diff --git a/cpp/Brewfile b/cpp/Brewfile
index 01d7b362460..4c42607568c 100644
--- a/cpp/Brewfile
+++ b/cpp/Brewfile
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ brew "c-ares"
 brew "curl"
 brew "ccache"
 brew "cmake"
-brew "flatbuffers"
 brew "git"
 brew "glog"
 brew "googletest"