diff --git a/server/Cargo.lock b/server/Cargo.lock
index 1586320..aa3fbc9 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/server/Cargo.lock
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "miette",
  "prost",
  "prost-types",
- "protoc-bin-vendored",
  "rand 0.10.0",
  "rcgen",
  "rstest",
@@ -3661,70 +3660,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d1c381df33c98266b5f08186583660090a4ffa0889e76c7e9a5e175f645a67fa"
-dependencies = [
- "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-aarch_64",
- "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-ppcle_64",
- "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-s390_64",
- "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-x86_32",
- "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-x86_64",
- "protoc-bin-vendored-macos-aarch_64",
- "protoc-bin-vendored-macos-x86_64",
- "protoc-bin-vendored-win32",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-aarch_64"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c350df4d49b5b9e3ca79f7e646fde2377b199e13cfa87320308397e1f37e1a4c"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-ppcle_64"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a55a63e6c7244f19b5c6393f025017eb5d793fd5467823a099740a7a4222440c"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-s390_64"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1dba5565db4288e935d5330a07c264a4ee8e4a5b4a4e6f4e83fad824cc32f3b0"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-x86_32"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8854774b24ee28b7868cd71dccaae8e02a2365e67a4a87a6cd11ee6cdbdf9cf5"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-linux-x86_64"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b38b07546580df720fa464ce124c4b03630a6fb83e05c336fea2a241df7e5d78"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-macos-aarch_64"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89278a9926ce312e51f1d999fee8825d324d603213344a9a706daa009f1d8092"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-macos-x86_64"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81745feda7ccfb9471d7a4de888f0652e806d5795b61480605d4943176299756"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "protoc-bin-vendored-win32"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95067976aca6421a523e491fce939a3e65249bac4b977adee0ee9771568e8aa3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pulldown-cmark"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -4956,9 +4891,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
-version = "1.10.0"
+version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bfa5fdc3bce6191a1dbc8c02d5c8bffcf557bafa17c124c5264a458f1b0613fa"
+checksum = "3e61e67053d25a4e82c844e8424039d9745781b3fc4f32b8d55ed50f5f667ef3"
 dependencies = [
  "tinyvec_macros",
 ]
diff --git a/server/crates/arbiter-proto/Cargo.toml b/server/crates/arbiter-proto/Cargo.toml
index ca45b97..0673f8a 100644
--- a/server/crates/arbiter-proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/crates/arbiter-proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ async-trait.workspace = true
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-prost-build = "0.14.3"
-protoc-bin-vendored = "3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest.workspace = true
diff --git a/server/crates/arbiter-proto/build.rs b/server/crates/arbiter-proto/build.rs
index e61600d..657066c 100644
--- a/server/crates/arbiter-proto/build.rs
+++ b/server/crates/arbiter-proto/build.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ use tonic_prost_build::configure;
 static PROTOBUF_DIR: &str = "../../../protobufs";
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    if std::env::var("PROTOC").is_err() {
-        println!("cargo:warning=PROTOC environment variable not set, using vendored protoc");
-        let protoc = protoc_bin_vendored::protoc_bin_path().unwrap();
-        unsafe { std::env::set_var("PROTOC", protoc) };
-    }
-
     println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed={PROTOBUF_DIR}");
 
     configure()