diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 2d87177c..eb35b627 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ config_setting(
     visibility = [":__subpackages__"],
 )
 
-filegroup(
-    name = "benchmark_srcs",
+cc_library(
+    name = "benchmark",
     srcs = glob(
         [
             "src/*.cc",
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ filegroup(
         ],
         exclude = ["src/benchmark_main.cc"],
     ),
-)
-
-cc_library(
-    name = "benchmark",
-    srcs = [":benchmark_srcs"],
     hdrs = ["include/benchmark/benchmark.h"],
     linkopts = select({
         ":windows": ["-DEFAULTLIB:shlwapi.lib"],
@@ -33,19 +28,6 @@ cc_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
-cc_library(
-    name = "benchmark_release",
-    srcs = [":benchmark_srcs"],
-    hdrs = ["include/benchmark/benchmark.h"],
-    defines = ["NDEBUG"],
-    linkopts = select({
-        ":windows": ["-DEFAULTLIB:shlwapi.lib"],
-        "//conditions:default": ["-pthread"],
-    }),
-    strip_include_prefix = "include",
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "benchmark_main",
     srcs = ["src/benchmark_main.cc"],