diff --git a/hack/jenkins/verify-dockerized.sh b/hack/jenkins/verify-dockerized.sh
index c8d981bbec4..ba34d07df34 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/verify-dockerized.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/verify-dockerized.sh
@@ -40,5 +40,4 @@ export LOG_LEVEL=4
 
 cd /go/src/k8s.io/kubernetes
 
-./hack/install-etcd.sh
 make verify
diff --git a/hack/lib/etcd.sh b/hack/lib/etcd.sh
index e887426a083..9bb960cb448 100755
--- a/hack/lib/etcd.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/etcd.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ kube::etcd::cleanup() {
 kube::etcd::install() {
   (
     cd "${KUBE_ROOT}/third_party"
+    if [[ $(readlink etcd) == etcd-v${ETCD_VERSION}-* ]]; then
+      return  # already installed
+    fi
     if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
       download_file="etcd-v${ETCD_VERSION}-darwin-amd64.zip"
       url="https://github.com/coreos/etcd/releases/download/v${ETCD_VERSION}/${download_file}"
diff --git a/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh b/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh
index 159e73f853f..08b1edcbe3b 100755
--- a/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-openapi-spec.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
+kube::etcd::install
 
 make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" WHAT=cmd/kube-apiserver
 
diff --git a/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh b/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh
index f3ca2217b49..92ee2bcb6b1 100755
--- a/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::setup_env
+kube::etcd::install
 
 make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" WHAT=cmd/kube-apiserver