diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
index b72e9ce5ec..580848f21f 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../../api
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
index 4d1deda152..8dc204e410 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.sum
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5 h1:vLDp++YAX7iy2y2CVPJNy9pk9CY8XaUKgHkjbVtnWag=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5/go.mod h1:2UDpxS6AonWXow2ZbySd4AjUxmdXLeTlvGBC46uSiq8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7 h1:/EZ/nPaLUzeJKF/BuJ4QCuMVJWiEVoI8iftOHY3g3tk=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7/go.mod h1:6K+IUOuir3Y7nucPRAjw9yth04KSWBnP5pqUTGwj/qU=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index e83d7c74ca..a9cf11e470 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.7
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 75938e9b26..608c0888aa 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -669,6 +669,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5 h1:vLDp++YAX7iy2y2CVPJNy9pk9CY8XaUKgHkjbVtnWag=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5/go.mod h1:2UDpxS6AonWXow2ZbySd4AjUxmdXLeTlvGBC46uSiq8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.7 h1:cgX4SFJqhb6sQHUq3kEdu5I3AyV5QMmqYDwLjFABYbA=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.10.7/go.mod h1:ZTbW6xLlf2ohaOzyWbaRj+fxLbSRjsExCfXGijY4Xt4=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7 h1:/EZ/nPaLUzeJKF/BuJ4QCuMVJWiEVoI8iftOHY3g3tk=