diff --git a/hack/update-bazel.sh b/hack/update-bazel.sh
index 280becfa8b4..90d3e9632a8 100755
--- a/hack/update-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/update-bazel.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 export KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 go get -u github.com/mikedanese/gazel
-"${GOPATH}/bin/gazel" -root="$(realpath ${KUBE_ROOT})"
+"${GOPATH}/bin/gazel" -root="$(kube::realpath ${KUBE_ROOT})"
diff --git a/hack/verify-bazel.sh b/hack/verify-bazel.sh
index 22f49220eda..b2f7d9102e5 100755
--- a/hack/verify-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-bazel.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 export KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 go get -u github.com/mikedanese/gazel
-if [[ $("${GOPATH}/bin/gazel" -dry-run -root="$(realpath ${KUBE_ROOT})" |& tee /dev/stderr | wc -l) != 0 ]]; then
+if [[ $("${GOPATH}/bin/gazel" -dry-run -root="$(kube::realpath ${KUBE_ROOT})" |& tee /dev/stderr | wc -l) != 0 ]]; then
   echo
   echo "BUILD files are not up to date"
   echo "Run ./hack/update-bazel.sh"