diff --git a/cmd/mkpkg/main.go b/cmd/mkpkg/main.go
index 92d934094..4b8a36a23 100644
--- a/cmd/mkpkg/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mkpkg/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/nfpm"
 	_ "github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/deb"
 	_ "github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/rpm"
-	"github.com/pborman/getopt"
 )
 
 // parseFiles parses a comma-separated list of colon-separated pairs
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ func parseEmptyDirs(s string) []string {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	out := getopt.StringLong("out", 'o', "", "output file to write")
-	name := getopt.StringLong("name", 'n', "tailscale", "package name")
-	description := getopt.StringLong("description", 'd', "The easiest, most secure, cross platform way to use WireGuard + oauth2 + 2FA/SSO", "package description")
-	goarch := getopt.StringLong("arch", 'a', "amd64", "GOARCH this package is for")
-	pkgType := getopt.StringLong("type", 't', "deb", "type of package to build (deb or rpm)")
-	files := getopt.StringLong("files", 'F', "", "comma-separated list of files in src:dst form")
-	configFiles := getopt.StringLong("configs", 'C', "", "like --files, but for files marked as user-editable config files")
-	emptyDirs := getopt.StringLong("emptydirs", 'E', "", "comma-separated list of empty directories")
-	version := getopt.StringLong("version", 0, "0.0.0", "version of the package")
-	postinst := getopt.StringLong("postinst", 0, "", "debian postinst script path")
-	prerm := getopt.StringLong("prerm", 0, "", "debian prerm script path")
-	postrm := getopt.StringLong("postrm", 0, "", "debian postrm script path")
-	replaces := getopt.StringLong("replaces", 0, "", "package which this package replaces, if any")
-	depends := getopt.StringLong("depends", 0, "", "comma-separated list of packages this package depends on")
-	getopt.Parse()
+	out := flag.String("out", "", "output file to write")
+	name := flag.String("name", "tailscale", "package name")
+	description := flag.String("description", "The easiest, most secure, cross platform way to use WireGuard + oauth2 + 2FA/SSO", "package description")
+	goarch := flag.String("arch", "amd64", "GOARCH this package is for")
+	pkgType := flag.String("type", "deb", "type of package to build (deb or rpm)")
+	files := flag.String("files", "", "comma-separated list of files in src:dst form")
+	configFiles := flag.String("configs", "", "like --files, but for files marked as user-editable config files")
+	emptyDirs := flag.String("emptydirs", "", "comma-separated list of empty directories")
+	version := flag.String("version", "0.0.0", "version of the package")
+	postinst := flag.String("postinst", "", "debian postinst script path")
+	prerm := flag.String("prerm", "", "debian prerm script path")
+	postrm := flag.String("postrm", "", "debian postrm script path")
+	replaces := flag.String("replaces", "", "package which this package replaces, if any")
+	depends := flag.String("depends", "", "comma-separated list of packages this package depends on")
+	flag.Parse()
 
 	filesMap, err := parseFiles(*files)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c7826390d..47a9cfaaa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mdlayher/sdnotify v1.0.0
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.43
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0
-	github.com/pborman/getopt v1.1.0
 	github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v3 v3.1.2
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.4
 	github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2560a30b8..2b1078646 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -896,8 +896,6 @@ github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LskTG5wDwr8Rs+nNQ+1LlxRjAtTZZjtJW4rMXl6
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F5AjcsTsWUqX+Na9fpHb52P8pcRX2CI6A3ctIT91xUo=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.1/go.mod h1:/yxELlJQ0ufhjUwhshSj+wFjZ78CnZ48/1wtmBH1OTc=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
-github.com/pborman/getopt v1.1.0 h1:eJ3aFZroQqq0bWmraivjQNt6Dmm5M0h2JcDW38/Azb0=
-github.com/pborman/getopt v1.1.0/go.mod h1:FxXoW1Re00sQG/+KIkuSqRL/LwQgSkv7uyac+STFsbk=
 github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:X/NO0urCmaxf9VXbdlT7C2Yzkj2IKimNn4k+gtPdI/k=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:5N711Q9dKgbdkxHL+MEfF31hpT7l0S0s/t2kKREewys=