diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7282a0908e..97b065979b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -61,4 +61,3 @@ require (
 replace github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go v1.0.3 => github.com/IBM-Cloud/softlayer-go v1.0.5-tf
 
 replace github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible => github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible
-replace github.com/IBM/vpc-go-sdk v0.17.0 => ./common/github.com/IBM/vpc-go-sdk