diff --git a/third_party/cpuinfo/workspace.bzl b/third_party/cpuinfo/workspace.bzl
index 69b51913799..99c5aa041d3 100644
--- a/third_party/cpuinfo/workspace.bzl
+++ b/third_party/cpuinfo/workspace.bzl
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 load("//third_party:repo.bzl", "third_party_http_archive")
 
-# Sanitize a dependency so that it works correctly from code that includes
-# TensorFlow as a submodule.
-def clean_dep(dep):
-    return str(Label(dep))
-
 def repo():
     third_party_http_archive(
         name = "cpuinfo",
@@ -17,5 +12,5 @@ def repo():
             "https://github.com/pytorch/cpuinfo/archive/6cecd15784fcb6c5c0aa7311c6248879ce2cb8b2.zip",
         ],
         build_file = "//third_party/cpuinfo:BUILD.bazel",
-        patch_file = clean_dep("//third_party/cpuinfo:cpuinfo.patch"),
+        patch_file = "//third_party/cpuinfo:cpuinfo.patch",
     )
diff --git a/third_party/icu/workspace.bzl b/third_party/icu/workspace.bzl
index a2131a5005e..97cd970f35e 100644
--- a/third_party/icu/workspace.bzl
+++ b/third_party/icu/workspace.bzl
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 load("//third_party:repo.bzl", "third_party_http_archive")
 
-# Sanitize a dependency so that it works correctly from code that includes
-# TensorFlow as a submodule.
-def clean_dep(dep):
-    return str(Label(dep))
-
 def repo():
     third_party_http_archive(
         name = "icu",
@@ -18,5 +13,5 @@ def repo():
         ],
         build_file = "//third_party/icu:BUILD.bazel",
         system_build_file = "//third_party/icu:BUILD.system",
-        patch_file = clean_dep("//third_party/icu:udata.patch"),
+        patch_file = "//third_party/icu:udata.patch",
     )