diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5cc1b651f7..70ae6ad400 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Unit Tests
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.15.x'
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.md b/CHANGELOG.next.md
index ff6dff97df..65b2855e0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Thanks, you're awesome :-) -->
 
 #### Improvements
 
+* Remove remaining Go deps after removing Go code generator. #1585
+
 #### Deprecated
 
 ## 1.12.0 (Feature Freeze)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7f1833a17..2388dd66ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,18 +18,12 @@ all: generate experimental
 # Check verifies that all of the committed files that are generated are
 # up-to-date.
 .PHONY: check
-check: generate experimental test fmt misspell makelint check-license-headers
+check: generate experimental test fmt misspell makelint
 	# Check if diff is empty.
 	git diff | cat
 	git update-index --refresh
 	git diff-index --exit-code HEAD --
 
-# Check license headers on files (currently .go files only).
-.PHONY: check-license-headers
-check-license-headers:
-	go get github.com/elastic/go-licenser
-	go-licenser -d
-
 # Clean deletes all temporary and generated content.
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
@@ -73,8 +67,13 @@ makelint:
 # Check for basic misspellings.
 .PHONY: misspell
 misspell:
-	go get github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
-	misspell README.md CONTRIBUTING.md schemas/*
+	@if [ ! -d $(PWD)/build/misspell ]; then \
+	    mkdir -p ./build/misspell/bin ; \
+	    curl -sLo ./build/misspell/install-misspell.sh https://git.io/misspell ; \
+		chmod +x ./build/misspell/install-misspell.sh ; \
+		./build/misspell/install-misspell.sh -b ./build/misspell/bin >> /dev/null 2>&1 ; \
+	fi
+	./build/misspell/bin/misspell -error README.md CONTRIBUTING.md schemas/* docs/* experimental/schemas/*
 
 .PHONY: reload_docs
 reload_docs: generator docs