diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/Dockerfile b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/Dockerfile
index daf58e1fd31b..3aea01ae80e6 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/Dockerfile
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/Dockerfile
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ ENV GO111MODULE "on"
 ENV GOARCH=${TARGETARCH}
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender
-RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-recommender --ldflags "-s"
+RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-recommender -buildvcs=false --ldflags "-s"
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/recommender-external
-RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-recommender-external-metrics --ldflags "-s"
+RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-recommender-external-metrics -buildvcs=false --ldflags "-s"
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller
-RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-admission-controller --ldflags "-s"
+RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-admission-controller -buildvcs=false --ldflags "-s"
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater
-RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-updater --ldflags "-s"
+RUN env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} GOOS=linux go build -o vpa-updater -buildvcs=false --ldflags "-s"
 
 FROM $BASE_IMAGE