diff --git a/tools/api_proto_plugin/plugin.py b/tools/api_proto_plugin/plugin.py
index 75ec9b40bbe0..2ae9dfb44fc9 100644
--- a/tools/api_proto_plugin/plugin.py
+++ b/tools/api_proto_plugin/plugin.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 """Python protoc plugin for Envoy APIs."""
 
-import cProfile
-import io
-import os
-import pstats
 import sys
 from collections import namedtuple
 
@@ -54,7 +50,6 @@ def plugin(output_descriptors, traverser=None):
     request = plugin_pb2.CodeGeneratorRequest()
     request.ParseFromString(sys.stdin.buffer.read())
     response = plugin_pb2.CodeGeneratorResponse()
-    cprofile_enabled = os.getenv('CPROFILE_ENABLED')
 
     # We use request.file_to_generate rather than request.file_proto here since we
     # are invoked inside a Bazel aspect, each node in the DAG will be visited once
@@ -62,9 +57,6 @@ def plugin(output_descriptors, traverser=None):
     for file_to_generate in request.file_to_generate:
         # Find the FileDescriptorProto for the file we actually are generating.
         file_proto = [pf for pf in request.proto_file if pf.name == file_to_generate][0]
-        if cprofile_enabled:
-            pr = cProfile.Profile()
-            pr.enable()
         for od in output_descriptors:
             f = response.file.add()
             f.name = f"{file_proto.name}{od.output_suffix}"
@@ -76,18 +68,4 @@ def plugin(output_descriptors, traverser=None):
                 xformed_proto = od.xform(file_proto)
                 visitor_factory = od.visitor_factory()
             f.content = traverser(xformed_proto, visitor_factory)
-        if cprofile_enabled:
-            pr.disable()
-            stats_stream = io.StringIO()
-            ps = pstats.Stats(
-                pr, stream=stats_stream).sort_stats(os.getenv('CPROFILE_SORTBY', 'cumulative'))
-            stats_file = response.file.add()
-            stats_file.name = file_proto.name + '.profile'
-            ps.print_stats()
-            stats_file.content = stats_stream.getvalue()
-        # Also include the original FileDescriptorProto as text proto, this is
-        # useful when debugging.
-        descriptor_file = response.file.add()
-        descriptor_file.name = file_proto.name + ".descriptor.proto"
-        descriptor_file.content = str(file_proto)
     sys.stdout.buffer.write(response.SerializeToString())