diff --git a/pkg/commands/apply.go b/pkg/commands/apply.go
index 42522c7223..dba4f42d85 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/apply.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/apply.go
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/ko/internal"
@@ -87,7 +89,8 @@ func addApply(topLevel *cobra.Command) {
 			}
 
 			// Cancel on signals.
-			ctx := createCancellableContext()
+			ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+			defer stop()
 
 			bo.InsecureRegistry = po.InsecureRegistry
 			builder, err := makeBuilder(ctx, bo)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/build.go b/pkg/commands/build.go
index 06a2b36893..d1f301e891 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/build.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/build.go
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 
 	"github.com/google/ko/pkg/commands/options"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@ func addBuild(topLevel *cobra.Command) {
   ko build --local github.com/foo/bar/cmd/baz github.com/foo/bar/cmd/blah`,
 		Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			ctx := createCancellableContext()
+			ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+			defer stop()
 			bo.InsecureRegistry = po.InsecureRegistry
 			builder, err := makeBuilder(ctx, bo)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/config.go b/pkg/commands/config.go
index e576972388..94ce7e4514 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/config.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/config.go
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn"
@@ -160,19 +158,6 @@ func getKoDataCreationTime() (*v1.Time, error) {
 	return getTimeFromEnv("KO_DATA_DATE_EPOCH")
 }
 
-func createCancellableContext() context.Context {
-	signals := make(chan os.Signal)
-	signal.Notify(signals, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-
-	go func() {
-		<-signals
-		cancel()
-	}()
-
-	return ctx
-}
-
 func createBuildConfigMap(workingDirectory string, configs []build.Config) (map[string]build.Config, error) {
 	buildConfigsByImportPath := make(map[string]build.Config)
 	for i, config := range configs {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/create.go b/pkg/commands/create.go
index d37f3e4f48..071073ab69 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/create.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/create.go
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/ko/internal"
@@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ func addCreate(topLevel *cobra.Command) {
 			}
 
 			// Cancel on signals.
-			ctx := createCancellableContext()
+			ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+			defer stop()
 
 			bo.InsecureRegistry = po.InsecureRegistry
 			builder, err := makeBuilder(ctx, bo)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/delete.go b/pkg/commands/delete.go
index 7f996e20e1..815961250a 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/delete.go
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ func passthru(command string) runCmd {
 		}
 
 		// Cancel on signals.
-		ctx := createCancellableContext()
+		ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+		defer stop()
 
 		// Start building a command line invocation by passing
 		// through our arguments to command's CLI.
diff --git a/pkg/commands/deps.go b/pkg/commands/deps.go
index 4926e89851..0ca32e3533 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/deps.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/deps.go
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn"
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ If the image was not built using ko, or if it was built without embedding depend
   ko deps docker.io/my-user/my-image:v3`,
 		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			ctx := createCancellableContext()
+			ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+			defer stop()
 
 			ref, err := name.ParseReference(args[0])
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/resolve.go b/pkg/commands/resolve.go
index 59e183b158..a2e327991f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/resolve.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/resolve.go
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 
 	"github.com/google/ko/pkg/commands/options"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ func addResolve(topLevel *cobra.Command) {
   ko resolve --local -f config/`,
 		Args: cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			ctx := createCancellableContext()
+			ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+			defer stop()
 			bo.InsecureRegistry = po.InsecureRegistry
 			builder, err := makeBuilder(ctx, bo)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/run.go b/pkg/commands/run.go
index b863cfc4f3..26845ed41f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/run.go
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -49,7 +51,8 @@ func addRun(topLevel *cobra.Command) {
   # You can also supply args and flags to the command.
   ko run ./cmd/baz -- -v arg1 arg2 --yes`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			ctx := createCancellableContext()
+			ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+			defer stop()
 
 			// Args after -- are for kubectl, so only consider importPaths before it.
 			importPaths := args