diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6915409ed7..c9e51d897f3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,3 @@ test: test-go test-js
 
 run:
 	./bin/grafana-server
-
-protoc:
-	protoc -I pkg/tsdb/models pkg/tsdb/models/*.proto --go_out=plugins=grpc:pkg/tsdb/models/.