diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index 9bd8b420260..365639d56be 100644
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -511,35 +511,30 @@ function kube::release::package_client_tarballs() {
    # Find all of the built client binaries
   local platform platforms
   platforms=($(cd "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}" ; echo */*))
-  for platform in "${platforms[@]}"; do
+  for platform in "${platforms[@]}" ; do
     local platform_tag=${platform/\//-} # Replace a "/" for a "-"
-    kube::log::status "Starting tarball: client $platform_tag"
+    kube::log::status "Building tarball: client $platform_tag"
 
-    (
-      local release_stage="${RELEASE_STAGE}/client/${platform_tag}/kubernetes"
-      rm -rf "${release_stage}"
-      mkdir -p "${release_stage}/client/bin"
+    local release_stage="${RELEASE_STAGE}/client/${platform_tag}/kubernetes"
+    rm -rf "${release_stage}"
+    mkdir -p "${release_stage}/client/bin"
 
-      local client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]}")
-      if [[ "${platform%/*}" == "windows" ]]; then
-        client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN[@]}")
-      fi
+    local client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]}")
+    if [[ "${platform%/*}" == "windows" ]]; then
+      client_bins=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN[@]}")
+    fi
 
-      # This fancy expression will expand to prepend a path
-      # (${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/) to every item in the
-      # KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES array.
-      cp "${client_bins[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
-        "${release_stage}/client/bin/"
+    # This fancy expression will expand to prepend a path
+    # (${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/) to every item in the
+    # KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES array.
+    cp "${client_bins[@]/#/${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}/}" \
+      "${release_stage}/client/bin/"
 
-      kube::release::clean_cruft
+    kube::release::clean_cruft
 
-      local package_name="${RELEASE_DIR}/kubernetes-client-${platform_tag}.tar.gz"
-      kube::release::create_tarball "${package_name}" "${release_stage}/.."
-    ) &
+    local package_name="${RELEASE_DIR}/kubernetes-client-${platform_tag}.tar.gz"
+    kube::release::create_tarball "${package_name}" "${release_stage}/.."
   done
-
-  kube::log::status "Waiting on tarballs"
-  wait || { kube::log::error "client tarball creation failed"; exit 1; }
 }
 
 # Package up all of the server binaries
diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index 111a6a0a595..fc21bfd5636 100644
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -313,76 +313,62 @@ kube::golang::build_binaries() {
     local binaries
     binaries=($(kube::golang::binaries_from_targets "${targets[@]}"))
 
-    kube::log::status "Building go targets for ${platforms[@]} in parallel (output will appear in a burst when complete):" "${targets[@]}"
     local platform
-    for platform in "${platforms[@]}"; do (
-        kube::golang::set_platform_envs "${platform}"
-        kube::log::status "${platform}: Parallel go build started"
+    for platform in "${platforms[@]}"; do
+      kube::golang::set_platform_envs "${platform}"
+      kube::log::status "Building go targets for ${platform}:" "${targets[@]}"
+
+      local -a statics=()
+      local -a nonstatics=()
+      for binary in "${binaries[@]}"; do
+        if kube::golang::is_statically_linked_library "${binary}"; then
+          kube::golang::exit_if_stdlib_not_installed;
+          statics+=($binary)
+        else
+          nonstatics+=($binary)
+        fi
+      done
+
+      if [[ -n ${use_go_build:-} ]]; then
+        # Try and replicate the native binary placement of go install without
+        # calling go install.  This means we have to iterate each binary.
+        local output_path="${KUBE_GOPATH}/bin"
+        if [[ $platform != $host_platform ]]; then
+          output_path="${output_path}/${platform//\//_}"
+        fi
 
-        local -a statics=()
-        local -a nonstatics=()
         for binary in "${binaries[@]}"; do
+          local bin=$(basename "${binary}")
+          if [[ ${GOOS} == "windows" ]]; then
+            bin="${bin}.exe"
+          fi
+
           if kube::golang::is_statically_linked_library "${binary}"; then
             kube::golang::exit_if_stdlib_not_installed;
-            statics+=($binary)
+            CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -installsuffix cgo -o "${output_path}/${bin}" \
+              "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
+              -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
+              "${binary}"
           else
-            nonstatics+=($binary)
+            go build -o "${output_path}/${bin}" \
+              "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
+              -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
+              "${binary}"
           fi
         done
-
-        if [[ -n ${use_go_build:-} ]]; then
-          # Try and replicate the native binary placement of go install without
-          # calling go install.  This means we have to iterate each binary.
-          local output_path="${KUBE_GOPATH}/bin"
-          if [[ $platform != $host_platform ]]; then
-            output_path="${output_path}/${platform//\//_}"
-          fi
-
-          for binary in "${binaries[@]}"; do
-            local bin=$(basename "${binary}")
-            if [[ ${GOOS} == "windows" ]]; then
-              bin="${bin}.exe"
-            fi
-
-            if kube::golang::is_statically_linked_library "${binary}"; then
-              kube::golang::exit_if_stdlib_not_installed;
-              CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -installsuffix cgo -o "${output_path}/${bin}" \
-                "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
-                -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
-                "${binary}"
-            else
-              go build -o "${output_path}/${bin}" \
-                "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
-                -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
-                "${binary}"
-            fi
-          done
-        else
+      else
           # Use go install.
           if [[ "${#nonstatics[@]}" != 0 ]]; then
             go install "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
-              -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
-              "${nonstatics[@]:+${nonstatics[@]}}"
+                -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
+                "${nonstatics[@]:+${nonstatics[@]}}"
           fi
           if [[ "${#statics[@]}" != 0 ]]; then
             CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -installsuffix cgo "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
               -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
-              "${statics[@]:+${statics[@]}}"
+                "${statics[@]:+${statics[@]}}"
           fi
-        fi
-        kube::log::status "${platform}: Parallel go build finished"
-      ) &> "/tmp//${platform//\//_}.build" &
+      fi
     done
-
-    local fails=0
-    for job in $(jobs -p); do
-      wait ${job} || let "fails+=1"
-    done
-
-    for platform in "${platforms[@]}"; do
-      cat "/tmp//${platform//\//_}.build"
-    done
-
-    exit ${fails}
   )
 }