diff --git a/bazel/external/wasm-c-api.BUILD b/bazel/external/wasm-c-api.BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fd92e4ac7c19..0000000000000
--- a/bazel/external/wasm-c-api.BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
-
-package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-
-cc_library(
-    name = "wasmtime_lib",
-    hdrs = [
-        "include/wasm.h",
-    ],
-    include_prefix = "wasmtime",
-    deps = [
-        "@com_github_wasmtime//:rust_c_api",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD b/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD
index 525c9a20c0b1e..a5b6f875de725 100644
--- a/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD
+++ b/bazel/external/wasmtime.BUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
+cc_library(
+    name = "wasmtime_lib",
+    hdrs = [
+        "crates/c-api/include/wasm.h",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        ":rust_c_api",
+    ],
+)
+
 cc_library(
     name = "helpers_lib",
     srcs = [
diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index 3eabd0b2b7ae3..18a03cf47c726 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ def envoy_dependencies(skip_targets = []):
 
     _com_github_wamr()
     _com_github_wasmtime()
-    _com_github_wasm_c_api()
 
     switched_rules_by_language(
         name = "com_google_googleapis_imports",
@@ -885,21 +884,16 @@ def _com_github_wasmtime():
         build_file = "@envoy//bazel/external:wasmtime.BUILD",
     )
 
-def _com_github_wasm_c_api():
-    external_http_archive(
-        name = "com_github_wasm_c_api",
-        build_file = "@envoy//bazel/external:wasm-c-api.BUILD",
-    )
     native.bind(
         name = "wasmtime",
-        actual = "@com_github_wasm_c_api//:wasmtime_lib",
+        actual = "@com_github_wasmtime//:wasmtime_lib",
     )
 
     # This isn't needed in builds with a single Wasm engine, but "bazel query"
     # complains about a missing dependency, so point it at the regular target.
     native.bind(
         name = "prefixed_wasmtime",
-        actual = "@com_github_wasm_c_api//:wasmtime_lib",
+        actual = "@com_github_wasmtime//:wasmtime_lib",
     )
 
 def _intel_dlb():
diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index 3fb71dc670e14..d97031127e3a3 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -1137,23 +1137,6 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         license = "Apache-2.0",
         license_url = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/blob/v{version}/LICENSE",
     ),
-    com_github_wasm_c_api = dict(
-        project_name = "wasm-c-api",
-        project_desc = "WebAssembly C and C++ API",
-        project_url = "https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-c-api",
-        # this is the submodule's specific commit used by wasmtime
-        # https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/tree/v0.25.0/crates/c-api
-        version = "c9d31284651b975f05ac27cee0bab1377560b87e",
-        sha256 = "c774044f51431429e878bd1b9e2a4e38932f861f9211df72f75e9427eb6b8d32",
-        strip_prefix = "wasm-c-api-{version}",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-c-api/archive/{version}.tar.gz"],
-        release_date = "2021-01-11",
-        use_category = ["dataplane_ext"],
-        extensions = ["envoy.wasm.runtime.wasmtime"],
-        cpe = "N/A",
-        license = "Apache-2.0",
-        license_url = "https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasm-c-api/blob/{version}/LICENSE",
-    ),
     io_opencensus_cpp = dict(
         project_name = "OpenCensus C++",
         project_desc = "OpenCensus tracing library",