diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh b/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh
index 76185f8c8dc..e9a90a74b8d 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-protobuf.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for APIROOT in ${APIROOTS}; do
   TMP_APIROOT="${_tmp}/${APIROOT}"
   echo "diffing ${APIROOT} against freshly generated protobuf"
   ret=0
-  diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' -x 'zz_generated.*' -x '.github' "${KUBE_ROOT}/${APIROOT}" "${TMP_APIROOT}" || ret=$?
+  diff -Naupr -I 'Auto generated by' -x 'zz_generated.*' -x '.github' -x '.import-restrictions' "${KUBE_ROOT}/${APIROOT}" "${TMP_APIROOT}" || ret=$?
   cp -a "${TMP_APIROOT}"/* "${KUBE_ROOT}/${APIROOT}/"
   if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "${APIROOT} up to date."
diff --git a/hack/verify-import-boss.sh b/hack/verify-import-boss.sh
index e159916fd20..bafb9d71e4d 100755
--- a/hack/verify-import-boss.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-import-boss.sh
@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@ kube::golang::setup_env
 
 make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" WHAT=vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss
 
-$(kube::util::find-binary "import-boss") --verify-only "$@"
+packages=("k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/..." "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/..." "k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/..." "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/...")
+for d in staging/src/k8s.io/*/; do
+  if [ -d "$d" ]; then
+    packages+=("./vendor/${d#"staging/src/"}...")
+  fi
+done
+
+$(kube::util::find-binary "import-boss") --verify-only "$@" --input-dirs "$(IFS=, ; echo "${packages[*]}")"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go
index e08f3e73036..9d73eb480b5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/import-boss/main.go
@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Override defaults.
 	arguments.GoHeaderFilePath = filepath.Join(args.DefaultSourceTree(), util.BoilerplatePath())
-	arguments.InputDirs = []string{
-		"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/...",
-		"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/...",
-		"k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin/...",
-		"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/...",
-	}
 	pflag.CommandLine.BoolVar(&arguments.IncludeTestFiles, "include-test-files", false, "If true, include *_test.go files.")
 
 	if err := arguments.Execute(