diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78782297f26..df3769be4fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 First, install all [build dependencies](docs/dev/dependencies.md).
 
-After cloning this repository, the installer binary will need to be built by running the following:
+After cloning this repository into your `GOPATH`, build the installer binary with:
 
 ```sh
 hack/build.sh
diff --git a/hack/build.sh b/hack/build.sh
index 04f5fe1831e..0e524b8f954 100755
--- a/hack/build.sh
+++ b/hack/build.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export CGO_ENABLED=0
 case "${MODE}" in
 release)
 	TAGS="${TAGS} release"
-	GOPATH="${PWD}/vendor:$(go env GOPATH)" go generate ./data
+	go generate ./data
 	;;
 dev)
 	;;