diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh b/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
index eae6e723e35..4931baefab3 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-swagger-docs.sh
@@ -28,21 +28,6 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
 
-make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" WHAT=cmd/genswaggertypedocs
-
-# Find binary
-genswaggertypedocs=$(kube::util::find-binary "genswaggertypedocs")
-
-if [[ ! -x "$genswaggertypedocs" ]]; then
-  {
-    echo "It looks as if you don't have a compiled genswaggertypedocs binary"
-    echo
-    echo "If you are running from a clone of the git repo, please run"
-    echo "'make WHAT=cmd/genswaggertypedocs'."
-  } >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 _tmpdir="$(kube::realpath "$(mktemp -d -t swagger-docs.XXXXXX)")"
 function swagger_cleanup {
   rm -rf "${_tmpdir}"