diff --git a/hack/make-rules/verify.sh b/hack/make-rules/verify.sh
index db3d51c1c1f..0ebd9a1708f 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/verify.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/verify.sh
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ EXCLUDED_PATTERNS=(
   "verify-licenses.sh"           # runs in a separate job to monitor availability of the dependencies periodically
   )
 
-# Exclude generated-files-remake in certain cases, if they're running in a separate job.
-if [[ ${EXCLUDE_FILES_REMAKE:-} =~ ^[yY]$ ]]; then
-  EXCLUDED_PATTERNS+=(
-    "verify-generated-files-remake.sh" # run in a separate job
-    )
-fi
-
 # Exclude typecheck in certain cases, if they're running in a separate job.
 if [[ ${EXCLUDE_TYPECHECK:-} =~ ^[yY]$ ]]; then
   EXCLUDED_PATTERNS+=(
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh b/hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh
index 35074f16aa6..6c06b86eb16 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh
@@ -14,406 +14,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# This script verifies that the expected results are obtained when creating each
-# type of file(e.g. codegen tool itself, a file in a package that needs codegen,
-# and etc.) for verification and then generating the code(executes
-# `make generated_files`).
-# Usage: `hack/verify-generated-files-remake.sh`.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
-
-kube::util::ensure_clean_working_dir
-
-_tmpdir="$(kube::realpath "$(mktemp -d -t verify-generated-files.XXXXXX)")"
-_tmp_gopath="${_tmpdir}/go"
-_tmp_kuberoot="${_tmp_gopath}/src/k8s.io/kubernetes"
-mkdir -p "${_tmp_kuberoot}/.."
-git worktree add "${_tmp_kuberoot}" HEAD
-kube::util::trap_add "git worktree remove -f ${_tmp_kuberoot} && rm -rf ${_tmpdir}" EXIT
-cd "${_tmp_kuberoot}"
-
-# clean out anything from the temp dir that's not checked in
-git clean -ffxd
-
-# $1 = filename pattern as in "zz_generated.$1.go"
-function find_genfiles() {
-    find .                         \
-        \(                         \
-          -not \(                  \
-            \(                     \
-                -path ./_\* -o     \
-                -path ./.\*        \
-            \) -prune              \
-          \)                       \
-        \) -name "zz_generated.$1.go"
-}
-
-# $1 = filename pattern as in "zz_generated.$1.go"
-# $2 timestamp file
-function newer() {
-    find_genfiles "$1" | while read -r F; do
-        if [[ "${F}" -nt "$2" ]]; then
-            echo "${F}"
-        fi
-    done | LC_ALL=C sort
-}
-
-# $1 = filename pattern as in "zz_generated.$1.go"
-# $2 timestamp file
-function older() {
-    find_genfiles "$1" | while read -r F; do
-        if [[ "$2" -nt "${F}" ]]; then
-            echo "${F}"
-        fi
-    done | LC_ALL=C sort
-}
-
-function assert_clean() {
-    make generated_files >/dev/null
-    touch "${STAMP}"
-    make generated_files >/dev/null
-    X="$(newer deepcopy "${STAMP}")"
-    if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-        echo "Generated files changed on back-to-back 'make' runs:"
-        echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-        echo ""
-        return 1
-    fi
-    true
-}
-
-STAMP=/tmp/stamp.$RANDOM
-
-#
-# Test when we touch a file in a package that needs codegen.
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-DIR=staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/apis/wardle/v1alpha1
-touch "${DIR}/types.go"
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(newer deepcopy "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -z "${X}" || ${X} != "./${DIR}/zz_generated.deepcopy.go" ]]; then
-    echo "Wrong generated deepcopy files changed after touching src file:"
-    echo "  ${X:-(none)}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-X="$(newer defaults "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -z "${X}" || ${X} != "./${DIR}/zz_generated.defaults.go" ]]; then
-    echo "Wrong generated defaults files changed after touching src file:"
-    echo "  ${X:-(none)}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-X="$(newer conversion "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -z "${X}" || ${X} != "./${DIR}/zz_generated.conversion.go" ]]; then
-    echo "Wrong generated conversion files changed after touching src file:"
-    echo "  ${X:-(none)}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Test when the codegen tool itself changes: deepcopy
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/main.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older deepcopy "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated deepcopy files did not change after touching code-generator file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen/
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older deepcopy "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated deepcopy files did not change after touching code-generator dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/deepcopy-gen/generators/deepcopy.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older deepcopy "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated deepcopy files did not change after touching code-generator dep file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/deepcopy-gen/generators/
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older deepcopy "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated deepcopy files did not change after touching code-generator dep dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Test when the codegen tool itself changes: defaults
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/main.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older defaults "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated defaults files did not change after touching code-generator file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/defaulter-gen/
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older defaults "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated defaults files did not change after touching code-generator dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/defaulter-gen/generators/defaulter.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older defaults "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated defaults files did not change after touching code-generator dep file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/gengo/examples/defaulter-gen/generators/
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older defaults "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated defaults files did not change after touching code-generator dep dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Test when the codegen tool itself changes: conversion
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/main.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older conversion "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated conversion files did not change after touching code-generator file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older conversion "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated conversion files did not change after touching code-generator dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators/conversion.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older conversion "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated conversion files did not change after touching code-generator dep file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen/generators/
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older conversion "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated conversion files did not change after touching code-generator dep dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Test when we touch a file in a package that needs codegen for all openapi specs.
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch "staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/types.go"
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(newer openapi "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -z "${X}" || ${X} != "./pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/examples/apiserver/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go" ]]; then
-    echo "Wrong generated openapi files changed after touching src file:"
-    echo "  ${X:-(none)}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Test when we touch a file in a package that needs codegen for only the main openapi spec.
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch "staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go"
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(newer openapi "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -z "${X}" || ${X} != "./pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go" ]]; then
-    echo "Wrong generated openapi files changed after touching src file:"
-    echo "  ${X:-(none)}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#
-# Test when we touch a file, modify the violation file it should fail, and UPDATE_API_KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=true updates it.
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch "staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/types.go"
-echo > api/api-rules/violation_exceptions.list
-echo > api/api-rules/codegen_violation_exceptions.list
-if make generated_files >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "Expected make generated_files to fail with API violations."
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files UPDATE_API_KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=true >/dev/null
-X="$(newer openapi "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -z "${X}" || ${X} != "./pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/examples/apiserver/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
-./staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/pkg/generated/openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go" ]]; then
-    echo "Wrong generated openapi files changed after updating violation files:"
-    echo "  ${X:-(none)}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-for f in api/api-rules/violation_exceptions.list api/api-rules/codegen_violation_exceptions.list; do
-    if ! git diff --quiet "$f"; then
-        echo "Violation file \"$f\" was not updated with UPDATE_API_KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=true."
-        echo ""
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done
-
-#
-# Test when the codegen tool itself changes: openapi
-#
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/cmd/openapi-gen/openapi-gen.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older openapi "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated openapi files did not change after touching code-generator file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/cmd/openapi-gen/
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older openapi "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated openapi files did not change after touching code-generator dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/generators/openapi.go
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older openapi "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated openapi files did not change after touching code-generator dep file:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-assert_clean
-
-touch vendor/k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/generators
-touch "${STAMP}"
-make generated_files >/dev/null
-X="$(older openapi "${STAMP}")"
-if [[ -n "${X}" ]]; then
-    echo "Generated openapi files did not change after touching code-generator dep dir:"
-    echo "  ${X}" | tr '\n' ' '
-    echo ""
-    exit 1
-fi
+# TODO(thockin): remove this file once all tests pass
+echo "this script is deprecated"
diff --git a/hack/verify-generated-files.sh b/hack/verify-generated-files.sh
index 3ae824f7516..6b22ee43f17 100755
--- a/hack/verify-generated-files.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-generated-files.sh
@@ -14,41 +14,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# This script checks whether updating of generated code is needed or not. We
-# should run `make generated_files` if generated code is out of date.
-# Usage: `hack/verify-generated-files.sh`.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
-export KUBE_ROOT
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
-
-kube::util::ensure_clean_working_dir
-
-_tmpdir="$(kube::realpath "$(mktemp -d -t verify-generated-files.XXXXXX)")"
-kube::util::trap_add "rm -rf ${_tmpdir}" EXIT
-
-_tmp_gopath="${_tmpdir}/go"
-_tmp_kuberoot="${_tmp_gopath}/src/k8s.io/kubernetes"
-mkdir -p "${_tmp_kuberoot}/.."
-cp -a "${KUBE_ROOT}" "${_tmp_kuberoot}/.."
-
-cd "${_tmp_kuberoot}"
-
-# clean out anything from the temp dir that's not checked in
-git clean -ffxd
-# regenerate any generated code
-make generated_files
-
-changed_files=$(git status --porcelain)
-
-if [[ -n "${changed_files}" ]]; then
-  echo "!!! Generated code is out of date:" >&2
-  echo "${changed_files}" >&2
-  echo >&2
-  echo "Please run make generated_files." >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
+# TODO(thockin): remove this file once all tests pass
+echo "this script is deprecated"
diff --git a/hack/verify-yamlfmt.sh b/hack/verify-yamlfmt.sh
index e9986ac5ff8..453ce812888 100755
--- a/hack/verify-yamlfmt.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-yamlfmt.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::util::ensure_clean_working_dir
 
-_tmpdir="$(kube::realpath "$(mktemp -d -t verify-generated-files.XXXXXX)")"
+_tmpdir="$(kube::realpath "$(mktemp -d -t verify-yamlfmt.XXXXXX)")"
 
 _tmp_gopath="${_tmpdir}/go"
 _tmp_kuberoot="${_tmp_gopath}/src/k8s.io/kubernetes"