diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 47606ad..51ae6e6 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ config_task:
     script:
         - dnf install -y make glib2-devel git gcc golang
         - cd $CIRRUS_WORKING_DIR
-        - GO111MODULE=on go mod init github.com/containers/conmon
         - make config
         - ./hack/tree_status.sh
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d25cb5..2c3708d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 *.pdb
 
 # Kernel Module Compile Results
-*.mod*
 *.cmd
 .tmp_versions/
 modules.order
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/integration_test.sh b/contrib/cirrus/integration_test.sh
index b1ee34b..b3e0021 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/integration_test.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/integration_test.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ req_env_var "
 dnf install -y make glib2-devel git gcc golang
 setup_gopath
 cd $CIRRUS_WORKING_DIR
-# the || true is to make this call idempotent, in case we already have initialized the module
-go mod init || true
 GOCACHE=/tmp/go-build make vendor
 make
 make install PREFIX=/usr # currently, the conmon location is hardcoded to /usr/bin/conmon
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d13f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/containers/conmon
+
+go 1.15
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index abaccb2..0000000
--- a/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
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