diff --git a/scripts/find-lint.sh b/scripts/find-lint.sh
index 2273ce67f..d4072508c 100755
--- a/scripts/find-lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/find-lint.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ cd `dirname $0`/..
 # We should move from gometalinter asap as per https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/issues/697 so this is a temporary
 # measure. It is not, however, in the scope of this PR.
 export GO111MODULE=off
-export GOPATH="$(pwd):$(pwd)/vendor"
+export GOPATH="$(pwd)/vendor:$GOPATH"
 # prefer the versions of gometalinter and the linters that we install
 # to anythign that ends up on the PATH.
-export PATH="$(pwd)/bin:$(pwd)/vendor/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="$(pwd)/vendor/bin:$PATH"
 
 args=""
 if [ ${1:-""} = "fast" ]