diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/protobuf-3.0/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/protobuf-3.0/build.gradle
index c20b9434017..d411c3b12d3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/protobuf-3.0/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/protobuf-3.0/build.gradle
@@ -33,11 +33,3 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '3.0.0'
   testImplementation group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '3.0.0'
 }
-
-sourceSets {
-  test {
-    java {
-      srcDir layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/sources/proto/test/java")
-    }
-  }
-}