diff --git a/build/root/Makefile b/build/root/Makefile
index ead4c496731..373fe459d5a 100644
--- a/build/root/Makefile
+++ b/build/root/Makefile
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ endif
 .PHONY: generated_files
 generated_files:
 	echo "'make generated_files' is deprecated.  Please use hack/update-codgen.sh instead."
-	true # TODO(thockin): change to false once tests are updated
+	false
 
 define VET_HELP_INFO
 # Run 'go vet'.
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh b/hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6c06b86eb16..00000000000
--- a/hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# TODO(thockin): remove this file once all tests pass
-echo "this script is deprecated"
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-files.sh b/hack/verify-generated-files.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6b22ee43f17..00000000000
--- a/hack/verify-generated-files.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# TODO(thockin): remove this file once all tests pass
-echo "this script is deprecated"