diff --git a/proto/proto-backplane-grpc/build.gradle b/proto/proto-backplane-grpc/build.gradle
index ba6b2d61ec5..7d1e68d7653 100644
--- a/proto/proto-backplane-grpc/build.gradle
+++ b/proto/proto-backplane-grpc/build.gradle
@@ -72,29 +72,6 @@ TaskProvider<Task> generateProtobuf = Docker.registerDockerTask(project, 'genera
   }
 }
 
-TaskProvider<Task> generateProtoDocs = Docker.registerDockerTask(project, 'generateProtoDocs') {
-  platform = 'linux/amd64'
-
-  copyIn {
-    from(layout.projectDirectory) {
-      include 'docs/'
-      include 'src/main/proto/'
-    }
-  }
-
-  dockerfile {
-    from('deephaven/protoc-base:local-build')
-    copyFile('docs/', '/docs')
-    copyFile('src/main/proto/', '/protos')
-    runCommand('mkdir /docs/out; ./docs/generate_docs.sh')
-  }
-
-  containerOutPath = '/docs/out'
-  copyOut {
-    into('docs/out')
-  }
-}
-
 // Provide js, go, python output as distinct artifacts - the java output will be consumed in this project by
 // declaring it as a new sourceset, see below. This could definitely be more precisely stated, but given that
 // all are generated in the same docker image creation step, we don't need to get too clever here.