diff --git a/build/root/Makefile b/build/root/Makefile
index c7e16e90e6b..32ddf4fda04 100644
--- a/build/root/Makefile
+++ b/build/root/Makefile
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ifeq ($(PRINT_HELP),y)
 verify:
 	@echo "$$VERIFY_HELP_INFO"
 else
-verify: verify_generated_files
+verify:
 	KUBE_VERIFY_GIT_BRANCH=$(BRANCH) hack/make-rules/verify.sh
 endif
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ ifeq ($(PRINT_HELP),y)
 quick-verify:
 	@echo "$$QUICK_VERIFY_HELP_INFO"
 else
-quick-verify: verify_generated_files
+quick-verify:
 	QUICK=true SILENT=false hack/make-rules/verify.sh
 endif
 
@@ -483,21 +483,6 @@ generated_files:
 	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.generated_files $@ CALLED_FROM_MAIN_MAKEFILE=1
 endif
 
-define VERIFY_GENERATED_FILES_HELP_INFO
-# Verify auto-generated files needed for the build.
-#
-# Example:
-#   make verify_generated_files
-endef
-.PHONY: verify_generated_files
-ifeq ($(PRINT_HELP),y)
-verify_generated_files:
-	@echo "$$VERIFY_GENERATED_FILES_HELP_INFO"
-else
-verify_generated_files:
-	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.generated_files $@ CALLED_FROM_MAIN_MAKEFILE=1
-endif
-
 define HELP_INFO
 # Print make targets and help info
 #
diff --git a/build/root/Makefile.generated_files b/build/root/Makefile.generated_files
index 59372a0c305..d373c470d5b 100644
--- a/build/root/Makefile.generated_files
+++ b/build/root/Makefile.generated_files
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 .PHONY: generated_files
 generated_files: gen_deepcopy gen_defaulter gen_conversion gen_openapi gen_bindata
 
-.PHONY: verify_generated_files
-verify_generated_files: verify_gen_deepcopy    \
-                        verify_gen_defaulter   \
-                        verify_gen_conversion
-
 # Code-generation logic.
 #
 # This stuff can be pretty tricky, and there's probably some corner cases that
@@ -245,10 +240,6 @@ RUN_GEN_DEEPCOPY =                                                         \
 gen_deepcopy: $(DEEPCOPY_FILES) $(DEEPCOPY_GEN)
 	$(RUN_GEN_DEEPCOPY)
 
-.PHONY: verify_gen_deepcopy
-verify_gen_deepcopy: $(DEEPCOPY_GEN)
-	$(RUN_GEN_DEEPCOPY) --verify-only
-
 # For each dir in DEEPCOPY_DIRS, this establishes a dependency between the
 # output file and the input files that should trigger a rebuild.
 #
@@ -383,10 +374,6 @@ RUN_GEN_DEFAULTER :=                                                        \
 gen_defaulter: $(DEFAULTER_FILES) $(DEFAULTER_GEN)
 	$(RUN_GEN_DEFAULTER)
 
-.PHONY: verify_gen_deepcopy
-verify_gen_defaulter: $(DEFAULTER_GEN)
-	$(RUN_GEN_DEFAULTER) --verify-only
-
 # For each dir in DEFAULTER_DIRS, this establishes a dependency between the
 # output file and the input files that should trigger a rebuild.
 #
@@ -551,10 +538,6 @@ RUN_GEN_CONVERSION =                                                         \
 gen_conversion: $(CONVERSION_FILES) $(CONVERSION_GEN)
 	$(RUN_GEN_CONVERSION)
 
-.PHONY: verify_gen_conversion
-verify_gen_conversion: $(CONVERSION_GEN)
-	$(RUN_GEN_CONVERSION) --verify-only
-
 # Establish a dependency between the deps file and the dir.  Whenever a dir
 # changes (files added or removed) the deps file will be considered stale.
 #