--- workspace1.4.1.bzl	2018-01-08 11:39:50.944072105 +0100
+++ workspace.bzl	2018-01-08 10:57:04.917402366 +0100
@@ -381,18 +381,18 @@
 
   # TODO(gunan): Add github mirror back if/when sha256sum issues are resolved.
   #   See https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/4343 for contetxt.
-  patched_http_archive(
+  native.http_archive(
       name = "protobuf_archive",
       urls = [
-          "http://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/google/protobuf/archive/b04e5cba356212e4e8c66c61bbe0c3a20537c5b9.tar.gz",
+          "https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.5.1.1.tar.gz",
       ],
-      sha256 = "e178a25c52efcb6b05988bdbeace4c0d3f2d2fe5b46696d1d9898875c3803d6a",
-      strip_prefix = "protobuf-b04e5cba356212e4e8c66c61bbe0c3a20537c5b9",
+      sha256 = "56b5d9e1ab2bf4f5736c4cfba9f4981fbc6976246721e7ded5602fbaee6d6869",
+      strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.5.1.1",
       # TODO: remove patching when tensorflow stops linking same protos into
       #       multiple shared libraries loaded in runtime by python.
       #       This patch fixes a runtime crash when tensorflow is compiled
       #       with clang -O2 on Linux (see https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/8394)
-      patch_file = str(Label("//third_party/protobuf:add_noinlines.patch")),
+      #patch_file = str(Label("//third_party/protobuf:add_noinlines.patch")),
   )
 
   native.bind(
@@ -407,20 +407,20 @@
   native.http_archive(
       name = "com_google_protobuf",
       urls = [
-          "http://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/google/protobuf/archive/0b059a3d8a8f8aa40dde7bea55edca4ec5dfea66.tar.gz",
+          "https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.5.1.1.tar.gz",
       ],
-      sha256 = "6d43b9d223ce09e5d4ce8b0060cb8a7513577a35a64c7e3dad10f0703bf3ad93",
-      strip_prefix = "protobuf-0b059a3d8a8f8aa40dde7bea55edca4ec5dfea66",
+      sha256 = "56b5d9e1ab2bf4f5736c4cfba9f4981fbc6976246721e7ded5602fbaee6d6869",
+      strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.5.1.1",
   )
 
   # TODO(gunan): Add github mirror back if/when sha256sum issues are resolved.
   native.http_archive(
       name = "com_google_protobuf_cc",
       urls = [
-          "http://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/google/protobuf/archive/0b059a3d8a8f8aa40dde7bea55edca4ec5dfea66.tar.gz",
+          "https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.5.1.1.tar.gz",
       ],
-      sha256 = "6d43b9d223ce09e5d4ce8b0060cb8a7513577a35a64c7e3dad10f0703bf3ad93",
-      strip_prefix = "protobuf-0b059a3d8a8f8aa40dde7bea55edca4ec5dfea66",
+      sha256 = "56b5d9e1ab2bf4f5736c4cfba9f4981fbc6976246721e7ded5602fbaee6d6869",
+      strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.5.1.1",
   )
 
   native.http_archive(