diff --git a/update_piptool.sh b/update_piptool.sh
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--- a/update_piptool.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2017 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-bazel build //rules_python:piptool.par
-cp bazel-bin/rules_python/piptool.par tools/piptool.par