diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/beacon-chain/BUILD.bazel
index ad2e07579..63fdc2c67 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/BUILD.bazel
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ docker_push(
 go_binary(
     name = "beacon-chain",
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
-    pgoprofile = "pprof.beacon-chain.samples.cpu.pb.gz",
     visibility = [
         "//beacon-chain:__subpackages__",
         "//testing/endtoend:__pkg__",
diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/pprof.beacon-chain.samples.cpu.pb.gz b/cmd/beacon-chain/pprof.beacon-chain.samples.cpu.pb.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 553015b13..000000000
Binary files a/cmd/beacon-chain/pprof.beacon-chain.samples.cpu.pb.gz and /dev/null differ