diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b853b9abe7..f6df2d2499 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ logspout/image/logspout
 logspout/Godeps/
 publisher/Godeps/
 publisher/image/bin/publisher
-router/Godeps/
 swarm/image/bin/
 mesos/**/bin/
 mesos/**/bindata/
diff --git a/router/Makefile b/router/Makefile
index 60c26ac7e1..a1d5ec4ac7 100644
--- a/router/Makefile
+++ b/router/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ BUILD_IMAGE = $(COMPONENT)-build
 BINARY_DEST_DIR = image/bin
 
 build: check-docker
-	cp -pR ../Godeps .
 	docker build -t $(BUILD_IMAGE) .
 	docker cp `docker run -d $(BUILD_IMAGE) /bin/bash`:/nginx.tgz image/
 	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 godep go build -a -installsuffix -v -ldflags '-s' -o $(BINARY_DEST_DIR)/boot boot.go || exit 1
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ build: check-docker
 	rm image/bin/boot
 
 clean: check-docker check-registry
-	rm -rf Godeps
 	docker rmi $(IMAGE)
 
 full-clean: check-docker check-registry