diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 52b0fc84f..2ffae5b8a 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace gopkg.in/yaml.v3 => gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml => ../kyaml
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 9732c60a0..37df0fd6c 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20 h1:L9JNKvJfCBpmYFr4tP0igpfj/pXP7nW2aXOWNtF5k1g=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20/go.mod h1:TYWhGwW9vjoRh3rWqBwB/ZOXyEGRVWe7Ggc3+KZIO+c=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
diff --git a/cmd/config/go.mod b/cmd/config/go.mod
index 6a1494bb8..3046eba39 100644
--- a/cmd/config/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/config/go.mod
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace gopkg.in/yaml.v3 => gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml => ../../kyaml
diff --git a/cmd/config/go.sum b/cmd/config/go.sum
index ec1f0e30d..8fc6cbf50 100644
--- a/cmd/config/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/config/go.sum
@@ -244,7 +244,5 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20 h1:L9JNKvJfCBpmYFr4tP0igpfj/pXP7nW2aXOWNtF5k1g=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20/go.mod h1:TYWhGwW9vjoRh3rWqBwB/ZOXyEGRVWe7Ggc3+KZIO+c=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
index 1e862f3fd..40cbe0bee 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20
 )
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../../api
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml => ../../kyaml
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
index 33bb99859..1af985dfb 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
@@ -229,10 +229,6 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10 h1:CqbdK/qT7JE+uVETkrVMk7pQf0fPFXk9+QQ//Q7sAtc=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10/go.mod h1:ImeIkhUU7GIhamOtKPlkllt+fkBKL5f6/4NLhVwkinA=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20 h1:L9JNKvJfCBpmYFr4tP0igpfj/pXP7nW2aXOWNtF5k1g=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20/go.mod h1:TYWhGwW9vjoRh3rWqBwB/ZOXyEGRVWe7Ggc3+KZIO+c=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 69003c383..630041c5f 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ exclude (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.2.0
 )
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config => ../cmd/config
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml => ../kyaml
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 1c31b74a1..528d2e771 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -253,12 +253,6 @@ k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20200413195148-3a45101e95ac/go.mod h1:ezvh/TsK7cY6rbqRK0oQQ8
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e h1:KLHHjkdQFomZy8+06csTWZ0m1343QqxZhR2LJ1OxCYM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e/go.mod h1:vHXdDvt9+2spS2Rx9ql3I8tycm3H9FDfdUoIuKCefvw=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10 h1:CqbdK/qT7JE+uVETkrVMk7pQf0fPFXk9+QQ//Q7sAtc=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.10/go.mod h1:ImeIkhUU7GIhamOtKPlkllt+fkBKL5f6/4NLhVwkinA=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.12 h1:hDLY4mxEqDLVSqxlJoamZZEhOM6TBysYR2wDlmW+iEo=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.12/go.mod h1:hVG/nPSqccrnogZ4ehzw3cTSR2fT6hdWeyojILHZivA=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20 h1:L9JNKvJfCBpmYFr4tP0igpfj/pXP7nW2aXOWNtF5k1g=
-sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.20/go.mod h1:TYWhGwW9vjoRh3rWqBwB/ZOXyEGRVWe7Ggc3+KZIO+c=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=