diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4faaaf511644e..26248d2563478 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ http_archive(
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_closure//closure:repositories.bzl", "rules_closure_dependencies", "rules_closure_toolchains")
 
-rules_closure_dependencies()
+rules_closure_dependencies(
+    omit_rules_java = True,
+    omit_rules_proto = True,
+    omit_rules_python = True,
+)
 
 rules_closure_toolchains()