diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e89d64bbd..d777aec4a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ KICBASE_IMAGE_HUB ?= kicbase/stable:$(KIC_VERSION)
 KICBASE_IMAGE_REGISTRIES ?= $(KICBASE_IMAGE_GCR) $(KICBASE_IMAGE_HUB)
 
 .PHONY: local-kicbase
-local-kicbase: deploy/kicbase/auto-pause ## Builds the kicbase image and tags it local/kicbase:latest and local/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION)-$(COMMIT_SHORT)
+local-kicbase: ## Builds the kicbase image and tags it local/kicbase:latest and local/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION)-$(COMMIT_SHORT)
 	docker build -f ./deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile -t local/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION)  --build-arg COMMIT_SHA=${VERSION}-$(COMMIT) --cache-from $(KICBASE_IMAGE_GCR) .
 	docker tag local/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION) local/kicbase:latest
 	docker tag local/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION) local/kicbase:$(KIC_VERSION)-$(COMMIT_SHORT)
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ local-kicbase-debug: local-kicbase ## Builds a local kicbase image and switches
 	$(SED) 's|Version = .*|Version = \"$(KIC_VERSION)-$(COMMIT_SHORT)\"|;s|baseImageSHA = .*|baseImageSHA = \"\"|;s|gcrRepo = .*|gcrRepo = \"local/kicbase\"|;s|dockerhubRepo = .*|dockerhubRepo = \"local/kicbase\"|' pkg/drivers/kic/types.go
 
 .PHONY: push-kic-base-image 
-push-kic-base-image: deploy/kicbase/auto-pause docker-multi-arch-builder ## Push multi-arch local/kicbase:latest to all remote registries
+push-kic-base-image: docker-multi-arch-builder ## Push multi-arch local/kicbase:latest to all remote registries
 ifdef AUTOPUSH
 	docker login gcr.io/k8s-minikube
 	docker login docker.pkg.github.com
@@ -869,9 +869,6 @@ site: site/themes/docsy/assets/vendor/bootstrap/package.js out/hugo/hugo ## Serv
 out/mkcmp:
 	GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go build -o $@ cmd/performance/mkcmp/main.go
 
-.PHONY: deploy/kicbase/auto-pause # auto pause binary to be used for kic image work around for not passing the whole repo as docker context
-deploy/kicbase/auto-pause: $(SOURCE_FILES) $(ASSET_FILES)
-	GOOS=linux GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go build -o $@ cmd/auto-pause/auto-pause.go
 
 # auto pause binary to be used for ISO
 deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/usr/bin/auto-pause: $(SOURCE_FILES) $(ASSET_FILES)