diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 036b8a645a87c..efec224cf259f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -394,8 +394,5 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect
 )
 
-// replaced due to https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/issues/73
-replace github.com/satori/go.uuid => github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.2.0+incompatible
-
 // replaced due to open PR updating protobuf https://github.com/cisco-ie/nx-telemetry-proto/pull/1
 replace github.com/cisco-ie/nx-telemetry-proto => github.com/sbezverk/nx-telemetry-proto v0.0.0-20210629125746-3c19a51b1abc
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5a79213df3f05..e2b7789120204 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1039,7 +1039,6 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.3/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5x
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.6/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.0/go.mod h1:F1TvTiK9OcQqauNUHlbJvyl9Qa1QvF/gOUDKA14jxHU=
-github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.2.0+incompatible h1:yyYWMnhkhrKwwr8gAOcOCYxOOscHgDS9yZgBrnJfGa0=
@@ -2070,6 +2069,7 @@ github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper v0.0.0-20200724154423-2164a8ac840e h1:CGjiMQ0wMH4
 github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper v0.0.0-20200724154423-2164a8ac840e/go.mod h1:gi+0XIa01GRL2eRQVjQkKGqKF3SF9vZR/HnPullcV2E=
 github.com/sanity-io/litter v1.2.0/go.mod h1:JF6pZUFgu2Q0sBZ+HSV35P8TVPI1TTzEwyu9FXAw2W4=
 github.com/sanposhiho/wastedassign v0.1.3/go.mod h1:LGpq5Hsv74QaqM47WtIsRSF/ik9kqk07kchgv66tLVE=
+github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdhQKdks0=
 github.com/sbezverk/nx-telemetry-proto v0.0.0-20210629125746-3c19a51b1abc h1:9RAsqOFf0U5CuwXR/Jff3nXTv6tAQNN7U4A/2cBRXFc=
 github.com/sbezverk/nx-telemetry-proto v0.0.0-20210629125746-3c19a51b1abc/go.mod h1:rJDd05J5hqWVU9MjJ+5jw1CuLn/jRhvU0xtFEzzqjwM=
 github.com/scaleway/scaleway-sdk-go v1.0.0-beta.7.0.20210223165440-c65ae3540d44/go.mod h1:CJJ5VAbozOl0yEw7nHB9+7BXTJbIn6h7W+f6Gau5IP8=
diff --git a/scripts/check-deps.sh b/scripts/check-deps.sh
index f6f67c8617e7b..980eb0667e619 100755
--- a/scripts/check-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-deps.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ LC_ALL=C sort -u < "${tmpdir}/golist" | while IFS= read -r dep; do
 		# ignore ourselves
 		github.com/influxdata/telegraf) continue;;
 
-		# dependency is replaced in go.mod
-		github.com/satori/go.uuid) continue;;
-
 		# go-autorest has a single license for all sub modules
 		github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest)
 			dep=github.com/Azure/go-autorest;;