diff --git a/build/BUILD.bazel b/build/BUILD.bazel
index 15150345fde..3822ba21373 100644
--- a/build/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/build/BUILD.bazel
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ kong_genrule(
         mkdir -p ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/etc/kong/
         cp ${WORKSPACE_PATH}/kong.conf.default ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/etc/kong/kong.conf.default
 
-        # TODO: remove this after lua-resty-websocket becomes a patch or merged to upstream
-        rm -rf ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/openresty/lualib/resty/websocket
-
         # housecleaning
         if [[ -d ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/kong/lib64 ]]; then
             cp -r ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/kong/lib64/* ${BUILD_DESTDIR}/kong/lib/.
diff --git a/build/openresty/BUILD.openresty.bazel b/build/openresty/BUILD.openresty.bazel
index 8d09004b6a5..525d551252f 100644
--- a/build/openresty/BUILD.openresty.bazel
+++ b/build/openresty/BUILD.openresty.bazel
@@ -314,10 +314,11 @@ configure_make(
         "//conditions:default": [],
     }),
     postfix_script = select({
-        # macOS ln doesn't support -r/relative path
-        "@platforms//os:macos": "ln -sf openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx openresty/bin/openresty",
-        "//conditions:default": "ln -srf openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx openresty/bin/openresty",
-    }),
+                         # macOS ln doesn't support -r/relative path
+                         "@platforms//os:macos": "ln -sf openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx openresty/bin/openresty",
+                         "//conditions:default": "ln -srf openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx openresty/bin/openresty",
+                     }) +  # TODO: remove this after lua-resty-websocket becomes a patch or merged to upstream
+                     " && rm -rf $INSTALLDIR/lualib/resty/websocket",
     targets = [
         "-j " + KONG_VAR["NPROC"],
         "install -j" + KONG_VAR["NPROC"],