diff --git a/.lfsconfig b/.lfsconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index cb0a8e352e86..000000000000
--- a/.lfsconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[lfs]
-# codeql is publicly forked by many users, and we don't want any LFS file polluting their working
-# copies. We therefore exclude everything by default.
-# For files required by bazel builds, use rules in `misc/bazel/lfs.bzl` to download them on demand.
-fetchinclude = /nothing
diff --git a/misc/bazel/lfs.bzl b/misc/bazel/lfs.bzl
deleted file mode 100644
index ab40e6ac3d07..000000000000
--- a/misc/bazel/lfs.bzl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-def lfs_smudge(repository_ctx, srcs):
-    for src in srcs:
-        repository_ctx.watch(src)
-    script = Label("//misc/bazel/internal:git_lfs_smudge.py")
-    python = repository_ctx.which("python3") or repository_ctx.which("python")
-    if not python:
-        fail("Neither python3 nor python executables found")
-    res = repository_ctx.execute([python, script] + srcs, quiet = False)
-    if res.return_code != 0:
-        fail("git LFS smudging failed while instantiating @%s:\n%s" % (repository_ctx.name, res.stderr))
-
-def _download_and_extract_lfs(repository_ctx):
-    attr = repository_ctx.attr
-    src = repository_ctx.path(attr.src)
-    if attr.build_file_content and attr.build_file:
-        fail("You should specify only one among build_file_content and build_file for rule @%s" % repository_ctx.name)
-    lfs_smudge(repository_ctx, [src])
-    repository_ctx.extract(src.basename, stripPrefix = attr.strip_prefix)
-    repository_ctx.delete(src.basename)
-    if attr.build_file_content:
-        repository_ctx.file("BUILD.bazel", attr.build_file_content)
-    elif attr.build_file:
-        repository_ctx.symlink(attr.build_file, "BUILD.bazel")
-
-def _download_lfs(repository_ctx):
-    attr = repository_ctx.attr
-    if int(bool(attr.srcs)) + int(bool(attr.dir)) != 1:
-        fail("Exactly one between `srcs` and `dir` must be defined for @%s" % repository_ctx.name)
-    if attr.srcs:
-        srcs = [repository_ctx.path(src) for src in attr.srcs]
-    else:
-        dir = repository_ctx.path(attr.dir)
-        if not dir.is_dir:
-            fail("`dir` not a directory in @%s" % repository_ctx.name)
-        srcs = [f for f in dir.readdir() if not f.is_dir]
-    lfs_smudge(repository_ctx, srcs)
-
-    # with bzlmod the name is qualified with `~` separators, and we want the base name here
-    name = repository_ctx.name.split("~")[-1]
-    repository_ctx.file("BUILD.bazel", """
-exports_files({files})
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "{name}",
-    srcs = {files},
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
-""".format(name = name, files = repr([src.basename for src in srcs])))
-
-lfs_archive = repository_rule(
-    doc = "Export the contents from an on-demand LFS archive. The corresponding path should be added to be ignored " +
-          "in `.lfsconfig`.",
-    implementation = _download_and_extract_lfs,
-    attrs = {
-        "src": attr.label(mandatory = True, doc = "Local path to the LFS archive to extract."),
-        "build_file_content": attr.string(doc = "The content for the BUILD file for this repository. " +
-                                                "Either build_file or build_file_content can be specified, but not both."),
-        "build_file": attr.label(doc = "The file to use as the BUILD file for this repository. " +
-                                       "Either build_file or build_file_content can be specified, but not both."),
-        "strip_prefix": attr.string(default = "", doc = "A directory prefix to strip from the extracted files. "),
-    },
-)
-
-lfs_files = repository_rule(
-    doc = "Export LFS files for on-demand download. Exactly one between `srcs` and `dir` must be defined. The " +
-          "corresponding paths should be added to be ignored in `.lfsconfig`.",
-    implementation = _download_lfs,
-    attrs = {
-        "srcs": attr.label_list(doc = "Local paths to the LFS files to export."),
-        "dir": attr.label(doc = "Local path to a directory containing LFS files to export. Only the direct contents " +
-                                "of the directory are exported"),
-    },
-)