diff --git a/hack/verify-vendor-licenses.sh b/hack/verify-vendor-licenses.sh
index 3cbe9c8cd14..d497c44f0db 100755
--- a/hack/verify-vendor-licenses.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-vendor-licenses.sh
@@ -24,34 +24,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
-# create a nice clean place to put our new licenses
-mkdir -p "${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
-_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/kube-licenses.XXXXXX")"
-#echo "Created workspace: ${_tmpdir}"
-function cleanup {
-  #echo "Removing workspace: ${_tmpdir}"
-  rm -rf "${_tmpdir}"
-}
-kube::util::trap_add cleanup EXIT
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/verify-generated.sh"
 
-# symlink all vendor subfolders in temp vendor
-mkdir -p "${_tmpdir}/vendor"
-for child in "${KUBE_ROOT}/vendor"/*
-do
-  ln -s "${child}" "${_tmpdir}/vendor"
-done
-
-ln -s "${KUBE_ROOT}/LICENSE" "${_tmpdir}"
-ln -s "${KUBE_ROOT}/staging" "${_tmpdir}"
-
-# Update licenses
-LICENSE_ROOT="${_tmpdir}" "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh"
-
-# Compare licenses
-if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr -x OWNERS "${KUBE_ROOT}/LICENSES" "${_tmpdir}/LICENSES")"; then
-  echo "Your LICENSES tree is out of date. Run hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh and commit the results." >&2
-  echo "${_out}" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
+kube::verify::generated "Generated files need to be updated" "Please run 'hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh'" hack/update-vendor-licenses.sh "$@"