diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index aad8e7b..a0410ae 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -19,14 +19,3 @@ maven_install(
         "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2",
     ],
 )
-
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_java",
-    urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/7.6.1/rules_java-7.6.1.tar.gz",
-    ],
-    sha256 = "f8ae9ed3887df02f40de9f4f7ac3873e6dd7a471f9cddf63952538b94b59aeb3",
-)
-load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies", "rules_java_toolchains")
-rules_java_dependencies()
-rules_java_toolchains()
diff --git a/bazel_support/repositories.bzl b/bazel_support/repositories.bzl
index 92e17ec..0609de4 100644
--- a/bazel_support/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel_support/repositories.bzl
@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ def gitquery_dependencies(
         sha256 = rules_jvm_external_sha,
         url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/%s.zip" % rules_jvm_external_tag,
     )
+
+    _maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "rules_java",
+        sha256 = "f8ae9ed3887df02f40de9f4f7ac3873e6dd7a471f9cddf63952538b94b59aeb3",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/7.6.1/rules_java-7.6.1.tar.gz",
+    )