diff --git a/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl b/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl
index a3eccf53..095e2b43 100644
--- a/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl
+++ b/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ build {
       "git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-gcp.git",
       "curl -Lo bazel https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.19.0/bazelisk-linux-amd64 && sudo install bazel /usr/local/bin/",
       "cd cloud-provider-gcp",
-      "/home/$USER/go/bin/go-licenses check github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-gcp",
-      "/home/$USER/go/bin/go-licenses save github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-gcp --save_path=\"../third_party/licenses/cloud-provider-gcp\"",
+      "curl --create-dirs -o third_party/licenses/cloud-provider-gcp/LICENSE https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-gcp/master/LICENSE",
       "bazel build cmd/auth-provider-gcp",
       "sudo mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes/bin/",
       "sudo cp bazel-bin/cmd/auth-provider-gcp/auth-provider-gcp_/auth-provider-gcp /etc/kubernetes/bin/",