diff --git a/scripts/protocgen.sh b/scripts/protocgen.sh
index 828b9f00..f4ae1063 100644
--- a/scripts/protocgen.sh
+++ b/scripts/protocgen.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 set -eox pipefail
 
 echo "Generating proto code"
-cd proto
-buf mod update
-cd ..
+
 proto_dirs=$(find ./proto -path -prune -o -name '*.proto' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 dirname | sort | uniq)
 for dir in $proto_dirs; do
   for file in $(find "${dir}" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.proto'); do