diff --git a/hack/validate/gocompat b/hack/validate/gocompat
deleted file mode 100755
index 25ea4e053d..0000000000
--- a/hack/validate/gocompat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-set -e
-
-# This script verifies that all packages have the correct //go:build directives set.
-# This is necessary because when our code is consumed as a dependency in "module mode",
-# Go will implicitly generate a go.mod and assume "go1.16" language version if one
-# doesn't exist. Starting with Go 1.21, this causes compilation errors for any code
-# using features from newer Go versions.
-
-make -C ./internal/gocompat
diff --git a/internal/gocompat/.gitignore b/internal/gocompat/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c7421eafbb..0000000000
--- a/internal/gocompat/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-go.mod
-go.sum
-main.go
-main_test.go
diff --git a/internal/gocompat/Makefile b/internal/gocompat/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 042e4574bd..0000000000
--- a/internal/gocompat/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: verify
-verify: generate
-	GO111MODULE=on go test -v
-
-.PHONY: generate
-generate: clean
-	GO111MODULE=off go generate .
-	GO111MODULE=on go mod tidy
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	@rm -f go.mod go.sum main.go main_test.go
diff --git a/internal/gocompat/generate.go b/internal/gocompat/generate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 12d493e928..0000000000
--- a/internal/gocompat/generate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-//go:generate go run modulegenerator.go
-
-// make sure the modfile package is vendored.
-import _ "golang.org/x/mod/modfile"
diff --git a/internal/gocompat/modulegenerator.go b/internal/gocompat/modulegenerator.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6541165af9..0000000000
--- a/internal/gocompat/modulegenerator.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-//go:build ignore
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
-	"text/template"
-
-	"golang.org/x/mod/modfile"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	if err := generateApp(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := generateModule(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
-
-func generateApp() error {
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", "list", "-find", "-f", `{{- if ne .Name "main"}}{{if .GoFiles}}{{.ImportPath}}{{end}}{{end -}}`, "../../...")
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	var pkgs []string
-	for _, p := range strings.Split(string(out), "\n") {
-		if strings.TrimSpace(p) == "" || strings.Contains(p, "/internal") {
-			continue
-		}
-		pkgs = append(pkgs, p)
-	}
-	tmpl, err := template.New("main").Parse(appTemplate)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	err = tmpl.Execute(&buf, appContext{Generator: cmd.String(), Packages: pkgs})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return os.WriteFile("main_test.go", buf.Bytes(), 0o644)
-}
-
-func generateModule() error {
-	content, err := os.ReadFile("../../go.mod")
-	if err != nil {
-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return err
-		}
-		content = []byte("module github.com/docker/docker\n")
-		if err := os.WriteFile("../../go.mod", content, 0o644); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		// Let's be nice, and remove the go.mod if we created it.
-		// FIXME(thaJeztah): we need to clean up the go.mod after running the test, but need to know if we created it (or if it was an existing go.mod)
-		// defer os.Remove("../../go.mod")
-	} else {
-		log.Println("WARN: go.mod exists in the repository root!")
-		log.Println("WARN: Using your go.mod instead of our generated version -- this may misbehave!")
-	}
-	mod, err := modfile.Parse("../../go.mod", content, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if mod.Go != nil && mod.Go.Version != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("main go.mod must not contain a go version")
-	}
-	content, err = os.ReadFile("../../vendor.mod")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	mod, err = modfile.Parse("../../vendor.mod", content, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := mod.AddModuleStmt("gocompat"); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := mod.AddReplace("github.com/docker/docker", "", "../../", ""); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := mod.AddGoStmt("1.21"); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	out, err := mod.Format()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	tmpl, err := template.New("mod").Parse(modTemplate)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	gen, _ := os.Executable()
-
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	err = tmpl.Execute(&buf, appContext{Generator: gen, Dependencies: string(out)})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return os.WriteFile("go.mod", buf.Bytes(), 0o644)
-}
-
-type appContext struct {
-	Generator    string
-	Packages     []string
-	Dependencies string
-}
-
-const appTemplate = `// Code generated by "{{ .Generator }}". DO NOT EDIT.
-
-package main_test
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	// Import all importable packages, i.e., packages that:
-	//
-	// - are not applications ("main")
-	// - are not internal
-	// - and that have non-test go-files
-{{- range .Packages }}
- 	_ "{{ . }}"
-{{- end}}
-)
-
-// This file import all "importable" packages, i.e., packages that:
-//
-// - are not applications ("main")
-// - are not internal
-// - and that have non-test go-files
-//
-// We do this to verify that our code can be consumed as a dependency
-// in "module mode". When using a dependency that does not have a go.mod
-// (i.e.; is not a "module"), go implicitly generates a go.mod. Lacking
-// information from the dependency itself, it assumes "go1.16" language
-// (see [DefaultGoModVersion]). Starting with Go1.21, go downgrades the
-// language version used for such dependencies, which means that any
-// language feature used that is not supported by go1.16 results in a
-// compile error;
-//
-//	# github.com/docker/cli/cli/context/store
-//	/go/pkg/mod/github.com/docker/cli@v25.0.0-beta.2+incompatible/cli/context/store/storeconfig.go:6:24: predeclared any requires go1.18 or later (-lang was set to go1.16; check go.mod)
-//	/go/pkg/mod/github.com/docker/cli@v25.0.0-beta.2+incompatible/cli/context/store/store.go:74:12: predeclared any requires go1.18 or later (-lang was set to go1.16; check go.mod)
-// 
-// These errors do NOT occur when using GOPATH mode, nor do they occur
-// when using "pseudo module mode" (the "-mod=mod -modfile=vendor.mod"
-// approach used in this repository).
-//
-// As a workaround for this situation, we must include "//go:build" comments
-// in any file that uses newer go-language features (such as the "any" type
-// or the "min()", "max()" builtins).
-//
-// From the go toolchain docs (https://go.dev/doc/toolchain):
-//
-// > The go line for each module sets the language version the compiler enforces
-// > when compiling packages in that module. The language version can be changed
-// > on a per-file basis by using a build constraint.
-// > 
-// > For example, a module containing code that uses the Go 1.21 language version
-// > should have a go.mod file with a go line such as go 1.21 or go 1.21.3.
-// > If a specific source file should be compiled only when using a newer Go
-// > toolchain, adding //go:build go1.23 to that source file both ensures that
-// > only Go 1.23 and newer toolchains will compile the file and also changes
-// > the language version in that file to Go 1.23.
-//
-// This file is a generated module that imports all packages provided in
-// the repository, which replicates an external consumer using our code
-// as a dependency in go-module mode, and verifies all files in those
-// packages have the correct "//go:build <go language version>" set.
-//
-// [DefaultGoModVersion]: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/58c28ba286dd0e98fe4cca80f5d64bbcb824a685/src/cmd/go/internal/gover/version.go#L15-L24
-// [2]: https://go.dev/doc/toolchain
-func TestModuleCompatibllity(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Log("all packages have the correct go version specified through //go:build")
-}
-`
-
-const modTemplate = `// Code generated by "{{ .Generator }}". DO NOT EDIT.
-
-{{.Dependencies}}
-`