From 11416e41ccbe25b514b695904690644d4204d189 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: blakeli <blakeli@google.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 17:34:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: remove libraries-bom-protobuf3 folder

---
 README.md                                     |  2 +-
 libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml               | 35 -------------------
 .../google/cloud/ReleaseNoteGeneration.java   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2ae9ff9fe7..eddd980a2be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To use it in Maven, add the following to your POM:
 When you use the Libraries BOM, you don't specify individual library versions
 and your application runs on a consistent set of the dependencies.
 
-If you encounter compatibility issues with protobuf-java 4.x, update your codebase and dependencies to ensure compatibility, see [release notes of libraries-bom v26.50.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/releases/tag/v26.50.0) for potential compatibility issues. If this is not feasible, use `com.google.cloud:libraries-bom-protobuf3` as a workaround. `com.google.cloud:libraries-bom-protobuf3` includes the same client libraries and library versions as libraries-bom.
+If you encounter compatibility issues with protobuf-java 4.x, update your codebase and dependencies to ensure compatibility, see [release notes of libraries-bom v26.50.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/releases/tag/v26.50.0) for potential compatibility issues.
 
 ## Libraries in Scope
 
diff --git a/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml b/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a55c351aa2..00000000000
--- a/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0                              http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-  <artifactId>libraries-bom-protobuf3</artifactId>
-  <version>26.83.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>26.83.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
-    <relativePath>../libraries-bom</relativePath>
-  </parent>
-
-  <name>Google Cloud Platform Supported Libraries (Protobuf3 compatible)</name>
-  <description>
-    A compatible set of Google Cloud open source libraries. This BOM is compatible with protobuf-java 3.x versions.
-    Document: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/bom
-  </description>
-  <inceptionYear>2024</inceptionYear>
-
-  <dependencyManagement>
-    <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-        <artifactId>protobuf-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>3.25.8</version>
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/release-note-generation/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ReleaseNoteGeneration.java b/release-note-generation/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ReleaseNoteGeneration.java
index d8862db1a80..86f9282e433 100644
--- a/release-note-generation/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ReleaseNoteGeneration.java
+++ b/release-note-generation/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/ReleaseNoteGeneration.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ private void printKeyCoreLibraryDependencies(Bom bom) {
         .append("\n")
         .append("\n");
     report
-        .append("If you encounter compatibility issues with protobuf-java 4.x, please update your codebase and dependencies to ensure compatibility. If this is not feasible, use libraries-bom-protobuf3 as a workaround. libraries-bom-protobuf3 includes the same client libraries and library versions as libraries-bom.")
+        .append("If you encounter compatibility issues with protobuf-java 4.x, please update your codebase and dependencies to ensure compatibility.")
         .append("\n");
   }