diff --git a/hack/verify-pkg-names.sh b/hack/verify-pkg-names.sh
index 37b7750355d..c9904ff980b 100755
--- a/hack/verify-pkg-names.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-pkg-names.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
-kube::golang::verify_go_version
-
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 if git --no-pager grep -E $'^(import |\t)[a-z]+[A-Z_][a-zA-Z]* "[^"]+"$' -- '**/*.go' ':(exclude)vendor/*' ':(exclude)**/*.pb.go'; then
   echo "!!! Some package aliases break go conventions."
diff --git a/hack/verify-prerelease-lifecycle-tags.sh b/hack/verify-prerelease-lifecycle-tags.sh
index 965f4f03f6c..369823bf345 100755
--- a/hack/verify-prerelease-lifecycle-tags.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-prerelease-lifecycle-tags.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
-kube::golang::verify_go_version
-
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 if git --no-pager grep -L '// +k8s:prerelease-lifecycle-gen=true' -- 'staging/src/k8s.io/api/**/*beta*/doc.go'; then
   echo "!!! Some beta packages doc.go do not include prerelease-lifecycle tags."