diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a1aaff581..2acd9fe76b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ functions-examples-all:
 	done
 
 test-go-mod:
-	./hack/for-each-module.sh "go list -m -json all > /dev/null && go mod tidy -v"
+	./hack/for-each-module.sh $$(pwd)/hack/replace.sh; \
+	./hack/for-each-module.sh "go mod tidy -v"; \
+	./hack/for-each-module.sh $$(pwd)/hack/dropReplace.sh
 
 .PHONY:
 verify-kustomize-e2e: $(MYGOBIN)/mdrip $(MYGOBIN)/kind
diff --git a/hack/dropReplace.sh b/hack/dropReplace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..47603464b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/dropReplace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+read -a modules <<< $(go list -m)
+
+for i in ${!modules[@]}; do
+  go mod edit -dropreplace=${modules[i]}
+done
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diff --git a/hack/replace.sh b/hack/replace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..04e42b110a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/replace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+read -a modules <<< $(go list -m)
+read -a module_paths <<< $(go list -m -f {{.Dir}})
+
+for i in ${!modules[@]}; do
+  replace_path=$(realpath --relative-to=$(pwd) ${module_paths[i]})
+  if [ $replace_path == . ]; then
+    continue
+  fi
+  go mod edit -replace=${modules[i]}=$replace_path
+done
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