diff --git a/pkg/pod/pod_test.go b/pkg/pod/pod_test.go
index 4a1c1e0c0d5..058346606b9 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/pod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/pod_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	fakek8s "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	"knative.dev/pkg/changeset"
 	logtesting "knative.dev/pkg/logging/testing"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/system"
 
@@ -63,8 +62,6 @@ var (
 
 	defaultActiveDeadlineSeconds = int64(config.DefaultTimeoutMinutes * 60 * deadlineFactor)
 
-	fakeVersion string
-
 	resourceQuantityCmp = cmp.Comparer(func(x, y resource.Quantity) bool {
 		return x.Cmp(y) == 0
 	})
@@ -72,13 +69,10 @@ var (
 	volumeMountSort = cmpopts.SortSlices(func(i, j corev1.VolumeMount) bool { return i.Name < j.Name })
 )
 
+const fakeVersion = "a728ce3"
+
 func init() {
 	os.Setenv("KO_DATA_PATH", "./testdata/")
-	commit, err := changeset.Get()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	fakeVersion = commit
 }
 
 func TestPodBuild(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go
index 2870e0d235b..422bf5d408b 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import (
 	ktesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
-	"knative.dev/pkg/changeset"
 	cminformer "knative.dev/pkg/configmap/informer"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/controller"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/kmeta"
@@ -398,12 +397,13 @@ var (
 		},
 	}
 
-	fakeVersion                string
 	gitResourceSecurityContext = &corev1.SecurityContext{
 		RunAsUser: ptr.Int64(0),
 	}
 )
 
+const fakeVersion string = "a728ce3"
+
 func placeToolsInitContainer(steps []string) corev1.Container {
 	return corev1.Container{
 		Command: append([]string{"/ko-app/entrypoint", "init", "/ko-app/entrypoint", entrypointLocation}, steps...),
@@ -442,11 +442,6 @@ func createServiceAccount(t *testing.T, assets test.Assets, name string, namespa
 
 func init() {
 	os.Setenv("KO_DATA_PATH", "./testdata/")
-	commit, err := changeset.Get()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	fakeVersion = commit
 }
 
 func getRunName(tr *v1beta1.TaskRun) string {