diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f6ecfa71..a44551147 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,18 +37,14 @@ KANIKO_PROJECT = $(REPOPATH)/kaniko
 out/executor: $(GO_FILES)
 	GOARCH=$(GOARCH) GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags $(GO_LDFLAGS) -tags $(GO_BUILD_TAGS) -o $@ $(EXECUTOR_PACKAGE)
 
-
-out/kaniko: $(GO_FILES)
-	GOOS=$* GOARCH=$(GOARCH) CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags $(GO_LDFLAGS) -tags $(GO_BUILD_TAGS) -o $@ $(KANIKO_PROJECT)
-
 .PHONY: test
-test: out/executor out/kaniko
+test: out/executor
 	@ ./test.sh
 
 .PHONY: integration-test
-integration-test: out/executor out/kaniko
+integration-test: out/executor
 	@ ./integration-test.sh
 
 .PHONY: images
-images: out/executor out/kaniko
+images: out/executor
 	docker build -t $(REGISTRY)/executor:latest -f deploy/Dockerfile .
diff --git a/kaniko/cmd/root.go b/kaniko/cmd/root.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dc81e1a6c..000000000
--- a/kaniko/cmd/root.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 Google LLC
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "kaniko",
-	Short: "kaniko is a CLI tool for building container images with full Dockerfile support without the need for Docker",
-	Long: `kaniko is a CLI tool for building container images with full Dockerfile support. It doesn't require Docker,
-			and builds the images in a Kubernetes cluster before pushing the final image to a registry.`,
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	},
-}
diff --git a/kaniko/main.go b/kaniko/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 81a8e08b6..000000000
--- a/kaniko/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2018 Google LLC
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kaniko/kaniko/cmd"
-	"os"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	if err := cmd.RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}