diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8e825bb660..646a9cd4cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.13.2
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1
 	github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.5.9
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0
 	howett.net/plist v1.0.1
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dennwc/ioctl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
 	github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1f6a347630..5787f76dcc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.12.3 h1:8ht6F9MquybnY97at+VDZb3eQQr8ev79RueWeVaEcG4=
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.12.3/go.mod h1:TctK1ivibvI3znr66ljgi4hqOT8EYQjz1KWBfb1UVgM=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
-github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ github.com/hodgesds/perf-utils v0.7.0 h1:7KlHGMuig4FRH5fNw68PV6xLmgTe7jKs9hgAcEA
 github.com/hodgesds/perf-utils v0.7.0/go.mod h1:LAklqfDadNKpkxoAJNHpD5tkY0rkZEVdnCEWN5k4QJY=
 github.com/illumos/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973 h1:hk4LPqXIY/c9XzRbe7dA6qQxaT6Axcbny0L/G5a4owQ=
 github.com/illumos/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973/go.mod h1:PoK3ejP3LJkGTzKqRlpvCIFas3ncU02v8zzWDW+g0FY=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 h1:uuaP0hAbW7Y4l0ZRQ6C9zfb7Mg1mbFKry/xzDAfmtLA=
 github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7X/raswPFr05uY3HiLlYeyQntB6OO7E/d2Cu7qoaN2w=
@@ -90,15 +87,10 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0leargg
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
-github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.5.9 h1://6RvaOKFf3nQ0rl5+8zBbE4/72455VC9Jq61pfq67E=
 github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.5.9/go.mod h1:w8oSsZeowyRaM7xJJBAbubzzrOkwO8TBgPSEqPP/5mg=
 github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973 h1:GfSdC6wKfTGcgCS7BtzF5694Amne1pGCSTY252WhlEY=
 github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973/go.mod h1:G81aIFAMS9ECrwBYR9YxhlPjWgrItd+Kje78O6+uqm8=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
diff --git a/tools/main.go b/tools/main.go
index db2d1c28d9..cfd4c1135e 100644
--- a/tools/main.go
+++ b/tools/main.go
@@ -14,54 +14,66 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/build"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{}
+	printHelpAndDie := func() {
+		fmt.Println(`
+Usage: tools [command]`)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
+		printHelpAndDie()
+	}
 
-	var matchCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "match [file]",
-		Short: "Check whether the file matches the context.",
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			// For debugging purposes, allow overriding these.
-			goos, found := os.LookupEnv("GOHOSTOS")
-			if !found {
-				goos = runtime.GOOS
-			}
-			goarch, found := os.LookupEnv("GOARCH")
-			if !found {
-				goarch = runtime.GOARCH
-			}
-			ctx := build.Context{
-				GOOS:   goos,
-				GOARCH: goarch,
-			}
-			abs, err := filepath.Abs(args[0])
-			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
-			}
-			match, err := ctx.MatchFile(filepath.Dir(abs), filepath.Base(abs))
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println("Error:", err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
-			if match {
-				os.Exit(0)
-			}
+	// Sub-commands.
+	matchCmd := flag.NewFlagSet("match", flag.ExitOnError)
+	switch os.Args[1] {
+	case "match":
+		err := matchCmd.Parse(os.Args[2:])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error parsing flags:", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
-		},
-	}
+		}
+		if matchCmd.NArg() != 1 {
+			fmt.Println("Usage: match [file]")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		file := matchCmd.Arg(0)
 
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(matchCmd)
-	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		// For debugging purposes, allow overriding these.
+		goos, found := os.LookupEnv("GOHOSTOS")
+		if !found {
+			goos = runtime.GOOS
+		}
+		goarch, found := os.LookupEnv("GOARCH")
+		if !found {
+			goarch = runtime.GOARCH
+		}
+		ctx := build.Context{
+			GOOS:   goos,
+			GOARCH: goarch,
+		}
+		abs, err := filepath.Abs(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		match, err := ctx.MatchFile(filepath.Dir(abs), filepath.Base(abs))
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		if match {
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
 		os.Exit(1)
+	default:
+		printHelpAndDie()
 	}
 }