diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 57b8035be7..6452b6c1e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ PRE_COMMIT = $(shell command -v bin/venv/bin/pre-commit ~/.local/bin/pre-commit
 # triggered.
 SOURCES = $(shell find . -path './.*' -prune -o \( \( -name '*.go' -o -name '*.c' \) -a ! -name '*_test.go' \) -print)
 
-BUILDFLAGS := -mod=vendor $(BUILDFLAGS)
-
 BUILDTAGS_CROSS ?= containers_image_openpgp exclude_graphdriver_btrfs exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper exclude_graphdriver_overlay
 CONTAINER_RUNTIME := $(shell command -v podman 2> /dev/null || echo docker)
 OCI_RUNTIME ?= ""