diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-tests.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-tests.sh
index aaa1610c83cd..292c26e1753e 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/run-e2e-tests.sh
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ case ${SUITE} in
   recommender|updater|admission-controller|actuation|full-vpa)
     export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config
     pushd ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/e2e
-    go test -mod vendor ./v1beta2/*go -v --test.timeout=90m --args --ginkgo.v=true --ginkgo.focus="\[VPA\] \[${SUITE}\]" --report-dir=/workspace/_artifacts --disable-log-dump --ginkgo.timeout=90m
+    go test ./v1beta2/*go -v --test.timeout=90m --args --ginkgo.v=true --ginkgo.focus="\[VPA\] \[${SUITE}\]" --report-dir=/workspace/_artifacts --disable-log-dump --ginkgo.timeout=90m
     V1BETA2_RESULT=$?
-    go test -mod vendor ./v1/*go -v --test.timeout=90m --args --ginkgo.v=true --ginkgo.focus="\[VPA\] \[${SUITE}\]" --report-dir=/workspace/_artifacts --disable-log-dump --ginkgo.timeout=90m
+    go test ./v1/*go -v --test.timeout=90m --args --ginkgo.v=true --ginkgo.focus="\[VPA\] \[${SUITE}\]" --report-dir=/workspace/_artifacts --disable-log-dump --ginkgo.timeout=90m
     V1_RESULT=$?
     popd
     echo v1beta2 test result: ${V1BETA2_RESULT}
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps-in-e2e.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps-in-e2e.sh
index 8fc76f28fe97..3d204dfdcbe3 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps-in-e2e.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps-in-e2e.sh
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ function update_deps() {
     echo "Updating k8s to ${K8S_TAG}"
     go get "k8s.io/kubernetes@v${K8S_TAG}"
 
-    echo "Running go mod tidy and vendoring deps"
-    # tidy and vendor modules
+    echo "Running go mod tidy"
+    # tidy
     go mod tidy
-    go mod vendor
 )
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps.sh b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps.sh
index 8e7e82b49d8c..6a58a928e91f 100755
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps.sh
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/hack/update-kubernetes-deps.sh
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ function update_deps() {
     echo "Updating k8s to ${K8S_TAG}"
     go get "k8s.io/kubernetes@v${K8S_TAG}"
 
-    echo "Running go mod tidy and vendoring deps"
-    # tidy and vendor modules
+    echo "Running go mod tidy"
+    # tidy
     go mod tidy
-    go mod vendor
 )
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile
index a6cd8bb1657a..03ccc27b64bf 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ WORKDIR /gopath/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler
 
 ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
 
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/admission-controller -mod vendor -o admission-controller-$TARGETARCH
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/admission-controller -o admission-controller-$TARGETARCH
 
 FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:latest
 MAINTAINER Tomasz Kulczynski "tkulczynski@google.com"
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Makefile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Makefile
index efc0e28c320e..d7a9e7f7a7c2 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Makefile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ clean-%:
 	rm -f ${COMPONENT}-$*
 
 format:
-	test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -d {} + | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
-	test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -w {} + | tee /dev/stderr)"
+	test -z "$$(find . -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -d {} + | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
+	test -z "$$(find . -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -w {} + | tee /dev/stderr)"
 
 .PHONY: all build test-unit clean format release
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile
index 346fa0a3b0c2..e486ccbbd4f5 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ WORKDIR /gopath/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler
 
 ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
 
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/recommender -mod vendor -o recommender-$TARGETARCH
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/recommender -o recommender-$TARGETARCH
 
 FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:latest
 MAINTAINER Krzysztof Grygiel "kgrygiel@google.com"
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Makefile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Makefile
index a9ccc1bd9c14..935ffc4d53c6 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Makefile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ clean-%:
 	rm -f ${COMPONENT}-$*
 
 format:
-	test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -d {} + | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
-	test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -w {} + | tee /dev/stderr)"
+	test -z "$$(find . -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -d {} + | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
+	test -z "$$(find . -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -w {} + | tee /dev/stderr)"
 
 .PHONY: all build test-unit clean format release
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile
index 0a6a2f77cb56..4ebf10840278 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ WORKDIR /gopath/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler
 
 ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
 
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/updater -mod vendor -o updater-$TARGETARCH
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 LD_FLAGS=-s GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOOS=$TARGETOS go build -C pkg/updater -o updater-$TARGETARCH
 
 FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:latest
 MAINTAINER Marcin Wielgus "mwielgus@google.com"
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Makefile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Makefile
index 434c93fa866a..c76d6f44afc1 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Makefile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ clean-%:
 	rm -f ${COMPONENT}-$*
 
 format:
-	test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -d {} + | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
-	test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -w {} + | tee /dev/stderr)"
+	test -z "$$(find . -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -d {} + | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
+	test -z "$$(find . -type f -o -name '*.go' -exec gofmt -s -w {} + | tee /dev/stderr)"
 
 .PHONY: all build test-unit clean format release