diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f6e3d8bb8..686a27386 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif
 
 export BUILDX_CMD ?= docker buildx
 
-BAKE_TARGETS := binaries binaries-cross lint lint-gopls validate-vendor validate-docs validate-authors validate-generated-files
+BAKE_TARGETS := binaries binaries-cross lint lint-gopls validate-vendor validate-docs validate-authors
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: binaries
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ release:
 	./hack/release
 
 .PHONY: validate-all
-validate-all: lint test validate-vendor validate-docs validate-generated-files
+validate-all: lint test validate-vendor validate-docs
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:
@@ -68,7 +68,3 @@ authors:
 .PHONY: mod-outdated
 mod-outdated:
 	$(BUILDX_CMD) bake mod-outdated
-
-.PHONY: generated-files
-generated-files:
-	$(BUILDX_CMD) bake update-generated-files
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index a3576c73e..bfd962222 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -98,13 +98,6 @@ target "validate-authors" {
   output = ["type=cacheonly"]
 }
 
-target "validate-generated-files" {
-  inherits = ["_common"]
-  dockerfile = "./hack/dockerfiles/generated-files.Dockerfile"
-  target = "validate"
-  output = ["type=cacheonly"]
-}
-
 target "update-vendor" {
   inherits = ["_common"]
   dockerfile = "./hack/dockerfiles/vendor.Dockerfile"
@@ -130,13 +123,6 @@ target "update-authors" {
   output = ["."]
 }
 
-target "update-generated-files" {
-  inherits = ["_common"]
-  dockerfile = "./hack/dockerfiles/generated-files.Dockerfile"
-  target = "update"
-  output = ["."]
-}
-
 target "mod-outdated" {
   inherits = ["_common"]
   dockerfile = "./hack/dockerfiles/vendor.Dockerfile"
diff --git a/hack/dockerfiles/generated-files.Dockerfile b/hack/dockerfiles/generated-files.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 99149bfff..000000000
--- a/hack/dockerfiles/generated-files.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-
-# Forked from https://github.com/moby/buildkit/blob/e1b3b6c4abf7684f13e6391e5f7bc9210752687a/hack/dockerfiles/generated-files.Dockerfile
-# Copyright The BuildKit Authors.
-# Copyright The Buildx Authors.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.24
-ARG PROTOC_VERSION=3.11.4
-ARG PROTOC_GOOGLEAPIS_VERSION=2af421884dd468d565137215c946ebe4e245ae26
-
-# protoc is dynamically linked to glibc so can't use alpine base
-FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-bookworm AS base
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y git unzip
-
-FROM base AS protoc
-ARG PROTOC_VERSION
-ARG TARGETOS
-ARG TARGETARCH
-RUN <<EOT
-  set -e
-  arch=$(echo $TARGETARCH | sed -e s/amd64/x86_64/ -e s/arm64/aarch_64/)
-  wget -q https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v${PROTOC_VERSION}/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.zip
-  unzip protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-${TARGETOS}-${arch}.zip -d /opt/protoc
-EOT
-
-FROM base AS googleapis
-ARG PROTOC_GOOGLEAPIS_VERSION
-RUN <<EOT
-  set -e
-  wget -q https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/archive/${PROTOC_GOOGLEAPIS_VERSION}.zip -O googleapis.zip
-  unzip googleapis.zip '*.proto' -d /opt
-  mkdir -p /opt/googleapis
-  mv /opt/googleapis-${PROTOC_GOOGLEAPIS_VERSION} /opt/googleapis/include
-EOT
-
-FROM base AS gobuild-base
-WORKDIR /app
-
-FROM gobuild-base AS vtprotobuf
-RUN --mount=type=bind,source=go.mod,target=/app/go.mod \
-    --mount=type=bind,source=go.sum,target=/app/go.sum \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod <<EOT
-  set -e
-  mkdir -p /opt/vtprotobuf
-  go mod download github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf
-  cp -r $(go list -m -f='{{.Dir}}' github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf)/include /opt/vtprotobuf
-EOT
-
-FROM gobuild-base AS vendored
-RUN --mount=type=bind,source=vendor,target=/app <<EOT
-  set -e
-  mkdir -p /opt/vendored/include
-  find . -name '*.proto' | tar -cf - --files-from - | tar -C /opt/vendored/include -xf -
-EOT
-
-FROM gobuild-base AS tools
-RUN --mount=type=bind,source=go.mod,target=/app/go.mod,ro \
-    --mount=type=bind,source=go.sum,target=/app/go.sum,ro \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod \
-  go install \
-    github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go-vtproto \
-    google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go \
-    google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc
-COPY --link --from=protoc /opt/protoc /usr/local
-COPY --link --from=googleapis /opt/googleapis /usr/local
-COPY --link --from=vtprotobuf /opt/vtprotobuf /usr/local
-COPY --link --from=vendored /opt/vendored /usr/local
-
-FROM tools AS generated
-RUN --mount=type=bind,target=github.com/docker/buildx,ro <<EOT
-  set -ex
-  mkdir /out
-  find github.com/docker/buildx -name '*.proto' -o -name vendor -prune -false | xargs \
-    protoc --go_out=/out --go-grpc_out=require_unimplemented_servers=false:/out \
-           --go-vtproto_out=features=marshal+unmarshal+size+equal+pool+clone:/out
-EOT
-
-FROM scratch AS update
-COPY --from=generated /out/github.com/docker/buildx /
-
-FROM gobuild-base AS validate
-RUN --mount=type=bind,target=.,rw \
-    --mount=type=bind,from=update,target=/generated-files <<EOT
-  set -e
-  git add -A
-  if [ "$(ls -A /generated-files)" ]; then
-    cp -rf /generated-files/* .
-  fi
-  diff=$(git status --porcelain -- ':!vendor' '**/*.pb.go')
-  if [ -n "$diff" ]; then
-    echo >&2 'ERROR: The result of "go generate" differs. Please update with "make generated-files"'
-    echo "$diff"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-EOT