diff --git a/hack/apidiff.sh b/hack/apidiff.sh
index ea2bc6a5a0..a15342d16a 100755
--- a/hack/apidiff.sh
+++ b/hack/apidiff.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ source $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/common.sh
 REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
 
-export GOTOOLCHAIN="go$(make go-version)"
+export GOTOOLCHAIN="go$(make --silent go-version)"
 
 header_text "verifying api diff"
 echo "*** Running go-apidiff ***"
diff --git a/hack/check-everything.sh b/hack/check-everything.sh
index b05d4059af..562696c38d 100755
--- a/hack/check-everything.sh
+++ b/hack/check-everything.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source ${hack_dir}/common.sh
 tmp_root=/tmp
 kb_root_dir=$tmp_root/kubebuilder
 
-export GOTOOLCHAIN="go$(make go-version)"
+export GOTOOLCHAIN="go$(make --silent go-version)"
 
 # Run verification scripts.
 ${hack_dir}/verify.sh