diff --git a/docs/contributors/build_guide.md b/docs/contributors/build_guide.md
index 8283d413b07f..f087fe5edb73 100644
--- a/docs/contributors/build_guide.md
+++ b/docs/contributors/build_guide.md
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ $ sudo dnf install -y glibc-static
 
 ### Building from Source
 
-Clone minikube into your go path under `$GOPATH/src/k8s.io`
+Clone and build minikube:
 ```shell
-$ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/minikube
-$ cd $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/minikube
+$ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git
+$ cd minikube
 $ make
 ```
 
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git
 Build (cross compile for linux / OS X and Windows) using make:
 ```shell
 $ cd minikube
-$ docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/go/src/k8s.io/minikube -w /go/src/k8s.io/minikube golang:stretch make cross
+$ MINIKUBE_BUILD_IN_DOCKER=y make cross
 ```
 
 Check "out" directory:
 ```shell
 $ ls out/
-docker-machine-driver-hyperkit.d    minikube                minikube.d             test.d
-docker-machine-driver-kvm2.d        minikube-linux-amd64            storage-provisioner.d
+minikube-darwin-amd64  minikube-linux-amd64  minikube-windows-amd64.exe
 ```
 
 ### Run Instructions
diff --git a/docs/contributors/minikube_iso.md b/docs/contributors/minikube_iso.md
index b55d5ecbd2ea..d8fc153e76d4 100644
--- a/docs/contributors/minikube_iso.md
+++ b/docs/contributors/minikube_iso.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Also be sure to have an UTF-8 locale set up in order to build the ISO.
 ### Build instructions
 
 ```shell
-$ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube
+$ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git
 $ cd minikube
 $ make buildroot-image
 $ make out/minikube.iso
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ The bootable ISO image will be available in `out/minikube.iso`.
 ### Testing local minikube-iso changes
 
 ```shell
-$ ./out/minikube start \
-    --iso-url=file://$GOPATH/src/k8s.io/minikube/out/minikube.iso
+$ ./out/minikube start --iso-url=file://$(pwd)/out/minikube.iso
 ```
 
 ### Buildroot configuration
diff --git a/docs/drivers.md b/docs/drivers.md
index 1ac2ba1c74aa..8bae3b7085a8 100644
--- a/docs/drivers.md
+++ b/docs/drivers.md
@@ -63,16 +63,14 @@ curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/docker-machine-
   && sudo install docker-machine-driver-kvm2 /usr/local/bin/
 ```
 
-NOTE: Ubuntu users on a release older than 18.04, or anyone experiencing [#3206: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address.](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3206) you will need to build your own driver until [#3689](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3689) is resolved. Building this binary will require [Go v1.11](https://golang.org/dl/) or newer to be installed.
+NOTE: Ubuntu users on a release older than 18.04, or anyone experiencing [#3206: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address.](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3206) you will need to build your own driver until [#3689](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3689) is resolved. Building this binary will require [Go v1.12](https://golang.org/dl/) or newer to be installed.
 
 ```shell
-sudo apt install libvirt-dev
-test -d $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/minikube || \
-  git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/minikube
-cd $GOPATH/src/k8s.io/minikube
-git pull
-make out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
-sudo install out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2 /usr/local/bin
+$ sudo apt install libvirt-dev
+$ git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git
+$ cd minikube
+$ make out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
+$ sudo install out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2 /usr/local/bin
 ```
 
 To use the kvm2 driver: