diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index e839d3017e..bce7e0fdc6 100755
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ readonly KUBE_ADDON_PATHS=(
 # Verify that the right utilities and such are installed for building Kube.  Set
 # up some dynamic constants.
 #
-# Args:
-#   $1 The type of operation to verify for.  Only 'clean' is supported in which
-#   case we don't verify docker.
-#
 # Vars set:
 #   KUBE_ROOT_HASH
 #   KUBE_BUILD_IMAGE_TAG
diff --git a/build/make-clean.sh b/build/make-clean.sh
index fb16530e19..ad4595ab61 100755
--- a/build/make-clean.sh
+++ b/build/make-clean.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
 source "$KUBE_ROOT/build/common.sh"
 
-kube::build::verify_prereqs clean
+kube::build::verify_prereqs
 kube::build::clean_output
 kube::build::clean_images