diff --git a/hack/make-rules/helpers/cache_go_dirs.sh b/hack/make-rules/helpers/cache_go_dirs.sh
index 7efc2ee869d..282022a8474 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/helpers/cache_go_dirs.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/helpers/cache_go_dirs.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ fi
 mkdir -p $(dirname "${CACHE}")
 if $("${NEED_FIND}"); then
     kfind -type f -name \*.go  \
-        | xargs -n1 dirname    \
-        | LC_ALL=C sort -u     \
+        | sed 's|/[^/]*$||'    \
         | sed 's|^./||'        \
+        | LC_ALL=C sort -u     \
         > "${CACHE}"
 fi
 cat "${CACHE}"