diff --git a/mediapipe/calculators/image/BUILD b/mediapipe/calculators/image/BUILD
index 20e5ebda..4f3059a5 100644
--- a/mediapipe/calculators/image/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/calculators/image/BUILD
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ cc_library(
     deps = [
         "//mediapipe/framework:calculator_framework",
         "//mediapipe/framework/formats:image_frame_opencv",
-        "//mediapipe/framework/port:opencv_imgcodecs",
         "//mediapipe/framework/port:opencv_imgproc",
         "//mediapipe/framework/port:status",
     ],