From 6238693e11c315ad2257b2cbd2dcda99fd562b74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: blakeli <blakeli@google.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:12:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] build: Remove the explicit override for protobuf 4.x version.
 Stop releasing libraries-bom-protobuf3.

---
 libraries-bom/pom.xml | 11 -----------
 pom.xml               |  1 -
 2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libraries-bom/pom.xml b/libraries-bom/pom.xml
index 9e9fa0c2aede..ea482fa4d928 100644
--- a/libraries-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-bom/pom.xml
@@ -60,17 +60,6 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
-      <!-- This section overrides the protobuf version specified in first-party-dependencies. This is to provide customers a bom that includes protobuf-java 4.x.
-      We will upgrade protobuf-bom in first-party-dependencies once we feel comfortable that most customers would not have conflict with protobuf-java 4.x.
-      This section has to be specified before first-party-dependencies, please do not move it. -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-        <artifactId>protobuf-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>4.33.0</version>
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
       <!-- first-party-dependencies is part of java-shared-dependencies
            BOM in https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java/blob/main/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml.
            This includes Guava, Protobuf, gRPC, Google Auth Libraries, etc. -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1fca263d2817..930fcf30d240 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     <!-- Only modules to be published to Maven Central. No tests or release note generation. -->
     <module>google-cloud-bom</module>
     <module>libraries-bom</module>
-    <module>libraries-bom-protobuf3</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>