diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5099eb0c3b..411a36c5c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -194,8 +194,3 @@ testing/scripts/go
 .tox
 
 operator/operator.tar
-
-# go
-go/third_party
-go/vendor
-go/tensorflow
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2ed185e564..4bf5ee35ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,3 @@ run_python_builder:
 		--user=$$(id -u) \
 		-v $(SELDON_CORE_LOCAL_DIR):/work \
 		seldonio/python-builder:0.2 bash
-
-protos_go:
-	make -C ./go compile_proto
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