diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f47734f0d78483da86fbbbf0c24fdac5fc4babdd..b43eb765b3eeae71c9b3711369dec830b8ecc033 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ $(BIN_DIR):
 
 $(TOOLING): $(BIN_DIR)
 	@echo Installing tools from scripts/tools.go
-	@cd scripts && cat tools.go | grep _ | awk -F'"' '{print $$2}' | xargs -tI % go build -o $(BIN_DIR) %
+	@cat scripts/tools.go | grep _ | awk -F'"' '{print $$2}' | xargs -tI % go build -o $(BIN_DIR) %
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e9fa948db0a6ec1b487a3bd333a6d24002f11f2..28aa8a25eb4635f7b1d8e9ed96a79afe8f0c3748 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ set -x
 # only exit with zero if all commands of the pipeline exit successfully
 set -o pipefail
 
+# Make sure to use project tooling
+PATH="$(pwd)/tmp/bin:${PATH}"
+
 # Make sure to start with a clean 'manifests' dir
 rm -rf manifests
 mkdir -p manifests/setup
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 0663889d83038e825061fcfa3e332b51df1a4711..a61af8467ea05a03e35f701835b3d01a1f05d0a6 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ set -x
 # only exit with zero if all commands of the pipeline exit successfully
 set -o pipefail
 
+# Make sure to use project tooling
+PATH="$(pwd)/tmp/bin:${PATH}"
+
 # Make sure to start with a clean 'manifests' dir
 rm -rf manifests
 mkdir -p manifests/setup