diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5ae79f..7d9ac40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - Disallow incorrect comparison of atomic values in a non-atomic way.
 
+### Removed
+- Remove dependency on `golang.org/x/{lint, tools}`.
+
 ## [1.6.0] - 2020-02-24
 ### Changed
 - Drop library dependency on `golang.org/x/{lint, tools}`.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3b3c2c..7248fae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ gofmt:
 	@[ ! -s "$(FMT_LOG)" ] || (echo "gofmt failed:" && cat $(FMT_LOG) && false)
 
 $(GOLINT):
-	go install golang.org/x/lint/golint
+	cd tools && go install golang.org/x/lint/golint
 
 $(GEN_ATOMICWRAPPER): $(wildcard ./internal/gen-atomicwrapper/*)
 	go build -o $@ ./internal/gen-atomicwrapper
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a935dae..daa7599 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ module go.uber.org/atomic
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
-	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c // indirect
 )
 
 go 1.13
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 51b2b62..4f76e62 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,16 +7,3 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de h1:5hukYrvBGR8/eNkX5mdUezrA6JiaEZDtJb9Ei+1LlBs=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190311212946-11955173bddd h1:/e+gpKk9r3dJobndpTytxS2gOy6m5uvpg+ISQoEcusQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190311212946-11955173bddd/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c h1:IGkKhmfzcztjm6gYkykvu/NiS8kaqbCWAEWWAyf8J5U=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c0fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module go.uber.org/atomic/tools
+
+require (
+	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c // indirect
+)
+
+go 1.13
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9e4a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de h1:5hukYrvBGR8/eNkX5mdUezrA6JiaEZDtJb9Ei+1LlBs=
+golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190311212946-11955173bddd/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c h1:IGkKhmfzcztjm6gYkykvu/NiS8kaqbCWAEWWAyf8J5U=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029041327-9cc4af7d6b2c/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/tools_test.go b/tools/tools.go
similarity index 98%
rename from tools_test.go
rename to tools/tools.go
index 654f5b2..3ddca55 100644
--- a/tools_test.go
+++ b/tools/tools.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 // +build tools
 
-package atomic
+package tools
 
 import (
 	// Tools used during development.