diff --git a/hack/validate/vendor b/hack/validate/vendor
index 9b704c8ac9..1ffbb1a3c2 100755
--- a/hack/validate/vendor
+++ b/hack/validate/vendor
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 source "${SCRIPTDIR}/.validate"
 
-go_mod_tidy(){
-	${SCRIPTDIR}/../go-mod-prepare.sh
-	GO111MODULE=auto go mod tidy -modfile 'vendor.mod' -compat 1.17
-}
-
 validate_vendor_diff(){
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	check_files=( 'vendor.sum' 'vendor.mod' 'vendor/' )
@@ -54,6 +49,5 @@ validate_vendor_used() {
 	done
 }
 
-go_mod_tidy
 validate_vendor_diff
 validate_vendor_used
diff --git a/hack/vendor.sh b/hack/vendor.sh
index ad104f9504..748ed7527a 100755
--- a/hack/vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/vendor.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 SCRIPTDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-${SCRIPTDIR}/go-mod-prepare.sh
+"${SCRIPTDIR}"/go-mod-prepare.sh
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" != "archive/tar" ]; then
+	GO111MODULE=auto go mod tidy -modfile 'vendor.mod' -compat 1.17
 	GO111MODULE=auto go mod vendor -modfile vendor.mod
 fi