diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index 4aefbde873d..9fbb4bcab56 100755
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -691,10 +691,10 @@ kube::golang::setup_gomaxprocs() {
 }
 
 # This will take binaries from $GOPATH/bin and copy them to the appropriate
-# place in ${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINDIR}
+# place in ${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}
 #
 # Ideally this wouldn't be necessary and we could just set GOBIN to
-# KUBE_OUTPUT_BINDIR but that won't work in the face of cross compilation.  'go
+# KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN but that won't work in the face of cross compilation.  'go
 # install' will place binaries that match the host platform directly in $GOBIN
 # while placing cross compiled binaries into `platform_arch` subdirs.  This
 # complicates pretty much everything else we do around packaging and such.
@@ -712,14 +712,14 @@ kube::golang::place_bins() {
     if [[ "${platform}" == "${host_platform}" ]]; then
       platform_src=""
       rm -f "${THIS_PLATFORM_BIN}"
-      ln -s "${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}" "${THIS_PLATFORM_BIN}"
+      ln -s "${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}/${platform}" "${THIS_PLATFORM_BIN}"
     fi
 
     local full_binpath_src="${KUBE_GOPATH}/bin${platform_src}"
     if [[ -d "${full_binpath_src}" ]]; then
-      mkdir -p "${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}"
+      mkdir -p "${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}/${platform}"
       find "${full_binpath_src}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec \
-        rsync -pc {} "${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/${platform}" \;
+        rsync -pc {} "${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}/${platform}" \;
     fi
   done
 }
diff --git a/hack/lib/init.sh b/hack/lib/init.sh
index 9ff4f01366c..7f5f4f0e108 100755
--- a/hack/lib/init.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/init.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd -P)"
 
 KUBE_OUTPUT_SUBPATH="${KUBE_OUTPUT_SUBPATH:-_output/local}"
 KUBE_OUTPUT="${KUBE_ROOT}/${KUBE_OUTPUT_SUBPATH}"
-KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH="${KUBE_OUTPUT}/bin"
+KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT}/bin"
 
 # This controls rsync compression. Set to a value > 0 to enable rsync
 # compression for build container
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/version.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/golang.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/etcd.sh"
 
-KUBE_OUTPUT_HOSTBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/$(kube::util::host_platform)"
+KUBE_OUTPUT_HOSTBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}/$(kube::util::host_platform)"
 export KUBE_OUTPUT_HOSTBIN
 
 # list of all available group versions.  This should be used when generated code
diff --git a/hack/update-netparse-cve.sh b/hack/update-netparse-cve.sh
index f972af10894..e661a842da9 100755
--- a/hack/update-netparse-cve.sh
+++ b/hack/update-netparse-cve.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
 kube::golang::verify_go_version
 
 # Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}"
+export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}"
 PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
 
 # Explicitly opt into go modules, even though we're inside a GOPATH directory
diff --git a/hack/verify-external-dependencies-version.sh b/hack/verify-external-dependencies-version.sh
index 54c861bf5d6..c84ba8653ea 100755
--- a/hack/verify-external-dependencies-version.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-external-dependencies-version.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 kube::golang::verify_go_version
 
 # Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}"
+export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}"
 PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
 
 # Install zeitgeist
diff --git a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
index 96a40915461..a644c6515c3 100755
--- a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
 
 # Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}"
+export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}"
 PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
 
 invocation=(./hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh "$@")
diff --git a/hack/verify-licenses.sh b/hack/verify-licenses.sh
index 67800fb5e75..73fcc37a100 100755
--- a/hack/verify-licenses.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-licenses.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ git worktree add -f "${KUBE_TEMP}"/tmp_test_licenses/kubernetes HEAD >/dev/null
 cd "${KUBE_TEMP}"/tmp_test_licenses/kubernetes && rm -rf vendor
 
 # Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}"
+export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}"
 PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
 
 # Explicitly opt into go modules, even though we're inside a GOPATH directory
diff --git a/hack/verify-spelling.sh b/hack/verify-spelling.sh
index d3c9e9347d3..3064f38ebb9 100755
--- a/hack/verify-spelling.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-spelling.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export KUBE_ROOT
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 # Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BINPATH}"
+export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}"
 PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
 
 # Install tools we need