diff --git a/pkg/trim-after-delete/Dockerfile b/pkg/trim-after-delete/Dockerfile
index ec24195a8..8c11312dd 100644
--- a/pkg/trim-after-delete/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/trim-after-delete/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN rm -rf /out/etc/apk /out/lib/apk /out/var/cache
 
 # We also need the Go binary which calls it:
 RUN apk add --no-cache go musl-dev
-ENV GOPATH=/go PATH=$PATH:/go/bin GO111MODULE=off
+ENV GOPATH=/go PATH=$PATH:/go/bin
 # Hack to work around an issue with go on arm64 requiring gcc
 RUN [ $(uname -m) = aarch64 ] && apk add --no-cache gcc || true
 
diff --git a/pkg/trim-after-delete/go.mod b/pkg/trim-after-delete/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e96bfc9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/trim-after-delete/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/pkg/trim-after-delete
+
+go 1.15