diff --git a/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni b/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni
index bce8e84d67f..8d65498a77c 100644
--- a/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni
+++ b/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni
@@ -3,15 +3,5 @@
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
 # You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-brave_sync_protocol_bases = [
-  "brave_device_info_specifics",
-]
-
-brave_sync_protocol_sources = []
-brave_sync_protocol_pyprotos = []
-
-foreach(base, brave_sync_protocol_bases) {
-  brave_sync_protocol_sources += [ "//brave/components/sync/protocol/${base}.proto" ]
-  brave_sync_protocol_pyprotos +=
-      [ "$root_out_dir/pyproto/components/sync/protocol/${base}_pb2.py" ]
-}
+brave_sync_protocol_sources =
+    [ "//brave/components/sync/protocol/brave_device_info_specifics.proto" ]
diff --git a/patches/components-sync-protocol-protocol_sources.gni.patch b/patches/components-sync-protocol-protocol_sources.gni.patch
index 8794f781125..9313a37cd16 100644
--- a/patches/components-sync-protocol-protocol_sources.gni.patch
+++ b/patches/components-sync-protocol-protocol_sources.gni.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 diff --git a/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni b/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni
-index 5e136c9efcff3ce06775662334f660ed032e7b66..2549ec4b7216feee13d02b5bee64da6251a07a98 100644
+index 000d0ff8cf2ce42a2f2daf177ca03681b75c4bba..4584c7d0351dc254228eb9edd87f7932bb9982ac 100644
 --- a/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni
 +++ b/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni
-@@ -81,3 +81,4 @@ foreach(base, sync_protocol_bases) {
-   sync_protocol_pyprotos +=
-       [ "$root_out_dir/pyproto/components/sync/protocol/${base}_pb2.py" ]
- }
-+import("//brave/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni") sync_protocol_sources += brave_sync_protocol_sources sync_protocol_pyprotos += brave_sync_protocol_pyprotos
+@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ sync_protocol_sources = [
+   "wifi_configuration_specifics.proto",
+   "workspace_desk_specifics.proto",
+ ]
++import("//brave/components/sync/protocol/protocol_sources.gni") sync_protocol_sources += brave_sync_protocol_sources