diff --git a/build/BUILD.bazel b/build/BUILD.bazel
index 3a939f95e7e9..3af4f65ac45a 100644
--- a/build/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/build/BUILD.bazel
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ kong_genrule(
         mkdir -p ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/etc/kong/
         cp ${WORKSPACE_PATH}/kong.conf.default ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/etc/kong/kong.conf.default
 
+        # TODO: remove this after lua-resty-websocket becomes a patch or merged to upstream
+        rm -rf ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/openresty/lualib/resty/websocket
+
         # housecleaning
         if [[ -d ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/kong/lib64 ]]; then
             cp -r ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/kong/lib64/* ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/kong/lib/.