diff --git a/kubernetes/Makefile b/kubernetes/Makefile
index b0478cdc7..978007c33 100644
--- a/kubernetes/Makefile
+++ b/kubernetes/Makefile
@@ -167,34 +167,35 @@ deploy: manifests kustomize ## Deploy controller to the K8s cluster specified in
 undeploy: ## Undeploy controller from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config. Call with ignore-not-found=true to ignore resource not found errors during deletion.
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default | kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=$(ignore-not-found) -f -
 
-CONTROLLER_GEN = $(shell pwd)/bin/controller-gen
-.PHONY: controller-gen
-controller-gen: ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
-	$(call go-get-tool,$(CONTROLLER_GEN),sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@v0.8.0)
+## Location to install dependencies to
+LOCALBIN ?= $(shell pwd)/bin
+$(LOCALBIN):
+	mkdir -p $(LOCALBIN)
+
+## Tool Binaries
+KUSTOMIZE ?= $(LOCALBIN)/kustomize
+CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
+ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
+
+## Tool Versions
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v3.8.7
+CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.8.0
 
-KUSTOMIZE = $(shell pwd)/bin/kustomize
+KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"
 .PHONY: kustomize
-kustomize: ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
-	$(call go-get-tool,$(KUSTOMIZE),sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3@v3.8.7)
+kustomize: $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
+$(KUSTOMIZE): $(LOCALBIN)
+	curl -s $(KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT) | bash -s -- $(subst v,,$(KUSTOMIZE_VERSION)) $(LOCALBIN)
+
+.PHONY: controller-gen
+controller-gen: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
+$(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(LOCALBIN)
+	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION)
 
-ENVTEST = $(shell pwd)/bin/setup-envtest
 .PHONY: envtest
-envtest: ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
-	$(call go-get-tool,$(ENVTEST),sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest)
-
-# go-get-tool will 'go get' any package $2 and install it to $1.
-PROJECT_DIR := $(shell dirname $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-define go-get-tool
-@[ -f $(1) ] || { \
-set -e ;\
-TMP_DIR=$$(mktemp -d) ;\
-cd $$TMP_DIR ;\
-go mod init tmp ;\
-echo "Downloading $(2)" ;\
-GOBIN=$(PROJECT_DIR)/bin go get $(2) ;\
-rm -rf $$TMP_DIR ;\
-}
-endef
+envtest: $(ENVTEST) ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
+$(ENVTEST): $(LOCALBIN)
+	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest
 
 .PHONY: bundle
 bundle: manifests kustomize ## Generate bundle manifests and metadata, then validate generated files.