diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0dea9247d..86732d662 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ARG XX_VERSION=1.1.2
 ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.49.0
 ARG ADDLICENSE_VERSION=v1.0.0
 
-ARG BUILD_TAGS="e2e,kube"
+ARG BUILD_TAGS="e2e"
 ARG DOCS_FORMATS="md,yaml"
 ARG LICENSE_FILES=".*\(Dockerfile\|Makefile\|\.go\|\.hcl\|\.sh\)"
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index adda99de5..e36be81d8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG := github.com/docker/compose/v2
 VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --match 'v[0-9]*' --dirty='.m' --always --tags)
 
 GO_LDFLAGS ?= -s -w -X ${PKG}/internal.Version=${VERSION}
-GO_BUILDTAGS ?= e2e,kube
+GO_BUILDTAGS ?= e2e
 
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
     DETECTED_OS = Windows
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 458f3d09f..3d9079a58 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ variable "GO_VERSION" {
 }
 
 variable "BUILD_TAGS" {
-  default = "e2e,kube"
+  default = "e2e"
 }
 
 variable "DOCS_FORMATS" {