diff --git a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh
index 3532552a2f5..347d5a73c33 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ pip_install_dir "$ROOT/src/python/grpcio_testing"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2261
 pip_install coverage==7.2.0 oauth2client==4.1.0 \
             google-auth>=1.35.0 requests==2.31.0 \
-            googleapis-common-protos>=1.5.5 rsa==4.0 absl-py==1.4.0 \
+            rsa==4.0 absl-py==1.4.0 \
             opentelemetry-sdk==1.21.0
 $VENV_PYTHON "$ROOT/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py" preprocess
 $VENV_PYTHON "$ROOT/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py" build_package_protos