diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 1969b0fcd8c..ed33e4afc81 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ Before getting started, bear in mind that this repository includes all of Kubern
 git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s.git
 ```
 
-The k3s build process requires some autogenerated code and remote artifacts that are not checked in to version control. To prepare these resources for your build environment, run:
-
-```bash
-mkdir -p build/data && make download && make generate
-```
-
 To build the full release binary, you may now run `make`, which will create `./dist/artifacts/k3s`.
 
 To build the binaries using `make` without running linting (i.e.: if you have uncommitted changes):
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f19de68c9e..b6e7752ff17 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TARGETS := $(shell ls scripts | grep -v \\.sh)
-GO_FILES ?= $$(find . -name '*.go' | grep -v generated)
+GO_FILES ?= $$(find . -name '*.go')
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 
 
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ local-airgap:
 	./scripts/package-airgap
 
 .PHONY: local-ci
-local-ci:  local-binary local-image local-airgap
\ No newline at end of file
+local-ci:  local-binary local-image local-airgap
diff --git a/scripts/generate b/scripts/generate
deleted file mode 100755
index ebdaf31cc53..00000000000
--- a/scripts/generate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cd $(dirname $0)/..
-
-rm -rf build/data
-mkdir -p build/data
-
-GO=${GO-go}
-
-echo Running: "${GO}" generate
-"${GO}" generate
diff --git a/scripts/validate b/scripts/validate
index de33f5f5290..b879db309d0 100755
--- a/scripts/validate
+++ b/scripts/validate
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ sha256sum -c install.sh.sha256sum
 echo Running: go mod tidy
 go mod tidy
 
-echo Running: go generate
-GOOS=linux CC=gcc CXX=g++ go generate
-
 echo Running validation
 
 . ./scripts/version.sh
diff --git a/updatecli/scripts/run-go-generate.sh b/updatecli/scripts/run-go-generate.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c230f57c93c..00000000000
--- a/updatecli/scripts/run-go-generate.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eux
-
-./scripts/download >&2
-go generate >&2
-git diff
-
-exit 0
-
diff --git a/updatecli/updatecli.d/coredns.yaml b/updatecli/updatecli.d/coredns.yaml
index c5ec7da7585..cf4925bcbb8 100644
--- a/updatecli/updatecli.d/coredns.yaml
+++ b/updatecli/updatecli.d/coredns.yaml
@@ -76,13 +76,3 @@ targets:
         - "scripts/airgap/image-list.txt"
       matchpattern: 'docker.io/rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns:\S+'
       replacepattern: 'docker.io/rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns:{{ source "coredns-docker-image" }}'
-
-  go-generate:
-    name: "Run go generate"
-    kind: "shell"
-    sourceid: "get-pwd"
-    spec:
-      command: '{{ source "get-pwd" }}/updatecli/scripts/run-go-generate.sh'
-      environments:
-        - name: PATH
-        - name: HOME
diff --git a/updatecli/updatecli.d/local-path-provisioner.yaml b/updatecli/updatecli.d/local-path-provisioner.yaml
index 1cd2d6808a0..97766b78eb3 100644
--- a/updatecli/updatecli.d/local-path-provisioner.yaml
+++ b/updatecli/updatecli.d/local-path-provisioner.yaml
@@ -76,16 +76,3 @@ targets:
         - "scripts/airgap/image-list.txt"
       matchpattern: 'rancher/local-path-provisioner:v\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-\w+)?'
       replacepattern: 'rancher/local-path-provisioner:{{ source `local-path-provisioner` }}'
-  go-generate:
-    name: "Run go generate"
-    kind: "shell"
-    scmid: "k3s"
-    dependson:
-      - "local-path-provisioner"
-    disablesourceinput: true
-    spec:
-      command: '{{ source "get-pwd" }}/updatecli/scripts/run-go-generate.sh'
-      environments:
-        - name: PATH
-        - name: HOME
-