diff --git a/hack/verify-vendor.sh b/hack/verify-vendor.sh
index 587f19561cf..91caaef4195 100755
--- a/hack/verify-vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-vendor.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
 # create a nice clean place to put our new vendor tree
 mkdir -p "${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
 _tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/kube-vendor.XXXXXX")"
@@ -50,9 +52,6 @@ _kubetmp="${_tmpdir}/kubernetes"
 mkdir -p "${_kubetmp}"
 tar --exclude=.git --exclude="./_*" -c . | (cd "${_kubetmp}" && tar xf -)
 
-# Do all our work in module mode
-export GO111MODULE=on
-
 pushd "${_kubetmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
   # Destroy deps in the copy of the kube tree
   rm -rf ./vendor ./LICENSES