diff --git a/.mergequeue/config.yml b/.mergequeue/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 357033b..0000000
--- a/.mergequeue/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-version: 1.0.0
-merge_rules:
-  labels:
-    trigger: mergequeue-ready
-    skip_line: ""
-    merge_failed: ""
-    skip_delete_branch: ""
-  update_latest: true
-  delete_branch: false
-  use_rebase: true
-  enable_comments: true
-  ci_timeout_mins: 0
-  preconditions:
-    number_of_approvals: 1
-    required_checks: []
-    use_github_mergeability: false
-    conversation_resolution_required: true
-  merge_mode:
-    type: default
-    parallel_mode: null
-  auto_update:
-    enabled: false
-    label: ""
-    max_runs_for_update: 0
-  merge_commit:
-    use_title_and_body: false
-  merge_strategy:
-    name: squash
-    override_labels:
-      squash: ""
-      merge: ""
-      rebase: mergequeue-rebase
diff --git a/bazel/repos.bzl b/bazel/repos.bzl
index a5cf218..fe099cf 100644
--- a/bazel/repos.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repos.bzl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:git.bzl", "git_repository")
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
 
 def repos(external = True, repo_mapping = {}):
     """Adds repositories/archives needed by pyprotoc-plugin
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ def repos(external = True, repo_mapping = {}):
           repo_mapping: passed through to all other functions that expect/use
             repo_mapping, e.g., 'git_repository'
     """
-    http_archive(
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
         name = "rules_python",
         sha256 = "9acc0944c94adb23fba1c9988b48768b1bacc6583b52a2586895c5b7491e2e31",
         strip_prefix = "rules_python-0.27.0",