diff --git a/hack/build-go.sh b/hack/build-go.sh
index a011ed852bf..d3800fc4a26 100755
--- a/hack/build-go.sh
+++ b/hack/build-go.sh
@@ -51,10 +51,7 @@ if [[ ${#targets[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
   targets=($(kube::default_build_targets))
 fi
 
-binaries=()
-for target in ${targets[@]}; do
-  binaries+=("${KUBE_GO_PACKAGE}/${target}")
-done
+binaries=($(kube::binaries_from_targets "${targets[@]}"))
 
 echo "Building local go components"
 # Note that the flags to 'go build' are duplicated in the salt build setup
diff --git a/hack/config-go.sh b/hack/config-go.sh
index 9d92b53e90f..d49b8a0688e 100644
--- a/hack/config-go.sh
+++ b/hack/config-go.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ kube::default_build_targets() {
   echo "cmd/kubecfg"
   echo "plugin/cmd/scheduler"
 }
+
+# kube::binaries_from_targets take a list of build targets and return the
+# full go package to be built
+kube::binaries_from_targets() {
+  local target
+  for target; do
+    echo "${KUBE_GO_PACKAGE}/${target}"
+  done
+}
 # --- Environment Variables ---
 
 # KUBE_REPO_ROOT  - Path to the top of the build tree.