diff --git a/src/controller/java/BUILD.gn b/src/controller/java/BUILD.gn
index 21e667716bbcb2..3b573daa93028c 100644
--- a/src/controller/java/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/controller/java/BUILD.gn
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ kotlin_library("kotlin_matter_controller") {
 
   if (matter_enable_java_compilation) {
     deps += [
-      "${chip_root}/third_party/java_deps:json",
       "${chip_root}/third_party/java_deps:kotlin-stdlib",
       "${chip_root}/third_party/java_deps:kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm",
       "${chip_root}/third_party/java_deps/stub_src",