diff --git a/hack/lint-dependencies.sh b/hack/lint-dependencies.sh
index 4c2903d04d5..14dc196d12c 100755
--- a/hack/lint-dependencies.sh
+++ b/hack/lint-dependencies.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 # Explicitly opt into go modules, even though we're inside a GOPATH directory
 export GO111MODULE=on
-# Explicitly clear GOPATH, to ensure nothing this script calls makes use of that path info
-export GOPATH=
 # Explicitly clear GOFLAGS, since GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor breaks dependency resolution while rebuilding vendor
 export GOFLAGS=
 # Detect problematic GOPROXY settings that prevent lookup of dependencies
diff --git a/hack/update-vendor.sh b/hack/update-vendor.sh
index 80d14b5cbbd..5c1771669e5 100755
--- a/hack/update-vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/update-vendor.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 # Explicitly opt into go modules, even though we're inside a GOPATH directory
 export GO111MODULE=on
-# Explicitly clear GOPATH, to ensure nothing this script calls makes use of that path info
-export GOPATH=
 # Explicitly clear GOFLAGS, since GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor breaks dependency resolution while rebuilding vendor
 export GOFLAGS=
 # Ensure sort order doesn't depend on locale
diff --git a/hack/verify-vendor.sh b/hack/verify-vendor.sh
index 5595c8b7aa6..496ddaa92d1 100755
--- a/hack/verify-vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-vendor.sh
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ mkdir -p "${_kubetmp}"
 git archive --format=tar --prefix=kubernetes/ "$(git write-tree)" | (cd "${_kubetmp}" && tar xf -)
 _kubetmp="${_kubetmp}/kubernetes"
 
-# Do all our work with an unset GOPATH
-export GOPATH=
+# Do all our work in module mode
+export GO111MODULE=on
 
 pushd "${_kubetmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
   # Destroy deps in the copy of the kube tree