diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 082364cdd7a..85dbdb5c3f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ GO = go
 GO_VERSION = 1.22.3
 GO_FILES ?= ./pkg/... ./pkg/apiserver/... ./pkg/apimachinery/... ./pkg/promlib/...
 SH_FILES ?= $(shell find ./scripts -name *.sh)
-GO_RACE  := $(shell [ -n "$(GO_BUILD_DEV)$(GO_RACE)" -o -e ".go-race-enabled-locally" ] && echo 1 )
+GO_RACE  := $(shell [ -n "$(GO_RACE)" -o -e ".go-race-enabled-locally" ] && echo 1 )
 GO_RACE_FLAG := $(if $(GO_RACE),-race)
 GO_BUILD_FLAGS += $(if $(GO_BUILD_DEV),-dev)
 GO_BUILD_FLAGS += $(if $(GO_BUILD_TAGS),-build-tags=$(GO_BUILD_TAGS))