diff --git a/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh b/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh
index 64df7728144..cc1e358cb50 100755
--- a/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-shellcheck.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
-source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/util.sh"
 
 # allow overriding docker cli, which should work fine for this script
 DOCKER="${DOCKER:-docker}"