diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index 724cf957..3b69b2c5 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -323,13 +323,3 @@ resincludedirs {"$(ProjectDir)src"}
 
 group "Dependencies"
 dependencies.projects()
-
-rule "ProtobufCompiler"
-display "Protobuf compiler"
-location "./build"
-fileExtension ".proto"
-buildmessage "Compiling %(Identity) with protoc..."
-buildcommands {'@echo off', 'path "$(SolutionDir)\\..\\tools"',
-			   'if not exist "$(ProjectDir)\\src\\proto" mkdir "$(ProjectDir)\\src\\proto"',
-			   'protoc --error_format=msvs -I=%(RelativeDir) --cpp_out=src\\proto %(Identity)'}
-buildoutputs {'$(ProjectDir)\\src\\proto\\%(Filename).pb.cc', '$(ProjectDir)\\src\\proto\\%(Filename).pb.h'}
diff --git a/tools/protoc.exe b/tools/protoc.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index bab66782..00000000
Binary files a/tools/protoc.exe and /dev/null differ