diff --git a/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/BUILD b/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13554c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+COMPILE_DEPS = CORE_DEPS + KRYO + [
+    "//core/store/serializers:onos-core-serializers",
+    "//protocols/grpc/api:onos-protocols-grpc-api",
+    "//protocols/p4runtime/api:onos-protocols-p4runtime-api",
+    "//protocols/p4runtime/proto:p4config_java_proto",
+    "//protocols/p4runtime/proto:p4data_java_proto",
+    "//protocols/p4runtime/proto:p4info_java_proto",
+    "//protocols/p4runtime/proto:p4runtime_java_grpc",
+    "//protocols/p4runtime/proto:p4runtime_java_proto",
+    "//protocols/p4runtime/proto:status_java_proto",
+    "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_java",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java//context",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java//core",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java//netty",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java//stub",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java_core_repkg//:internal",
+]
+
+TEST_DEPS = TEST + [
+    "@minimal_json//jar",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java//core:inprocess",
+    "@io_grpc_grpc_java//protobuf-lite",
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests(
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+    test_deps = TEST_DEPS,
+)
diff --git a/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/p4runtime/ctl/P4RuntimeControllerImpl.java b/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/p4runtime/ctl/P4RuntimeControllerImpl.java
index d8b0cae..1e7326d 100644
--- a/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/p4runtime/ctl/P4RuntimeControllerImpl.java
+++ b/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/p4runtime/ctl/P4RuntimeControllerImpl.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Striped;
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
-import io.grpc.NameResolverProvider;
-import io.grpc.internal.DnsNameResolverProvider;
 import io.grpc.netty.NettyChannelBuilder;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@
         implements P4RuntimeController {
 
     private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
-    private final NameResolverProvider nameResolverProvider = new DnsNameResolverProvider();
 
     private final Map<DeviceId, ClientKey> clientKeys = Maps.newHashMap();
     private final Map<ClientKey, P4RuntimeClient> clients = Maps.newHashMap();
@@ -141,8 +138,7 @@
 
         ManagedChannelBuilder channelBuilder = NettyChannelBuilder
                 .forAddress(serverAddr, serverPort)
-                .usePlaintext(true)
-                .nameResolverFactory(nameResolverProvider);
+                .usePlaintext(true);
 
         ManagedChannel channel;
         try {