diff --git a/tools/compliance/go.mod b/tools/compliance/go.mod
index bd040774b1..532efd486e 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/go.mod
+++ b/tools/compliance/go.mod
@@ -1,29 +1,11 @@
+go 1.22
+
 module android/soong/tools/compliance
 
-require google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0
-
-replace google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0 => ../../../../external/golang-protobuf
-
 require (
-	android/soong v0.0.0
 	github.com/google/blueprint v0.0.0
+	android/soong v0.0.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0
 	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.0.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.0.0
 )
-
-replace github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.0.0 => ../../../../external/spdx-tools
-
-require golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220609144429-65e65417b02f // indirect
-
-replace android/soong v0.0.0 => ../../../soong
-
-replace github.com/google/blueprint => ../../../blueprint
-
-// Indirect deps from golang-protobuf
-exclude github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0
-
-replace github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 => ../../../../external/go-cmp
-
-// Indirect dep from go-cmp
-exclude golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543
-
-go 1.21
diff --git a/tools/compliance/go.sum b/tools/compliance/go.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index cbe76d9187..0000000000
--- a/tools/compliance/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220609144429-65e65417b02f h1:uF6paiQQebLeSXkrTqHqz0MXhXXS1KgF41eUdBNvxK0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220609144429-65e65417b02f/go.mod h1:K8+ghG5WaK9qNqU5K3HdILfMLy1f3aNYFI/wnl100a8=
diff --git a/tools/compliance/go.work b/tools/compliance/go.work
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a24d2ea541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/compliance/go.work
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+go 1.22
+
+use (
+	.
+	../../../../build/blueprint
+	../../../../build/soong
+	../../../../external/go-cmp
+	../../../../external/golang-protobuf
+	../../../../external/spdx-tools
+)
+
+replace (
+	github.com/google/blueprint v0.0.0 => ../../../../build/blueprint
+	android/soong v0.0.0 => ../../../../build/soong
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.0.0 => ../../../../external/go-cmp
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0 => ../../../../external/golang-protobuf
+	github.com/spdx/tools-golang v0.0.0 => ../../../../external/spdx-tools
+)