diff --git a/rust/private/rustc.bzl b/rust/private/rustc.bzl
index bbbf901869..87d329677f 100644
--- a/rust/private/rustc.bzl
+++ b/rust/private/rustc.bzl
@@ -281,9 +281,6 @@ def collect_inputs(
 
     linker_depset = cc_toolchain.all_files
 
-    # Collect compile data from the crate's dependencies
-    transitive_compile_data = depset(transitive = [info.compile_data for info in dep_info.transitive_crates.to_list()])
-
     compile_inputs = depset(
         getattr(files, "data", []) +
         [toolchain.rustc] +
@@ -296,7 +293,6 @@ def collect_inputs(
             linker_depset,
             crate_info.srcs,
             dep_info.transitive_libs,
-            transitive_compile_data,
             crate_info.compile_data,
         ],
     )
diff --git a/test/compile_data/BUILD.bazel b/test/compile_data/BUILD.bazel
index 274c8a3467..4a72d0af3f 100644
--- a/test/compile_data/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/test/compile_data/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,10 +12,3 @@ rust_test(
     name = "compile_data_unit_test",
     crate = ":compile_data",
 )
-
-rust_test(
-    name = "compile_data_integration_test",
-    srcs = ["compile_data_test.rs"],
-    edition = "2018",
-    deps = [":compile_data"],
-)
diff --git a/test/compile_data/compile_data_test.rs b/test/compile_data/compile_data_test.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ac640633b3..0000000000
--- a/test/compile_data/compile_data_test.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-use compile_data::COMPILE_DATA;
-
-#[test]
-fn test_compile_data_contents() {
-    // This would confirm that the constant that's compiled into the `compile_data`
-    // crate matches the data loaded at compile time here. Where `compile_data.txt`
-    // would have only been provided by the `compile_data` crate itself.
-    assert_eq!(COMPILE_DATA, include_str!("compile_data.txt"));
-}