diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0dfa7069b..ae9c2a218 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test: testprereqs generate fmt vet unit
 .PHONY: testprereqs
 testprereqs:
 	@if [ ! -d /usr/local/kubebuilder ] ; then echo "kubebuilder not found.  See docs/dev/setup.md" && exit 1 ; fi
-	@if ! which kustomize >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "kustomize not found.  See docs/dev/setup.md" && exit 1 ; fi
+	@if ! which kustomize >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "Running 'go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize'" && go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize ; fi
 
 unit: manifests
 	go test ./pkg/... ./cmd/... -coverprofile cover.out
diff --git a/docs/dev/setup.md b/docs/dev/setup.md
index afd125a5e..1b5442c5c 100644
--- a/docs/dev/setup.md
+++ b/docs/dev/setup.md
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ during development.
 ## Install kustomize
 
 ```bash
-eval $(go env)
-export GOPATH
-./tools/install_kustomize.sh
+go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize
 ```
 
 ## Install kubebuilder
diff --git a/tools/install_kustomize.sh b/tools/install_kustomize.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bbd0ef75b..000000000
--- a/tools/install_kustomize.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-mkdir -p $GOPATH/bin
-curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/v1.0.11/kustomize_1.0.11_linux_amd64 -o $GOPATH/bin/kustomize
-chmod +x $GOPATH/bin/kustomize