diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 77256d87..e8a625db 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ bazel_dep(
     repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
     version = "0.37.0",
 )
-bazel_dep(
-    name = "rules_pkg",
-    version = "0.5.1",
-)
 bazel_dep(
     name = "bazel_skylib",
     version = "1.3.0",
diff --git a/internal_deps.bzl b/internal_deps.bzl
index 831e7385..57bb38e2 100644
--- a/internal_deps.bzl
+++ b/internal_deps.bzl
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
 load(":hex_archive.bzl", "hex_archive")
 
 def rules_erlang_internal_deps():
-    maybe(
-        http_archive,
-        name = "rules_pkg",
-        sha256 = "a89e203d3cf264e564fcb96b6e06dd70bc0557356eb48400ce4b5d97c2c3720d",
-        urls = [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.5.1/rules_pkg-0.5.1.tar.gz",
-            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.5.1/rules_pkg-0.5.1.tar.gz",
-        ],
-    )
-
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "bazel_skylib",
diff --git a/internal_setup.bzl b/internal_setup.bzl
index 7132086f..0f314cac 100644
--- a/internal_setup.bzl
+++ b/internal_setup.bzl
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ load("@bazel_gazelle//:deps.bzl", "gazelle_dependencies")
 load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
 load("//gazelle:deps.bzl", "gazelle_deps")
-load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies")
 
 def rules_erlang_internal_setup(
         go_repository_default_config = "//:WORKSPACE.bazel"):
@@ -17,5 +16,3 @@ def rules_erlang_internal_setup(
 
     # gazelle:repository_macro gazelle/deps.bzl%gazelle_deps
     gazelle_deps()
-
-    rules_pkg_dependencies()
diff --git a/source_archive.bzl b/source_archive.bzl
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b192fcb..00000000
--- a/source_archive.bzl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-load("@rules_pkg//:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
-load(
-    "//private:source_tree.bzl",
-    "source_tree",
-)
-
-def source_archive():
-    source_tree(
-        name = "source_tree",
-        deps = [":erlang_app"],
-    )
-
-    pkg_tar(
-        name = "source_archive",
-        srcs = [":source_tree"],
-        package_dir = "deps",
-        strip_prefix = "source_tree",
-        visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    )
diff --git a/test/shard_suite/BUILD.bazel b/test/shard_suite/BUILD.bazel
index 5ca8ffd0..84f580ae 100644
--- a/test/shard_suite/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/test/shard_suite/BUILD.bazel
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ load(
     "ct_suite",
 )
 load(
-    "@rules_erlang//:source_archive.bzl",
-    "source_archive",
+    "@rules_erlang//:source_tree.bzl",
+    "source_tree",
 )
 
 APP_NAME = "shard_suite"
@@ -99,4 +99,7 @@ ct_suite(
     ],
 )
 
-source_archive()
+source_tree(
+    name = "source_tree",
+    deps = [":erlang_app"],
+)