diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1f687900d..763e6e85b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-opentracing v0.0.0-20180507213350-8e809c8a8645
 	github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api v0.0.0-20250909143645-a3b86c697f38 // v1.10.5
 	github.com/infobloxopen/go-trees v0.0.0-20200715205103-96a057b8dfb9
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.72
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-go-opentracing v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f7ccbf9cb..8bebeb325 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.0/go.mod h1:fxCRLWMO43lRc8nhHWY6LGqRcf+1gQWArs
 github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0/go.mod h1:p6yTPP+5HYm5mzsMV8JkE6ZKdX+/wYM6Hr+LicevLPs=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.7.0-rc.1 h1:YojYx61/OLFsiv6Rw1Z96LpldJIy31o+UHmwAUMJ6/U=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.7.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:s42URUywIqd+OcERslBJvOjepvNymP31m3q8d/GkuRs=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:ceaxUfeHdC40wWswd/P6IGgMaK3YpKi5j83Wpe3EHw8=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.1.0.20200221234624-67d41d38c208/go.mod h1:xKAWHe0F5eneWXFV3EuXVDTCmh+JuBKY0li0aMyXATA=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:LlEzMj4AhA7rCAGe4KMBDvJI+AwstrUpVNzEA03Pprs=
@@ -258,8 +257,6 @@ github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20250317134145-8bc96cf8fc35 h1:PpXWgLPs+Fqr32
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20250317134145-8bc96cf8fc35/go.mod h1:autxFIvghDt3jPTLoqZ9OZ7s9qTGNAWmYCjVFWPX/zg=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
-github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 h1:mmDVorXM7PCGKw94cs5zkfA9PSy5pEvNWRP0ET0TIVo=
-github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4/go.mod h1:BSXmuO+STAnVfrANrmjBb36TMTDstsz7MSK+HVaYKv4=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1 h1:eM9y2/jlbs1M615oshPQOHZzj6R6wMT7bX5NPiQvn2U=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1/go.mod h1:cAqeGjoufqdxWkD7DkpyS+wcefOtmu5OQ8KuoJGIReA=
 github.com/mdlayher/vsock v1.2.1 h1:pC1mTJTvjo1r9n9fbm7S1j04rCgCzhCOS5DY0zqHlnQ=
@@ -500,7 +497,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.51.0 h1:94R/GTO7mt3/4wIKpcR5gkGmRLOuE/2hNGeWq/GBIFo=
 golang.org/x/net v0.51.0/go.mod h1:aamm+2QF5ogm02fjy5Bb7CQ0WMt1/WVM7FtyaTLlA9Y=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0 h1:Mv2mzuHuZuY2+bkyWXIHMfhNdJAdwW3FuWeCPYN5GVQ=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0/go.mod h1:lzm5WQJQwKZ3nwavOZ3IS5Aulzxi68dUSgRHujetwEA=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
diff --git a/plugin/test/scrape.go b/plugin/test/scrape.go
index be5b12425..8494105f3 100644
--- a/plugin/test/scrape.go
+++ b/plugin/test/scrape.go
@@ -23,15 +23,16 @@
 package test
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/pbutil"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protodelim"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -235,9 +236,10 @@ func fetchMetricFamilies(url string, ch chan<- *dto.MetricFamily) {
 	if err == nil && mediatype == "application/vnd.google.protobuf" &&
 		params["encoding"] == "delimited" &&
 		params["proto"] == "io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily" {
+		reader := bufio.NewReader(resp.Body)
 		for {
 			mf := &dto.MetricFamily{}
-			if _, err = pbutil.ReadDelimited(resp.Body, mf); err != nil {
+			if err = protodelim.UnmarshalFrom(reader, mf); err != nil {
 				if err == io.EOF {
 					break
 				}