diff --git a/examples/dice/instrumented/.tool-versions b/examples/dice/instrumented/.tool-versions
deleted file mode 100644
index f5264425ddd..00000000000
--- a/examples/dice/instrumented/.tool-versions
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-golang 1.22.0
diff --git a/examples/dice/run.sh b/examples/dice/run.sh
index 27cf0af192b..d3b81b46ab3 100755
--- a/examples/dice/run.sh
+++ b/examples/dice/run.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ case "$1" in
     echo "Running instrumented example..."
     cd instrumented || exit
     source tidy.sh
-    go mod download
     source run.sh
     ;;
   uninstrumented)