diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index b5709bd63..9c65d85e8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl",
 # PROTOBUF_MAVEN_ARTIFACTS variable so that the Bazel users can resolve their
 # dependencies through maven_install.
 # https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/9132
-load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG = "4.2"
 RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA = "cd1a77b7b02e8e008439ca76fd34f5b07aecb8c752961f9640dea15e9e5ba1ca"
 http_archive(
@@ -28,7 +27,9 @@ http_archive(
     sha256 = RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA,
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/%s.zip" % RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG,
 )
+
 load("@rules_jvm_external//:defs.bzl", "maven_install")
+
 maven_install(
     artifacts = PROTOBUF_MAVEN_ARTIFACTS,
     generate_compat_repositories = True,