diff --git a/hack/verify-godeps.sh b/hack/verify-godeps.sh
index a9890a6858d..61dddca370a 100755
--- a/hack/verify-godeps.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-godeps.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+# As of go 1.6, the vendor experiment is enabled by default.
+export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=0
+
 #### HACK ####
 # Sometimes godep just can't handle things. This lets use manually put
 # some deps in place first, so godep won't fall over.