diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index d280e8b9..b45c62f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         touch spec.md  # Ensure its timestamp is newer than any generated files
         make
+        git diff --exit-code || (echo "Generated files are out of date. Please run 'make' and commit the changes." && exit 1)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86a12c2d..02e4ad1d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,43 +4,22 @@ CSI_SPEC := spec.md
 CSI_PROTO := csi.proto
 ## Build go language bindings
 CSI_A := csi.a
-CSI_GO := lib/go/csi/csi.pb.go
 CSI_PKG := lib/go/csi
 
-# This is the target for building the temporary CSI protobuf file.
-#
-# The temporary file is not versioned, and thus will always be
-# built on GitHub Actions.
-$(CSI_PROTO).tmp: $(CSI_SPEC) Makefile
-	echo "// Code generated by make; DO NOT EDIT." > "$@"
-	cat $< | sed -n -e '/```protobuf$$/,/^```$$/ p' | sed '/^```/d' >> "$@"
-
 # This is the target for building the CSI protobuf file.
-#
-# This target depends on its temp file, which is not versioned.
-# Therefore when built on GitHub Actions the temp file will always
-# be built and trigger this target. On GitHub Actions the temp file
-# is compared with the real file, and if they differ the build
-# will fail.
-#
-# Locally the temp file is simply copied over the real file.
-$(CSI_PROTO): $(CSI_PROTO).tmp
-ifeq (true,$(GITHUB_ACTIONS))
-	diff "$@" "$?"
-else
-	cp -f "$?" "$@"
-endif
+$(CSI_PROTO): $(CSI_SPEC) Makefile
+	echo "// Code generated by make; DO NOT EDIT." > "$@"
+	sed -n -e '/```protobuf$$/,/^```$$/ {//!p;}' $< >> "$@"
 
 build: check build_cpp build_go
 
 build_cpp:
 	$(MAKE) -C lib/cxx
 
-# The file exists, but could be out-of-date.
-$(CSI_GO): $(CSI_PROTO)
-	$(MAKE) -C lib/go csi/csi.pb.go
+$(CSI_PKG)/%.pb.go: $(CSI_PROTO)
+	$(MAKE) -C lib/go
 
-$(CSI_A): $(CSI_GO)
+$(CSI_A): $(CSI_PKG)/*.go
 	go mod download
 	go install ./$(CSI_PKG)
 	go build -o "$@" ./$(CSI_PKG)
@@ -53,10 +32,10 @@ clean:
 
 clobber: clean
 	$(MAKE) -C lib/go $@
-	rm -f $(CSI_PROTO) $(CSI_PROTO).tmp
+	rm -f $(CSI_PROTO)
 
 # check generated files for violation of standards
 check: $(CSI_PROTO)
 	awk '{ if (length > 72) print NR, $$0 }' $? | diff - /dev/null
 
-.PHONY: clean clobber check csi_go build_go build_cpp
+.PHONY: clean clobber check build_go build_cpp
diff --git a/lib/go/Makefile b/lib/go/Makefile
index 4a43cddc..0541c6d1 100644
--- a/lib/go/Makefile
+++ b/lib/go/Makefile
@@ -41,22 +41,24 @@ else ifeq (arm64,$(PROTOC_ARCH))
 PROTOC_ARCH := aarch_64
 endif
 
-PROTOC := ./protoc
 PROTOC_ZIP := protoc-$(PROTOC_VER)-$(PROTOC_OS)-$(PROTOC_ARCH).zip
 PROTOC_URL := https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v$(PROTOC_VER)/$(PROTOC_ZIP)
 PROTOC_TMP_DIR := .protoc
-PROTOC_TMP_BIN := $(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)/bin/protoc
+PROTOC := $(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)/bin/protoc
+
+$(GOBIN)/protoc-gen-go: ../../go.mod
+	go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go
+$(GOBIN)/protoc-gen-go-grpc:
+	go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@v1.3.0
 
 $(PROTOC):
-	-go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.32.0 && \
-	  go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@v1.3.0 && \
-	  mkdir -p "$(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)" && \
+	-mkdir -p "$(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)" && \
 	  curl -L $(PROTOC_URL) -o "$(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)/$(PROTOC_ZIP)" && \
 	  unzip "$(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)/$(PROTOC_ZIP)" -d "$(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)" && \
-	  chmod 0755 "$(PROTOC_TMP_BIN)" && \
-	  cp -f "$(PROTOC_TMP_BIN)" "$@"
+	  chmod 0755 "$@"
 	stat "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
 
+PROTOC_ALL := $(GOBIN)/protoc-gen-go $(GOBIN)/protoc-gen-go-grpc $(PROTOC)
 
 ########################################################################
 ##                              PATH                                  ##
@@ -71,49 +73,24 @@ export PATH := $(GOBIN):$(PATH)
 ##                              BUILD                                 ##
 ########################################################################
 CSI_PROTO := ../../csi.proto
-CSI_PKG_ROOT := github.com/container-storage-interface/spec
-CSI_PKG_SUB := $(shell cat $(CSI_PROTO) | sed -nE -e 's/^package.([^;]*).v[0-9]+;$$/\1/p'|tr '.' '/')
-CSI_BUILD := $(CSI_PKG_SUB)/.build
+CSI_PKG_SUB := csi
 CSI_GO := $(CSI_PKG_SUB)/csi.pb.go
 CSI_GRPC := $(CSI_PKG_SUB)/csi_grpc.pb.go
-CSI_GRPC_TMP := $(CSI_BUILD)/$(CSI_PKG_ROOT)/lib/go/$(CSI_PKG_SUB)/csi_grpc.pb.go
-CSI_GO_TMP := $(CSI_BUILD)/$(CSI_PKG_ROOT)/lib/go/$(CSI_PKG_SUB)/csi.pb.go
 
-# This recipe generates the go language bindings to a temp area.
-$(CSI_GO_TMP) $(CSI_GRPC_TMP): INCLUDE := -I../.. -I$(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)/include
-$(CSI_GO_TMP) $(CSI_GRPC_TMP): $(CSI_PROTO) | $(PROTOC)
+# This recipe generates the go language bindings
+$(CSI_GO) $(CSI_GRPC): $(CSI_PROTO) $(PROTOC_ALL)
 	@mkdir -p "$(@D)"
-	$(PROTOC) $(INCLUDE) --go-grpc_out=$(CSI_BUILD) --go_out=$(CSI_BUILD) \
-		--go_opt=Mgoogle/protobuf/descriptor.proto=google.golang.org/protobuf/types/descriptorpb \
-		--go_opt=Mgoogle/protobuf/wrappers.proto=google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/wrapperspb \
+	$(PROTOC) -I../.. --go-grpc_out=$(CSI_PKG_SUB) --go_out=$(CSI_PKG_SUB) \
+		--go_opt=paths=source_relative --go-grpc_opt=paths=source_relative \
 		"$(<F)"
 
-# The temp language bindings are compared to the ones that are
-# versioned. If they are different then it means the language
-# bindings were not updated prior to being committed.
-$(CSI_GO): $(CSI_GO_TMP)
-ifeq (true,$(GITHUB_ACTIONS))
-	diff "$@" "$?"
-else
-	@mkdir -p "$(@D)"
-	diff "$@" "$?" > /dev/null 2>&1 || cp -f "$?" "$@"
-endif
-$(CSI_GRPC): $(CSI_GRPC_TMP)
-ifeq (true,$(GITHUB_ACTIONS))
-	diff "$@" "$?"
-else
-	@mkdir -p "$(@D)"
-	diff "$@" "$?" > /dev/null 2>&1 || cp -f "$?" "$@"
-endif
-
-
 build: $(CSI_GO) $(CSI_GRPC)
 
 clean:
 	go clean -i ./...
-	rm -rf "$(CSI_GO)" "$(CSI_GRPC)" "$(CSI_BUILD)"
+	rm -rf "$(CSI_PKG_SUB)"
 
 clobber: clean
-	rm -fr "$(PROTOC)" "$(CSI_PKG_SUB)"
+	rm -fr "$(PROTOC_TMP_DIR)"
 
 .PHONY: clean clobber