diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc7c1ab..6902a72 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 APP := pyml-validator
 
 include devops/make/common.mk
-include devops/make/common-kube.mk
-include devops/make/common-go.mk
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+include devops/make/common-go.mk
+
+# extend the update-makefiles task to remove files we don't need
+update-makefiles::
+        make prune-common-make
+
+# strip out everything from common-makefiles that we don't want.
+prune-common-make:
+    @find devops/make -type f  \
+            -not -name common.mk \
+            -not -name common-go.mk \
+            -delete
+    @find devops/make -empty -delete
+    @git add devops/make
+    @git commit -C HEAD --amend
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