diff --git a/hack/.shellcheck_failures b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
index 8effe04e6b6..94965bedcbc 100644
--- a/hack/.shellcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 ./hack/lib/version.sh
 ./hack/make-rules/make-help.sh
 ./hack/test-integration.sh
-./hack/verify-no-vendor-cycles.sh
 ./hack/verify-test-featuregates.sh
 ./test/cmd/diff.sh
 ./test/cmd/discovery.sh
diff --git a/hack/verify-no-vendor-cycles.sh b/hack/verify-no-vendor-cycles.sh
index 84d1a210d9b..8a00c205879 100755
--- a/hack/verify-no-vendor-cycles.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-no-vendor-cycles.sh
@@ -17,28 +17,33 @@
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
+set -x;
 
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 export GO111MODULE=auto
 
-staging_repos=($(ls "${KUBE_ROOT}/staging/src/k8s.io/"))
+staging_repos=()
+kube::util::read-array staging_repos < <(kube::util::list_staging_repos)
 staging_repos_pattern=$(IFS="|"; echo "${staging_repos[*]}")
 
+cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
+
 failed=false
-for i in $(find vendor/ -type d); do
-  deps=$(go list -f '{{range .Deps}}{{.}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' ./$i 2> /dev/null || echo "")
+while IFS= read -r dir; do
+  deps=$(go list -f '{{range .Deps}}{{.}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' "${dir}" 2> /dev/null || echo "")
   deps_on_main=$(echo "${deps}" | grep -v "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/" | grep "k8s.io/kubernetes" || echo "")
   if [ -n "${deps_on_main}" ]; then
-    echo "Package ${i} has a cyclic dependency on the main repository."
+    echo "Package ${dir} has a cyclic dependency on the main repository."
     failed=true
   fi
   deps_on_staging=$(echo "${deps}" | grep "k8s.io/kubernetes/vendor/k8s.io" | grep -E "k8s.io\/${staging_repos_pattern}\>" || echo "")
   if [ -n "${deps_on_staging}" ]; then
-    echo "Package ${i} has a cyclic dependency on staging repository packages: ${deps_on_staging}"
+    echo "Package ${dir} has a cyclic dependency on staging repository packages: ${deps_on_staging}"
     failed=true
   fi
-done
+done < <(find ./vendor -type d)
 
 if [[ "${failed}" == "true" ]]; then
   exit 1