diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 958d08b4e..7ac712e0c 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ wasi-syscall: wasi-cm
 .PHONY: wasi-cm
 wasi-cm:
 	rm -rf ./src/internal/cm/*
-	rsync -rv --delete --exclude '*_test.go' --exclude '*.md' --exclude LICENSE $(shell go list -modfile ./internal/wasm-tools/go.mod -m -f {{.Dir}} $(WASM_TOOLS_MODULE)/cm)/ ./src/internal/cm
+	rsync -rv --delete --exclude go.mod --exclude '*_test.go' --exclude '*.md' --exclude LICENSE $(shell go list -modfile ./internal/wasm-tools/go.mod -m -f {{.Dir}} $(WASM_TOOLS_MODULE)/cm)/ ./src/internal/cm
 
 # Check for Node.js used during WASM tests.
 NODEJS_VERSION := $(word 1,$(subst ., ,$(shell node -v | cut -c 2-)))
diff --git a/src/internal/cm/go.mod b/src/internal/cm/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index f8e24af71..000000000
--- a/src/internal/cm/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module go.bytecodealliance.org/cm
-
-go 1.23.0