diff --git a/hack/verify-featuregates.sh b/hack/verify-featuregates.sh
index 17512d81a51..42c3a5acb57 100755
--- a/hack/verify-featuregates.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-featuregates.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 
 if ! go run test/featuregates_linter/main.go feature-gates verify; then
diff --git a/hack/verify-testing-import.sh b/hack/verify-testing-import.sh
index b13b2a903b3..addc10f1b84 100755
--- a/hack/verify-testing-import.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-testing-import.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
 RELEASE_BIN_PKGS=(
   "${KUBE_ROOT}/cmd/cloud-controller-manager"
   "${KUBE_ROOT}/cmd/kube-apiserver"
diff --git a/test/conformance/spec-to-yaml.sh b/test/conformance/spec-to-yaml.sh
index d9ecc5ec26e..6294653fb58 100755
--- a/test/conformance/spec-to-yaml.sh
+++ b/test/conformance/spec-to-yaml.sh
@@ -22,5 +22,9 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/../.. && pwd -P)
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
+
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
 # convert dumped spec (see dump-spec.sh) to conformance.yaml
 go run ./test/conformance/walk.go --source="${KUBE_ROOT}" ./_output/specsummaries.json > ./_output/conformance.yaml