diff --git a/docs/ogc-api-tiles.md b/docs/ogc-api-tiles.md
index 2365e4d..ae4ee3a 100644
--- a/docs/ogc-api-tiles.md
+++ b/docs/ogc-api-tiles.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ provider, so a run needs that fixture up first. To reproduce a run locally, from
 
 ```sh
 docker compose up -d && docker wait migration       # the Athens fixture, in PostGIS
-go build -mod vendor -o /tmp/shigola ./cmd/shigola
+go build -o /tmp/shigola ./cmd/shigola
 /tmp/shigola serve --config .github/cite/config.toml --port ":8081" &
 .github/cite/run.sh WebMercatorQuad 14 6324 9271
 .github/cite/run.sh WorldCRS84Quad 14 4740 18542
diff --git a/src/pages/download.md b/src/pages/download.md
index 5a31b75..97cafe1 100644
--- a/src/pages/download.md
+++ b/src/pages/download.md
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ Prebuilt binaries: **[MapColonies/shigola releases](https://github.com/MapColoni
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/MapColonies/shigola.git
 cd shigola
-go build -mod vendor ./cmd/shigola
+go build ./cmd/shigola
 ```
 
-Dependencies are vendored, so `-mod vendor` builds offline and pins exactly what CI used.
+The build downloads its Go modules and verifies each against `go.sum`, so it needs network access to
+the Go module proxy. To build offline, see "Dependencies" in the repository's `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
 
 ## Docker