diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e1ca9918ee..dc22f4002d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -340,11 +340,7 @@ mockgen: #HELP Generate mocks
 	# Consider using counterfeiter:generate directives to speed things up.
 	# See https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter#step-2b---add-counterfeitergenerate-directives for more information.
 	# Set the "COUNTERFEITER_NO_GENERATE_WARNING" environment variable to suppress this message.
-	@set -e; \
-	overlay_file=$$(mktemp "$(CURDIR)/hack/overlays/goimports_overlay.XXXXXX.json"); \
-	trap 'rm -f "$$overlay_file"' EXIT; \
-	printf '{\n  "Replace": {\n    "%s/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/imports/vendorlesspath.go": "%s/hack/overlays/goimports_vendorlesspath.go"\n  }\n}\n' "$(CURDIR)" "$(CURDIR)" > "$$overlay_file"; \
-	GO111MODULE=on GOWORK=off COUNTERFEITER_NO_GENERATE_WARNING=1 GOFLAGS="$$GOFLAGS -overlay=$$overlay_file" go generate ./pkg/...
+	GO111MODULE=on GOWORK=off COUNTERFEITER_NO_GENERATE_WARNING=1 go generate ./pkg/...
 
 #SECTION Verification
 
diff --git a/hack/overlays/goimports_vendorlesspath.go b/hack/overlays/goimports_vendorlesspath.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d1ab99221..0000000000
--- a/hack/overlays/goimports_vendorlesspath.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package imports
-
-import "strings"
-
-// VendorlessPath returns ipath with any vendor prefixes trimmed.
-func VendorlessPath(ipath string) string {
-	if i := strings.LastIndex(ipath, "/vendor/"); i >= 0 {
-		return ipath[i+len("/vendor/"):]
-	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(ipath, "vendor/") {
-		return ipath[len("vendor/"):]
-	}
-	return ipath
-}