diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58c720514..73f665c27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,18 +14,14 @@ COMMIT_NO := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
 COMMIT ?= $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no),"$(COMMIT_NO)-dirty","$(COMMIT_NO)")
 VERSION := $(shell cat ./VERSION)
 
-# TODO: rm -mod=vendor once go 1.13 is unsupported
-ifneq ($(GO111MODULE),off)
-	MOD_VENDOR := "-mod=vendor"
-endif
 ifeq ($(shell $(GO) env GOOS),linux)
 	ifeq (,$(filter $(shell $(GO) env GOARCH),mips mipsle mips64 mips64le ppc64))
 		GO_BUILDMODE := "-buildmode=pie"
 	endif
 endif
-GO_BUILD := $(GO) build -trimpath $(MOD_VENDOR) $(GO_BUILDMODE) $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" \
+GO_BUILD := $(GO) build -trimpath $(GO_BUILDMODE) $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" \
 	-ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=$(COMMIT) -X main.version=$(VERSION) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)"
-GO_BUILD_STATIC := CGO_ENABLED=1 $(GO) build -trimpath $(MOD_VENDOR) $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) netgo osusergo" \
+GO_BUILD_STATIC := CGO_ENABLED=1 $(GO) build -trimpath $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) netgo osusergo" \
 	-ldflags "-w -extldflags -static -X main.gitCommit=$(COMMIT) -X main.version=$(VERSION) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)"
 
 .DEFAULT: runc
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ unittest: runcimage
 		$(RUNC_IMAGE) make localunittest TESTFLAGS=$(TESTFLAGS)
 
 localunittest: all
-	$(GO) test $(MOD_VENDOR) -timeout 3m -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" $(TESTFLAGS) -v ./...
+	$(GO) test -timeout 3m -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" $(TESTFLAGS) -v ./...
 
 integration: runcimage
 	$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) run $(CONTAINER_ENGINE_RUN_FLAGS) \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d60188190..713370364 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ A third party security audit was performed by Cure53, you can see the full repor
 ## Building
 
 `runc` currently supports the Linux platform with various architecture support.
-It must be built with Go version 1.13 or higher.
+It must be built with Go version 1.14 or higher.
 
 In order to enable seccomp support you will need to install `libseccomp` on your platform.
 > e.g. `libseccomp-devel` for CentOS, or `libseccomp-dev` for Ubuntu