diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index b317f629..0fc42261 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ http_archive(
     urls = ["https://github.com/google/glog/archive/v0.4.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
-new_local_repository(
+http_archive(
     name = "com_google_ukey2",
-    path = "./third_party/ukey2/ukey2",
-    build_file_content = _ALL_CONTENT,
+    strip_prefix = "ukey2-master",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/google/ukey2/archive/master.zip"],
 )
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/connections/implementation/BUILD b/connections/implementation/BUILD
index fa928ef3..67bd965b 100644
--- a/connections/implementation/BUILD
+++ b/connections/implementation/BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-load("@rules_foreign_cc//foreign_cc:defs.bzl", "cmake")
-
 # Copyright 2020 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,28 +13,6 @@ load("@rules_foreign_cc//foreign_cc:defs.bzl", "cmake")
 # limitations under the License.
 licenses(["notice"])
 
-cmake(
-    name = "ukey2",
-    env = {
-        "CC": "clang",
-        "CXX": "clang++",
-    },
-    generate_args = [
-        "-DBYPASS_TESTING=ON",  # Set the flags in CMakeLists.txt (ukey2 & its dependencies) here.
-        "-Dukey2_USE_LOCAL_ABSL=ON",
-        "-Dukey2_USE_LOCAL_PROTOBUF=ON",  # Add -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug for debugger & Valgrind
-    ],
-    lib_source = "@com_google_ukey2//:all_srcs",
-    out_static_libs = [
-        "libproto_device_to_device_messages_cc_proto.a",
-        "libproto_securegcm_cc_proto.a",
-        "libproto_securemessage_cc_proto.a",
-        "libproto_ukey_cc_proto.a",
-        "libsecuremessage.a",
-        "libukey2.a",
-    ],
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "internal",
     srcs = [
@@ -132,7 +108,6 @@ cc_library(
     ],
     deps = [
         ":message_lite",
-        ":ukey2",
         "//connections:core_types",
         "//connections/implementation/analytics",
         "//connections/implementation/flags:connections_flags",
@@ -165,6 +140,7 @@ cc_library(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:str_format",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/time",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
+        "@com_google_ukey2//:ukey2",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -243,7 +219,6 @@ cc_test(
     deps = [
         ":internal",
         ":internal_test",
-        ":ukey2",
         "//connections:core_types",
         "//connections/implementation/flags:connections_flags",
         "//connections/implementation/mediums",
@@ -267,5 +242,6 @@ cc_test(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         "@com_google_googletest//:gtest",
         "@com_google_googletest//:gtest_main",
+        "@com_google_ukey2//:ukey2",
     ],
 )