diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dec18746694..4ba2c69890f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,13 +88,11 @@ golangci-lint:
 
 .PHONY: apidiff
 apidiff: go-apidiff ## Run the go-apidiff to verify any API differences compared with origin/master
-	$(GO_APIDIFF) master --compare-imports --print-compatible --repo-path=.
+	$(GOBIN)/go-apidiff master --compare-imports --print-compatible --repo-path=.
 
-GO_APIDIFF = $(shell pwd)/bin/go-apidiff
+.PHONY: go-apidiff
 go-apidiff:
-	@[ -f $(GO_APIDIFF) ] || { \
-	cd tools && go build -tags=tools -o $(GO_APIDIFF) github.com/joelanford/go-apidiff ;\
-	}
+	go install github.com/joelanford/go-apidiff@v0.4.0
 
 ##@ Tests
 
diff --git a/tools/tools.go b/tools/tools.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e0f93339ae..00000000000
--- a/tools/tools.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// +build tools
-
-/*
-Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package tools
-import (
-	_ "github.com/joelanford/go-apidiff"
-)