diff --git a/.bazelversion b/.bazelversion
index 643916c03f1..ae9a76b9249 100644
--- a/.bazelversion
+++ b/.bazelversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.3.1
+8.0.0
diff --git a/rustutils/BUILD.bazel b/rustutils/BUILD.bazel
index 0bce0241fd0..9c8480dcdd5 100644
--- a/rustutils/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rustutils/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 load("@rules_rust//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_static_library")
 
 genrule(