diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index df3e6a664..5e803fcf4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.2.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4
 	github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0
-	github.com/shurcooL/vfsgen v0.0.0-20181202132449-6a9ea43bcacd
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
index ba2b39a4f..77c743364 100644
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ package flux
 
 import (
 	_ "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/cmd/crane"
-	_ "github.com/shurcooL/vfsgen"
 )