diff --git a/.generated_files b/.generated_files
index 4e417ab3d25..041d0be0269 100644
--- a/.generated_files
+++ b/.generated_files
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 file-prefix	zz_generated.
 
-file-name	BUILD
 file-name	types.generated.go
 file-name	generated.pb.go
 file-name	generated.proto
diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index 550f1971afb..fb97ee76783 100755
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ readonly KUBE_SUPPORTED_TEST_PLATFORMS=(
 )
 
 # The set of server targets that we are only building for Linux
-# If you update this list, please also update build/BUILD.
 kube::golang::server_targets() {
   local targets=(
     cmd/kube-proxy
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ IFS=" " read -ra KUBE_CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_TARGETS <<< "$(kube::golang::conformance
 readonly KUBE_CONFORMANCE_IMAGE_TARGETS
 
 # The set of server targets that we are only building for Kubernetes nodes
-# If you update this list, please also update build/BUILD.
 kube::golang::node_targets() {
   local targets=(
     cmd/kube-proxy
@@ -256,7 +254,6 @@ kube::golang::setup_platforms() {
 kube::golang::setup_platforms
 
 # The set of client targets that we are building for all platforms
-# If you update this list, please also update build/BUILD.
 readonly KUBE_CLIENT_TARGETS=(
   cmd/kubectl
   cmd/kubectl-convert
@@ -265,7 +262,6 @@ readonly KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES=("${KUBE_CLIENT_TARGETS[@]##*/}")
 readonly KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES_WIN=("${KUBE_CLIENT_BINARIES[@]/%/.exe}")
 
 # The set of test targets that we are building for all platforms
-# If you update this list, please also update build/BUILD.
 kube::golang::test_targets() {
   local targets=(
     cmd/gendocs
@@ -283,7 +279,6 @@ IFS=" " read -ra KUBE_TEST_TARGETS <<< "$(kube::golang::test_targets)"
 readonly KUBE_TEST_TARGETS
 readonly KUBE_TEST_BINARIES=("${KUBE_TEST_TARGETS[@]##*/}")
 readonly KUBE_TEST_BINARIES_WIN=("${KUBE_TEST_BINARIES[@]/%/.exe}")
-# If you update this list, please also update build/BUILD.
 readonly KUBE_TEST_PORTABLE=(
   test/e2e/testing-manifests
   test/kubemark
@@ -296,7 +291,6 @@ readonly KUBE_TEST_PORTABLE=(
 # Test targets which run on the Kubernetes clusters directly, so we only
 # need to target server platforms.
 # These binaries will be distributed in the kubernetes-test tarball.
-# If you update this list, please also update build/BUILD.
 kube::golang::server_test_targets() {
   local targets=(
     cmd/kubemark
diff --git a/hack/verify-flags-underscore.py b/hack/verify-flags-underscore.py
index fbf16b70984..bb3dd2385d5 100755
--- a/hack/verify-flags-underscore.py
+++ b/hack/verify-flags-underscore.py
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ def get_all_files(rootdir):
             dirs.remove('third_party')
         if '.git' in dirs:
             dirs.remove('.git')
-        if 'BUILD' in files:
-           files.remove('BUILD')
 
         for name in files:
             pathname = os.path.join(root, name)
diff --git a/hack/verify-readonly-packages.sh b/hack/verify-readonly-packages.sh
index 4519d01890a..86fe04094c7 100755
--- a/hack/verify-readonly-packages.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-readonly-packages.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ find_files() {
 conflicts=()
 while IFS=$'\n' read -r dir; do
     dir=${dir#./}
-    if kube::util::has_changes "${branch}" "^${dir}/[^/]*\$" '/\.readonly$|/BUILD$|/zz_generated|/\.generated\.|\.proto$|\.pb\.go$' >/dev/null; then
+    if kube::util::has_changes "${branch}" "^${dir}/[^/]*\$" '/\.readonly$|/zz_generated|/\.generated\.|\.proto$|\.pb\.go$' >/dev/null; then
         conflicts+=("${dir}")
     fi
 done < <(find_files | sed 's|/.readonly||')
diff --git a/hack/verify-vendor.sh b/hack/verify-vendor.sh
index 2b4e8f39754..05d73764caf 100755
--- a/hack/verify-vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-vendor.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
     ret=1
   fi
 
-  if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr -x "BUILD" -x "AUTHORS*" -x "CONTRIBUTORS*" vendor "${_kubetmp}/vendor")"; then
+  if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr -x "AUTHORS*" -x "CONTRIBUTORS*" vendor "${_kubetmp}/vendor")"; then
     echo "Your vendored results are different:" >&2
     echo "${_out}" >&2
     echo "Vendor Verify failed." >&2