"
 	topodata "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/topodata"