diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f56e0745f..60a9a8dec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 dist/*.tar.gz
 dist/flanneld*
-dist/libpthread*
-dist/ld64*
-dist/libc*
 dist/*.aci
 dist/*.docker
 cover.out
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63db6d0aa..206a75243 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,13 +76,12 @@ update-glide:
 
 clean:
 	rm -f dist/flanneld*
-	rm -f dist/libpthread*
 	rm -f dist/*.aci
 	rm -f dist/*.docker
 	rm -f dist/*.tar.gz
 
 ## Create a docker image on disk for a specific arch and tag
-dist/flanneld-$(TAG)-$(ARCH).docker: dist/flanneld-$(ARCH) dist/iptables-$(ARCH) dist/libpthread.so.0-$(ARCH)
+dist/flanneld-$(TAG)-$(ARCH).docker: dist/flanneld-$(ARCH) dist/iptables-$(ARCH)
 	docker build -f Dockerfile.$(ARCH) -t $(REGISTRY):$(TAG)-$(ARCH) .
 	docker save -o dist/flanneld-$(TAG)-$(ARCH).docker $(REGISTRY):$(TAG)-$(ARCH)
 
@@ -121,12 +120,6 @@ dist/flanneld-$(ARCH):
 		mv dist/flanneld dist/flanneld-$(ARCH) && \
 		file dist/flanneld-$(ARCH)'
 
-## Busybox images need updated libs. Pull them out of the kube-cross image
-dist/libpthread.so.0-$(ARCH) dist/libc.so.6-$(ARCH) dist/ld64.so.1-$(ARCH):
-	docker run --rm -v $(CURDIR):/host gcr.io/google_containers/kube-cross:$(KUBE_CROSS_TAG) cp $(LIB_DIR)/libc-2.23.so /host/dist/libc.so.6-$(ARCH)
-	docker run --rm -v $(CURDIR):/host gcr.io/google_containers/kube-cross:$(KUBE_CROSS_TAG) cp $(LIB_DIR)/ld-2.23.so /host/dist/ld64.so.1-$(ARCH)
-	docker run --rm -v $(CURDIR):/host gcr.io/google_containers/kube-cross:$(KUBE_CROSS_TAG) cp $(LIB_DIR)/libpthread.so.0 /host/dist/libpthread.so.0-$(ARCH)
-
 ## Build an architecture specific iptables binary
 dist/iptables-$(ARCH):
 	docker run -e CC=$(CC) -e GOARM=$(GOARM) -e GOARCH=$(ARCH) \
@@ -202,7 +195,7 @@ install:
 minikube-start:
 	minikube start --network-plugin cni
 
-minikube-build-image: dist/iptables-amd64 dist/libpthread.so.0-amd64
+minikube-build-image: dist/iptables-amd64
 	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -v -o dist/flanneld-amd64
 	# Make sure the minikube docker is being used "eval $(minikube docker-env)"
 	sh -c 'eval $$(minikube docker-env) && docker build -f Dockerfile.amd64 -t flannel/minikube .'