diff --git a/hack/lib/version.sh b/hack/lib/version.sh
index f8dcc7b1ba8..ffd8bc3789a 100644
--- a/hack/lib/version.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/version.sh
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ kube::version::ldflags() {
     local key=${1}
     local val=${2}
     ldflags+=(
-      "-X '${KUBE_GO_PACKAGE}/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version.${key}=${val}'"
-      "-X '${KUBE_GO_PACKAGE}/vendor/k8s.io/component-base/version.${key}=${val}'"
       "-X 'k8s.io/client-go/pkg/version.${key}=${val}'"
       "-X 'k8s.io/component-base/version.${key}=${val}'"
     )