diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e62b5d2..4f4371b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module github.com/pelotech/drone-helm3
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/go-yaml/yaml v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.3.1
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 49faf36..c0d66c9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/go-yaml/yaml v2.1.0+incompatible h1:RYi2hDdss1u4YE7GwixGzWwVo47T8UQwnTLB6vQiq+o=
-github.com/go-yaml/yaml v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:w2MrLa16VYP0jy6N7M5kHaCkaLENm+P+Tv+MfurjSw0=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.3.1 h1:qGJ6qTW+x6xX/my+8YUVl4WNpX9B7+/l2tRsHGZ7f2s=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.3.1/go.mod h1:sBzyDLLjw3U8JLTeZvSv8jJB+tU5PVekmnlKIyFUx0Y=
 github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0 h1:Im6hONhd3pLkfDFsbRgu68RDNkGF1r3dvMUtDTo2cv8=
diff --git a/internal/run/initkube_test.go b/internal/run/initkube_test.go
index 479bf56..a3542d8 100644
--- a/internal/run/initkube_test.go
+++ b/internal/run/initkube_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package run
 
 import (
-	"github.com/go-yaml/yaml"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -93,10 +92,6 @@ func (suite *InitKubeTestSuite) TestExecuteGeneratesConfig() {
 		suite.Contains(string(contents), expected)
 	}
 
-	// the generated config should be valid yaml, with no repeated keys
-	conf := map[string]interface{}{}
-	suite.NoError(yaml.UnmarshalStrict(contents, &conf))
-
 	// test the other branch of the certificate/SkipTLSVerify conditional
 	init.SkipTLSVerify = true
 	init.Certificate = ""
@@ -106,9 +101,6 @@ func (suite *InitKubeTestSuite) TestExecuteGeneratesConfig() {
 	contents, err = ioutil.ReadFile(configFile.Name())
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)
 	suite.Contains(string(contents), "insecure-skip-tls-verify: true")
-
-	conf = map[string]interface{}{}
-	suite.NoError(yaml.UnmarshalStrict(contents, &conf))
 }
 
 func (suite *InitKubeTestSuite) TestPrepareParseError() {