diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyBinary.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyBinary.java
index 41e19c497cc20a..07a1213bcadcd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyBinary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyBinary.java
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ protected void collect(
           CcLinkParams.Builder builder, boolean linkingStatically, boolean linkShared) {
         builder.addTransitiveTargets(
             ruleContext.getPrerequisites("deps", Mode.TARGET),
-            PyCcLinkParamsProvider.TO_LINK_PARAMS,
             CcLinkParamsStore.TO_LINK_PARAMS);
       }
     };
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyCcLinkParamsProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyCcLinkParamsProvider.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a270ac30694e7..00000000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyCcLinkParamsProvider.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.python;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.TransitiveInfoCollection;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.TransitiveInfoProvider;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety.Immutable;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.AbstractCcLinkParamsStore;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.CcLinkParamsStore;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization.autocodec.AutoCodec;
-
-/** A target that provides C++ libraries to be linked into Python targets. */
-@Immutable
-@AutoCodec
-public final class PyCcLinkParamsProvider implements TransitiveInfoProvider {
-  private final CcLinkParamsStore store;
-
-  public PyCcLinkParamsProvider(CcLinkParamsStore store) {
-    this.store = store;
-  }
-
-  public AbstractCcLinkParamsStore getLinkParams() {
-    return store;
-  }
-
-  public static final Function<TransitiveInfoCollection, AbstractCcLinkParamsStore> TO_LINK_PARAMS =
-      input -> {
-        PyCcLinkParamsProvider provider = input.getProvider(PyCcLinkParamsProvider.class);
-        return provider == null ? null : provider.getLinkParams();
-      };
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyLibrary.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyLibrary.java
index e40a1ab9788266..97060f345cbe68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyLibrary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/python/PyLibrary.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ protected void collect(
               CcLinkParams.Builder builder, boolean linkingStatically, boolean linkShared) {
             builder.addTransitiveTargets(
                 ruleContext.getPrerequisites("deps", Mode.TARGET),
-                PyCcLinkParamsProvider.TO_LINK_PARAMS,
                 CcLinkParamsStore.TO_LINK_PARAMS);
           }
         };