diff --git a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/decode_test.go b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/decode_test.go
index 5ade55007..7b34fade2 100644
--- a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/decode_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/decode_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
 )
 
 var unmarshalIntTest = 123
diff --git a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/encode_test.go b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/encode_test.go
index 3de4b14c9..b5bf34689 100644
--- a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/encode_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/encode_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
 )
 
 var marshalIntTest = 123
diff --git a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/example_embedded_test.go b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/example_embedded_test.go
index 9d17398a5..82b2c073e 100644
--- a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/example_embedded_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/example_embedded_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
 )
 
 // An example showing how to unmarshal embedded
diff --git a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/go.mod b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index a4b736a5a..000000000
--- a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
-
-require (
-	"gopkg.in/check.v1" v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405
-)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/limit_test.go b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/limit_test.go
index 07a3cbd4b..9f6441bf9 100644
--- a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/limit_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/limit_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
 )
 
 var limitTests = []struct {
diff --git a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/node_test.go b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/node_test.go
index b7d0c9a30..bfed08c96 100644
--- a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/node_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/node_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 )