diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/AspectAwareAttributeMapper.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/AspectAwareAttributeMapper.java
index 94cb5dbd02d8d0..9041b41ecd48a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/AspectAwareAttributeMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/AspectAwareAttributeMapper.java
@@ -164,11 +164,6 @@ public String getPackageDefaultDeprecation() {
     return ruleAttributes.getPackageDefaultDeprecation();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public ImmutableList<String> getPackageDefaultCopts() {
-    return ruleAttributes.getPackageDefaultCopts();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean has(String attrName) {
     if (ruleAttributes.has(attrName)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AbstractAttributeMapper.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AbstractAttributeMapper.java
index c770057b465223..b62cfb6e4dc373 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AbstractAttributeMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AbstractAttributeMapper.java
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ public String getPackageDefaultDeprecation() {
     return rule.getPackage().getDefaultDeprecation();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public ImmutableList<String> getPackageDefaultCopts() {
-    return rule.getPackage().getDefaultCopts();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public final void visitAllLabels(BiConsumer<Attribute, Label> consumer) {
     visitLabels(DependencyFilter.ALL_DEPS, consumer);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AttributeMap.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AttributeMap.java
index 0bbae1ed1162ec..903f4869535602 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AttributeMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AttributeMap.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 package com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -148,5 +147,4 @@ default <T> T getOrDefault(String attributeName, Type<T> type, T defaultValue) {
 
   String getPackageDefaultDeprecation();
 
-  ImmutableList<String> getPackageDefaultCopts();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/DelegatingAttributeMapper.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/DelegatingAttributeMapper.java
index 8415a58eaf099a..1a60dfdd809ed0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/DelegatingAttributeMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/DelegatingAttributeMapper.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 package com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -113,11 +112,6 @@ public String getPackageDefaultDeprecation() {
     return delegate.getPackageDefaultDeprecation();
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public ImmutableList<String> getPackageDefaultCopts() {
-    return delegate.getPackageDefaultCopts();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean has(String attrName) {
     return delegate.has(attrName);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java
index 81291861df3724..f8ffd5626efbd4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/Package.java
@@ -194,9 +194,6 @@ public enum ConfigSettingVisibilityPolicy {
    */
   private String defaultHdrsCheck;
 
-  /** Default copts for cc_* rules. The rules' individual copts will append to this value. */
-  private ImmutableList<String> defaultCopts;
-
   /**
    * The InputFile target corresponding to this package's BUILD file.
    */
@@ -469,11 +466,6 @@ private void finishInit(Builder builder) {
     this.defaultVisibility = builder.defaultVisibility;
     this.defaultVisibilitySet = builder.defaultVisibilitySet;
     this.configSettingVisibilityPolicy = builder.configSettingVisibilityPolicy;
-    if (builder.defaultCopts == null) {
-      this.defaultCopts = ImmutableList.of();
-    } else {
-      this.defaultCopts = ImmutableList.copyOf(builder.defaultCopts);
-    }
     this.buildFile = builder.buildFile;
     this.containsErrors = builder.containsErrors;
     this.failureDetail = builder.getFailureDetail();
@@ -779,14 +771,6 @@ public String getDefaultHdrsCheck() {
     return defaultHdrsCheck != null ? defaultHdrsCheck : "strict";
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the default copts value, to which rules should append their
-   * specific copts.
-   */
-  public ImmutableList<String> getDefaultCopts() {
-    return defaultCopts;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns whether the default header checking mode has been set or it is the
    * default value.
@@ -1004,7 +988,6 @@ public boolean recordLoadedModules() {
     private RuleVisibility defaultVisibility = ConstantRuleVisibility.PRIVATE;
     private ConfigSettingVisibilityPolicy configSettingVisibilityPolicy;
     private boolean defaultVisibilitySet;
-    private List<String> defaultCopts = null;
     private final List<String> features = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<Event> events = Lists.newArrayList();
     private final List<Postable> posts = Lists.newArrayList();
@@ -1330,13 +1313,6 @@ public Builder setDefaultHdrsCheck(String hdrsCheck) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    /** Sets the default value of copts. Rule-level copts will append to this. */
-    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-    public Builder setDefaultCopts(List<String> defaultCopts) {
-      this.defaultCopts = defaultCopts;
-      return this;
-    }
-
     @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Builder addFeatures(Iterable<String> features) {
       Iterables.addAll(this.features, features);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java
index ef06a72ead8aca..3febb6bf7925ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java
@@ -262,18 +262,7 @@ public ImmutableList<String> getCopts() {
               Preconditions.checkNotNull(getNoCoptsPattern(ruleContext))));
     }
 
-    return ImmutableList.<String>builder()
-        .addAll(CppHelper.getPackageCopts(ruleContext))
-        .addAll(CppHelper.getAttributeCopts(ruleContext))
-        .build();
-  }
-
-  // TODO(gnish): Delete this method once package default copts are gone.
-  // All of the package default copts will be included in rule attribute
-  // after the migration.
-  @StarlarkMethod(name = "unexpanded_package_copts", structField = true, documented = false)
-  public Sequence<String> getUnexpandedPackageCoptsForStarlark() {
-    return StarlarkList.immutableCopyOf(ruleContext.getRule().getPackage().getDefaultCopts());
+    return ImmutableList.copyOf(CppHelper.getAttributeCopts(ruleContext));
   }
 
   private boolean hasAttribute(String name, Type<?> type) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcStarlarkInternal.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcStarlarkInternal.java
index bb13a04e532d5d..02e477b64c3377 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcStarlarkInternal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcStarlarkInternal.java
@@ -129,24 +129,6 @@ public Linkstamp createLinkstamp(
     }
   }
 
-  static class DefaultCoptsBuiltinComputedDefault extends ComputedDefault
-      implements NativeComputedDefaultApi {
-    @Override
-    public Object getDefault(AttributeMap rule) {
-      return rule.getPackageDefaultCopts();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean resolvableWithRawAttributes() {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  @StarlarkMethod(name = "default_copts_computed_default", documented = false)
-  public ComputedDefault getDefaultCoptsComputedDefault() {
-    return new DefaultCoptsBuiltinComputedDefault();
-  }
-
   static class DefaultHdrsCheckBuiltinComputedDefault extends ComputedDefault
       implements NativeComputedDefaultApi {
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppHelper.java
index debebf0b0ee024..65eed9ce9bb6da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppHelper.java
@@ -159,12 +159,6 @@ public static ImmutableList<String> getAttributeCopts(RuleContext ruleContext) {
     return ImmutableList.copyOf(expandMakeVariables(ruleContext, attr, unexpanded));
   }
 
-  // Called from CcCommon.
-  static ImmutableList<String> getPackageCopts(RuleContext ruleContext) {
-    List<String> unexpanded = ruleContext.getRule().getPackage().getDefaultCopts();
-    return ImmutableList.copyOf(expandMakeVariables(ruleContext, "copts", unexpanded));
-  }
-
   /** Tokenizes and expands make variables. */
   public static List<String> expandLinkopts(
       RuleContext ruleContext, String attrName, Iterable<String> values) {
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary.bzl
index d3f3f0058498ca..fe91d266ee416e 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary.bzl
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ def cc_binary_impl(ctx, additional_linkopts):
         actions = ctx.actions,
         feature_configuration = feature_configuration,
         cc_toolchain = cc_toolchain,
-        user_compile_flags = cc_helper.get_copts(ctx, common, feature_configuration, additional_make_variable_substitutions),
+        user_compile_flags = cc_helper.get_copts(ctx, feature_configuration, additional_make_variable_substitutions),
         defines = common.defines,
         local_defines = common.local_defines + cc_helper.get_local_defines_for_runfiles_lookup(ctx),
         loose_includes = common.loose_include_dirs,
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary_attrs.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary_attrs.bzl
index bbafb8ca146f35..58b963ae58db63 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary_attrs.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_binary_attrs.bzl
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ cc_binary_attrs_with_aspects = {
     "_stl": semantics.get_stl(),
     "_cc_toolchain": attr.label(default = "@" + semantics.get_repo() + "//tools/cpp:current_cc_toolchain"),
     "_cc_toolchain_type": attr.label(default = "@" + semantics.get_repo() + "//tools/cpp:toolchain_type"),
-    "_default_copts": attr.string_list(default = cc_internal.default_copts_computed_default()),
     "_def_parser": semantics.get_def_parser(),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_helper.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_helper.bzl
index 0e93a9092954a3..a21c546c066298 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_helper.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_helper.bzl
@@ -895,17 +895,13 @@ def _expand_make_variables_for_copts(ctx, tokenization, unexpanded_tokens, addit
                 tokens.append(_expand(ctx, token, additional_make_variable_substitutions))
     return tokens
 
-def _get_copts(ctx, common, feature_configuration, additional_make_variable_substitutions):
+def _get_copts(ctx, feature_configuration, additional_make_variable_substitutions):
     if not hasattr(ctx.attr, "copts"):
         fail("could not find rule attribute named: 'copts'")
-    package_copts = []
-    if common:
-        package_copts = common.unexpanded_package_copts
     attribute_copts = ctx.attr.copts
     tokenization = not (cc_common.is_enabled(feature_configuration = feature_configuration, feature_name = "no_copts_tokenization") or "no_copts_tokenization" in ctx.features)
-    expanded_package_copts = _expand_make_variables_for_copts(ctx, tokenization, package_copts, additional_make_variable_substitutions)
     expanded_attribute_copts = _expand_make_variables_for_copts(ctx, tokenization, attribute_copts, additional_make_variable_substitutions)
-    return expanded_package_copts + expanded_attribute_copts
+    return expanded_attribute_copts
 
 def _get_expanded_env(ctx, additional_make_variable_substitutions):
     if not hasattr(ctx.attr, "env"):
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_library.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_library.bzl
index 49a47a6964e59f..8fd2ff04416feb 100755
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_library.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/cc/cc_library.bzl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def _cc_library_impl(ctx):
         name = ctx.label.name,
         cc_toolchain = cc_toolchain,
         feature_configuration = feature_configuration,
-        user_compile_flags = cc_helper.get_copts(ctx, common, feature_configuration, additional_make_variable_substitutions),
+        user_compile_flags = cc_helper.get_copts(ctx, feature_configuration, additional_make_variable_substitutions),
         defines = common.defines,
         local_defines = common.local_defines + cc_helper.get_local_defines_for_runfiles_lookup(ctx),
         loose_includes = common.loose_include_dirs,
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ attrs = {
     "includes": attr.string_list(),
     "defines": attr.string_list(),
     "copts": attr.string_list(),
-    "_default_copts": attr.string_list(default = cc_internal.default_copts_computed_default()),
     "hdrs_check": attr.string(default = cc_internal.default_hdrs_check_computed_default()),
     "local_defines": attr.string_list(),
     "deps": attr.label_list(
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/util/TestAspects.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/util/TestAspects.java
index 840253b6805fad..7ce49e1bf2c028 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/util/TestAspects.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/util/TestAspects.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildType.LABEL;
 import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildType.LABEL_LIST;
 import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Type.STRING;
-import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Type.STRING_LIST;
 
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.AspectDefinition;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.AspectParameters;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Attribute.AllowedValueSet;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Attribute.ComputedDefault;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Attribute.LabelListLateBoundDefault;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.AttributeMap;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildType;
@@ -443,17 +441,7 @@ public AspectDefinition getDefinition(AspectParameters aspectParameters) {
   public static final ComputedAttributeAspect COMPUTED_ATTRIBUTE_ASPECT =
       new ComputedAttributeAspect();
   private static final AspectDefinition COMPUTED_ATTRIBUTE_ASPECT_DEFINITION =
-      new AspectDefinition.Builder(COMPUTED_ATTRIBUTE_ASPECT)
-          .add(
-              attr("$default_copts", STRING_LIST)
-                  .value(
-                      new ComputedDefault() {
-                        @Override
-                        public Object getDefault(AttributeMap rule) {
-                          return rule.getPackageDefaultCopts();
-                        }
-                      }))
-          .build();
+      new AspectDefinition.Builder(COMPUTED_ATTRIBUTE_ASPECT).build();
 
   /** An aspect that defines its own computed default attribute. */
   public static class ComputedAttributeAspect extends BaseAspect {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/engine/GraphlessQueryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/engine/GraphlessQueryTest.java
index bd2b6835400ff9..3d81afed41e163 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/engine/GraphlessQueryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/engine/GraphlessQueryTest.java
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@ public void testRegressionBug1686119() {
     // Fileset doesn't exist in Bazel.
   }
 
-  @Override
-  @Test
-  public void testDefaultCopts() {
-    // There's no default_copts attribute in Bazel.
-  }
-
   @Override
   @Test
   public void testHdrsCheck() throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/AbstractQueryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/AbstractQueryTest.java
index 15e34d881d465e..a13fa0d53446da 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/AbstractQueryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/AbstractQueryTest.java
@@ -1472,12 +1472,6 @@ public void testHdrsCheck() throws Exception {
     assertThat(eval("attr('hdrs_check', 'loose', //x:all)")).isEqualTo(eval("//x:b"));
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testDefaultCopts() throws Exception {
-    writeFile("x/BUILD", "package(default_copts=['-a'])", "cc_library(name='a')");
-    assertThat(eval("attr('$default_copts', '\\[-a\\]', //x:all)")).isEqualTo(eval("//x:a"));
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testTestSuiteWithFile() throws Exception {
     // Note that test_suite does not restrict the set of targets that can appear here.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/PostAnalysisQueryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/PostAnalysisQueryTest.java
index 3b1486ef7d89a3..3c5ff70dbf91f3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/PostAnalysisQueryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/testutil/PostAnalysisQueryTest.java
@@ -608,9 +608,6 @@ public void testLabelsOperator() {}
   @Test
   public void testEqualityOfOrderedThreadSafeImmutableSet() {}
 
-  @Override
-  public void testDefaultCopts() {}
-
   @Override
   public void testHdrsCheck() {}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/FakeAttributeMapper.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/FakeAttributeMapper.java
index 814438095d29a5..2237a74bedad87 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/FakeAttributeMapper.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/FakeAttributeMapper.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertWithMessage;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Attribute;
@@ -137,11 +136,6 @@ public String getPackageDefaultDeprecation() {
     return "???";
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public ImmutableList<String> getPackageDefaultCopts() {
-    return ImmutableList.of();
-  }
-
   public static FakeAttributeMapper empty() {
     return builder().build();
   }