diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go/build_interop.sh b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go/build_interop.sh
index e8915493422178065827ade845649b6530c7c627..6e7813ef0b10ada51cb9314ced2e4dc06c7fdfbd 100755
--- a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go/build_interop.sh
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go/build_interop.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 # Builds Go interop server and client in a base image.
 set -e
 
+go get google.golang.org/grpc
+
 # Clone just the grpc-go source code without any dependencies.
 # We are cloning from a local git repo that contains the right revision
 # to test instead of using "go get" to download from Github directly.
@@ -39,15 +41,6 @@ git clone --recursive /var/local/jenkins/grpc-go src/google.golang.org/grpc
 # copy service account keys if available
 cp -r /var/local/jenkins/service_account $HOME || true
 
-# Get dependencies from GitHub
-# NOTE: once grpc-go dependencies change, this needs to be updated manually
-# but we don't expect this to happen any time soon.
-go get github.com/golang/protobuf/proto
-go get golang.org/x/net/context
-go get golang.org/x/net/trace
-go get golang.org/x/oauth2
-go get google.golang.org/cloud
-
 # Build the interop client and server
 (cd src/google.golang.org/grpc/interop/client && go install)
 (cd src/google.golang.org/grpc/interop/server && go install)