diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index e593a027c..0b80d2026 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Lint
       run: make lint
-      env:
-        KUSTOMIZE_DOCKER_E2E: false # don't need to do e2e tests for linting
 
     - name: Verify boilerplate
       run: make check-license
diff --git a/Makefile-modules.mk b/Makefile-modules.mk
index 4ab29c1e4..f8715c616 100644
--- a/Makefile-modules.mk
+++ b/Makefile-modules.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ endif
 export PATH := $(MYGOBIN):$(PATH)
 
 # only set this if not already set, so importing makefiles can override it
-export KUSTOMIZE_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize).*|\1|')
+export KUSTOMIZE_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\1|')
 include $(KUSTOMIZE_ROOT)/Makefile-tools.mk
 
 .PHONY: lint test fix fmt tidy vet
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include $(KUSTOMIZE_ROOT)/Makefile-tools.mk
 lint: $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint
 	$(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint \
 	  -c $$KUSTOMIZE_ROOT/.golangci.yml \
-	  --path-prefix $(shell pwd | sed 's|.*kustomize/||') \
+	  --path-prefix $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\2|') \
 	  run ./...
 
 test:
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Makefile b/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Makefile
index c98404d5e..08ba0ff68 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Makefile
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-.PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy
+.PHONY: generate fix vet fmt test build tidy
 
 include ../../../../../../Makefile-modules.mk
 
diff --git a/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile b/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile
index 756fcdde9..1243b5b47 100644
--- a/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-.PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
+.PHONY: generate fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
-ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-endif
+export KUSTOMIZE_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\1|')
+include $(KUSTOMIZE_ROOT)/Makefile-tools.mk
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
 
-all: generate license build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
+all: generate build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
 
 fix:
 	(cd image && go fix ./...)
@@ -19,20 +17,17 @@ fix:
 fmt:
 	(cd image && go fmt ./...)
 
-generate:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/mdtogo || go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo)
-	(cd image && GOBIN=$(GOBIN) go generate ./...)
-
-license:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
-	$(GOBIN)/addlicense  -y 2022 -c "The Kubernetes Authors." -f LICENSE_TEMPLATE .
+generate: $(MYGOBIN)/mdtogo
+	(cd image && GOBIN=$(MYGOBIN) go generate ./...)
 
 tidy:
 	(cd image && go mod tidy)
 
-lint:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint || go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.19.1)
-	(cd image && $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint run ./...)
+lint: $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint
+	(cd image && $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint \
+	  -c $$KUSTOMIZE_ROOT/.golangci.yml \
+	  --path-prefix $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\2|') \
+	  run ./...)
 
 test:
 	(cd image && go test -cover ./...)
diff --git a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile
index ad8918cf9..5e9ad88dc 100644
--- a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-.PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
+.PHONY: generate fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
-ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-endif
+export KUSTOMIZE_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\1|')
+include $(KUSTOMIZE_ROOT)/Makefile-tools.mk
 
 build:
-	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
+	(cd image && go build -v -o $(MYGOBIN)/config-function .)
 
-all: generate license build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
+all: generate build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
 
 fix:
 	(cd image && go fix ./...)
@@ -19,20 +17,17 @@ fix:
 fmt:
 	(cd image && go fmt ./...)
 
-generate:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/mdtogo || go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo)
-	(cd image && GOBIN=$(GOBIN) go generate ./...)
-
-license:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
-	$(GOBIN)/addlicense  -y 2022 -c "The Kubernetes Authors." -f LICENSE_TEMPLATE .
+generate: $(MYGOBIN)/mdtogo
+	(cd image && GOBIN=$(MYGOBIN) go generate ./...)
 
 tidy:
 	(cd image && go mod tidy)
 
-lint:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint || go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.19.1)
-	(cd image && $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint run ./...)
+lint: $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint
+	(cd image && $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint \
+	  -c $$KUSTOMIZE_ROOT/.golangci.yml \
+	  --path-prefix $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\2|') \
+	  run ./...)
 
 test:
 	(cd image && go test -cover ./...)
diff --git a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile
index 0629f60e6..2b655157f 100644
--- a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-.PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
+.PHONY: generate fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
-ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-endif
+export KUSTOMIZE_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\1|')
+include $(KUSTOMIZE_ROOT)/Makefile-tools.mk
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
 
-all: generate license build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
+all: generate build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
 
 fix:
 	(cd image && go fix ./...)
@@ -19,20 +17,17 @@ fix:
 fmt:
 	(cd image && go fmt ./...)
 
-generate:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/mdtogo || go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo)
-	(cd image && GOBIN=$(GOBIN) go generate ./...)
-
-license:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
-	$(GOBIN)/addlicense  -y 2022 -c "The Kubernetes Authors." -f LICENSE_TEMPLATE .
+generate: $(MYGOBIN)/mdtogo
+	(cd image && GOBIN=$(MYGOBIN) go generate ./...)
 
 tidy:
 	(cd image && go mod tidy)
 
-lint:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint || go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.19.1)
-	(cd image && $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint run ./...)
+lint: $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint
+	(cd image && $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint \
+	  -c $$KUSTOMIZE_ROOT/.golangci.yml \
+	  --path-prefix $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\2|') \
+	  run ./...)
 
 test:
 	(cd image && go test -cover ./...)
diff --git a/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile b/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile
index 96bab5307..4452033b8 100644
--- a/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-.PHONY: license image
+.PHONY: image
 
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
-ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-endif
-
-license:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
-	$(GOBIN)/addlicense  -y 2022 -c "The Kubernetes Authors." -f LICENSE_TEMPLATE .
-
-all: license
+all:
+	true
 
 image:
 	docker build image -t gcr.io/kustomize-functions/example-cockroachdb:v0.1.0
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile
index a87cd64b6..b34a462f3 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-.PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
+.PHONY: generate fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
-ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-endif
+export KUSTOMIZE_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\1|')
+include $(KUSTOMIZE_ROOT)/Makefile-tools.mk
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
 
-all: generate license build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
+all: generate build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
 
 fix:
 	(cd image && go fix ./...)
@@ -19,20 +17,17 @@ fix:
 fmt:
 	(cd image && go fmt ./...)
 
-generate:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/mdtogo || go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo)
-	(cd image && GOBIN=$(GOBIN) go generate ./...)
-
-license:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
-	$(GOBIN)/addlicense  -y 2022 -c "The Kubernetes Authors." -f LICENSE_TEMPLATE .
+generate: $(MYGOBIN)/mdtogo
+	(cd image && GOBIN=$(MYGOBIN) go generate ./...)
 
 tidy:
 	(cd image && go mod tidy)
 
-lint:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint || go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.19.1)
-	(cd image && $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint run ./...)
+lint: $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint
+	(cd image && $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint \
+	  -c $$KUSTOMIZE_ROOT/.golangci.yml \
+	  --path-prefix $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\2|') \
+	  run ./...)
 
 test:
 	(cd image && go test -cover ./...)
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile
index 145394976..0de3a0634 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-.PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
+.PHONY: generate fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
-ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
-GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-endif
+export KUSTOMIZE_ROOT ?= $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\1|')
+include $(KUSTOMIZE_ROOT)/Makefile-tools.mk
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
 
-all: generate license build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
+all: generate build fix vet fmt test lint tidy
 
 fix:
 	(cd image && go fix ./...)
@@ -19,20 +17,17 @@ fix:
 fmt:
 	(cd image && go fmt ./...)
 
-generate:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/mdtogo || go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo)
-	(cd image && GOBIN=$(GOBIN) go generate ./...)
-
-license:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
-	$(GOBIN)/addlicense  -y 2022 -c "The Kubernetes Authors." -f LICENSE_TEMPLATE .
+generate: $(MYGOBIN)/mdtogo
+	(cd image && GOBIN=$(MYGOBIN) go generate ./...)
 
 tidy:
 	(cd image && go mod tidy)
 
-lint:
-	(which $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint || go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.19.1)
-	(cd image && $(GOBIN)/golangci-lint run ./...)
+lint: $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint
+	(cd image && $(MYGOBIN)/golangci-lint \
+	  -c $$KUSTOMIZE_ROOT/.golangci.yml \
+	  --path-prefix $(shell pwd | sed -E 's|(.*\/kustomize)/(.*)|\2|') \
+	  run ./...)
 
 test:
 	(cd image && go test -cover ./...)
diff --git a/hack/add-license.sh b/hack/add-license.sh
index 18af2fe09..a9011ce28 100755
--- a/hack/add-license.sh
+++ b/hack/add-license.sh
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ args=(
 )
 if [[ $mode == "check" ]]; then
   args+=(-check)
+  if  ! addlicense "${args[@]}" .  ; then
+    set +x
+    echo -e "\n------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "Error: license missing in one or more files. Run \`$0 run\` to update them."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  exit 0
 fi
 
-if  ! addlicense "${args[@]}" .  ; then
-  set +x
-  echo -e "\n------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo "Error: license missing in one or more files. Run \`$0 run\` to update them."
-  exit 1
-fi
+addlicense "${args[@]}" .
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/Makefile b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/Makefile
index fa1faf7b5..86c719965 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/Makefile
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+include ./../../../../Makefile-modules.mk
+
 lint:
 	echo "Skipping lint for broken module someteam.example.com/v1/validator"
diff --git a/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/Makefile b/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/Makefile
index cdafb4ab9..b8a600717 100644
--- a/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/Makefile
+++ b/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+include ./../../../../Makefile-modules.mk
+
 lint:
 	echo "Skipping lint for broken module untested/v1/gogetter"