diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f5a2f4b38..342e8f90be 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ check-all: lint check-static check-shadow check-gosec megacheck errcheck
 check-setup:
 	@which retool >/dev/null 2>&1 || go get github.com/twitchtv/retool
 	@GO111MODULE=off retool sync
-	# govet doesn't work with retool for Go 1.11
-	# so install separately
-	@GO111MODULE=on CGO_ENABLED=0 go get github.com/dnephin/govet@4a96d43e39d340b63daa8bc5576985aa599885f6
 
 check: check-setup lint check-static
 
@@ -90,8 +87,8 @@ check-static:
 	@ # Not running vet and fmt through metalinter becauase it ends up looking at vendor
 	@echo "gofmt checking"
 	gofmt -s -l -w $(FILES) 2>&1| $(FAIL_ON_STDOUT)
-	@echo "govet check"
-	govet -all $$($(PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES)) 2>&1
+	@echo "go vet check"
+	@GO111MODULE=on go vet -all $$($(PACKAGE_LIST)) 2>&1
 	@echo "mispell and ineffassign checking"
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 retool do gometalinter.v2 --disable-all \
 	  --enable misspell \
@@ -114,8 +111,9 @@ errcheck:
 
 # TODO: shadow check fails at the moment
 check-shadow:
-	@echo "govet shadow checking"
-	govet -shadow $$($(PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES))
+	@echo "go vet shadow checking"
+	go install golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/shadow/cmd/shadow
+	@GO111MODULE=on go vet -vettool=$(which shadow) $$($(PACKAGE_LIST))
 
 lint:
 	@echo "linting"
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8626eb0c4c..1865a3364c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 h1:wQHKEahhL6wmXdzwWG11gIVCkOv05bNOh+Rxn0yngAk=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
+github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.17.0 h1:nH6xp8XdXHx8dqveo0ZuJBluCO2qGrPbDNZ0dwoRHP0=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.17.0/go.mod h1:cOnomiV+CVVwFLk0A/MExoFMjwdsUdVpsRhURCKh+3M=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.17.0 h1:yJW3HCkTHg7NOA+gZ83IPHzUSnUzGXhGmsdiCcMexbA=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.17.0/go.mod h1:g4xxGn04lDIRh0GJb5QlpE3HfopLOL6uZrK/VgnsK9I=
diff --git a/tests/backup/backupcase.go b/tests/backup/backupcase.go
index 9c9991ac31..4c39178f6e 100644
--- a/tests/backup/backupcase.go
+++ b/tests/backup/backupcase.go
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ func (bc *BackupCase) Run() error {
 	glog.Infof("waiting 1 minutes for binlog to work")
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
 
-	glog.Infof("cluster[%s] begin insert data")
+	glog.Infof("cluster[%s] begin insert data", bc.srcCluster.ClusterName)
 	go bc.operator.BeginInsertDataTo(bc.srcCluster)
 
 	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
 
-	glog.Infof("cluster[%s] stop insert data")
+	glog.Infof("cluster[%s] stop insert data", bc.srcCluster.ClusterName)
 	bc.operator.StopInsertDataTo(bc.srcCluster)
 
 	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
diff --git a/tests/pkg/blockwriter/blockwriter.go b/tests/pkg/blockwriter/blockwriter.go
index 49d62afdf4..bc53dd920a 100644
--- a/tests/pkg/blockwriter/blockwriter.go
+++ b/tests/pkg/blockwriter/blockwriter.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (c *BlockWriterCase) generateQuery(ctx context.Context, queryChan chan []st
 func (bw *blockWriter) batchExecute(db *sql.DB, query string) error {
 	_, err := db.Exec(query)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.V(4).Infof("[%s] exec sql [%s] failed, err: %v", query, err)
+		glog.V(4).Infof("exec sql [%s] failed, err: %v", query, err)
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/pkg/metrics/annotation_util.go b/tests/pkg/metrics/annotation_util.go
index 661ffcc121..a07fafeb91 100644
--- a/tests/pkg/metrics/annotation_util.go
+++ b/tests/pkg/metrics/annotation_util.go
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ type Annotation struct {
 
 //AnnotationOptions is the query options to a standard REST list call.
 type AnnotationOptions struct {
-	DashboardId int   `json:"dashboardId, omitempty"`
-	PanelId     int   `json:"panelId, omitempty"`
-	IsRegin     bool  `json:"isRegion, omitempty"`
-	TimeEnd     int64 `json:"timeEnd, omitempty"`
+	DashboardId int   `json:"dashboardId,omitempty"`
+	PanelId     int   `json:"panelId,omitempty"`
+	IsRegin     bool  `json:"isRegion,omitempty"`
+	TimeEnd     int64 `json:"timeEnd,omitempty"`
 }
 
 //NewClient creats a new grafanaClient. This client performs rest functions