diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4715ecd6bd0..59f1a52a1dd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/system-validators v1.1.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 9a1c384a327..c30af279da7 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -2493,7 +2493,6 @@ k8s.io/utils/trace
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/pkg/client
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/proto/client
 # sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible
-## explicit
 # sigs.k8s.io/kustomize => sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/commands/build
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/constants