diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ddb5fbc0..6c86730d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ test_unit:
 	@go test $(PACKAGES)
 
 test_cover:
+	@rm -rf examples/basecoin/vendor/
 	@bash tests/test_cover.sh
 
 benchmark:
diff --git a/examples/basecoin/Makefile b/examples/basecoin/Makefile
index 0196b9590..dac7dd213 100644
--- a/examples/basecoin/Makefile
+++ b/examples/basecoin/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
 PACKAGES=$(shell go list ./... | grep -v '/vendor/')
 BUILD_FLAGS = -ldflags "-X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/examples/basecoin/version.GitCommit=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`"
 
-all: get_tools get_vendor_deps build test
-
-get_tools:
-	go get github.com/tendermint/glide
+all: build test
 
 build:
 	go build $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o build/basecoin ./cmd/...
 
-get_vendor_deps:
-	@rm -rf vendor/
-	@glide install
-
 test:
 	@go test $(PACKAGES)
 
 benchmark:
 	@go test -bench=. $(PACKAGES)
 
-.PHONY: get_tools build get_vendor_deps test benchmark
+.PHONY: all build test benchmark
diff --git a/examples/basecoin/glide.yaml b/examples/basecoin/glide.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e8eae21cd..000000000
--- a/examples/basecoin/glide.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-package: github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/examples/basecoin
-import:
-- package: github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk
-  version: develop