diff --git a/cmake/sentencepiece.cmake b/cmake/sentencepiece.cmake
index ce366d68d..530120623 100644
--- a/cmake/sentencepiece.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sentencepiece.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ function(download_sentencepiece)
 
   set(SPM_ENABLE_SHARED ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(SPM_ENABLE_TCMALLOC OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-  set(SPM_USE_BUILTIN_PROTOBUF OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(SPM_ENABLE_MSVC_MT_BUILD ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
   FetchContent_Declare(sentencepiece