diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/informer-gen/generators/packages.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/informer-gen/generators/packages.go
index 54fc0dec457..a6d581c2de1 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/informer-gen/generators/packages.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/informer-gen/generators/packages.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	clientgentypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/types"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 // NameSystems returns the name system used by the generators in this package.
@@ -63,14 +62,7 @@ func DefaultNameSystem() string {
 // generatedBy returns information about the arguments used to invoke
 // lister-gen.
 func generatedBy() string {
-	var cmdArgs string
-	pflag.VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
-		if !f.Changed || f.Name == "verify-only" {
-			return
-		}
-		cmdArgs += fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s ", f.Name, f.Value)
-	})
-	return fmt.Sprintf("\n// This file was automatically generated by informer-gen with arguments: %s\n\n", cmdArgs)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("\n// This file was automatically generated by informer-gen\n\n")
 }
 
 // objectMetaForPackage returns the type of ObjectMeta used by package p.
diff --git a/cmd/libs/go2idl/lister-gen/generators/lister.go b/cmd/libs/go2idl/lister-gen/generators/lister.go
index 4000f61fc5b..3df4cbb183a 100644
--- a/cmd/libs/go2idl/lister-gen/generators/lister.go
+++ b/cmd/libs/go2idl/lister-gen/generators/lister.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	clientgentypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/libs/go2idl/client-gen/types"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 // NameSystems returns the name system used by the generators in this package.
@@ -64,14 +63,7 @@ func DefaultNameSystem() string {
 // generatedBy returns information about the arguments used to invoke
 // lister-gen.
 func generatedBy() string {
-	var cmdArgs string
-	pflag.VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
-		if !f.Changed || f.Name == "verify-only" {
-			return
-		}
-		cmdArgs += fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s ", f.Name, f.Value)
-	})
-	return fmt.Sprintf("\n// This file was automatically generated by lister-gen with arguments: %s\n\n", cmdArgs)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("\n// This file was automatically generated by lister-gen\n\n")
 }
 
 // Packages makes the client package definition.