diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index 90f7ae226..d12b79d41 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3 v3.3.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3 v3.3.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0
 )
-
-// When tagging and releasing this module (the kustomize CLI),
-// be sure to require a specific version of sig.k8s.io/kustomize
-// above, and drop the following replace directive.
-//    replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3 v3.2.0 => ../