diff --git a/hack/update-codecgen.sh b/hack/update-codecgen.sh
index 4e8fde46dc8..de766f7f728 100755
--- a/hack/update-codecgen.sh
+++ b/hack/update-codecgen.sh
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ result=""
 function depends {
   file=${generated_files[$1]//\.generated\.go/.go}
   deps=$(go list -f "{{.Deps}}" ${file} | tr "[" " " | tr "]" " ")
-  fullpath=$(readlinkdashf "${generated_files[$2]//\.generated\.go/.go}")
-  candidate=$(dirname "${fullpath}")
+  candidate=$(readlinkdashf "${generated_files[$2]//\.generated\.go/.go}")
   result=false
   for dep in ${deps}; do
     if [[ ${candidate} = *${dep} ]]; then
diff --git a/hack/verify-codecgen.sh b/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
index cd8c357568e..11c687f0733 100755
--- a/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-codecgen.sh
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ result=""
 function depends {
   file=${generated_files[$1]//\.generated\.go/.go}
   deps=$(go list -f "{{.Deps}}" ${file} | tr "[" " " | tr "]" " ")
-  fullpath=$(readlinkdashf "${generated_files[$2]//\.generated\.go/.go}")
-  candidate=$(dirname "${fullpath}")
+  candidate=$(readlinkdashf "${generated_files[$2]//\.generated\.go/.go}")
   result=false
   for dep in ${deps}; do
     if [[ ${candidate} = *${dep} ]]; then