diff --git a/.github/workflows/bosh-release-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/bosh-release-checks.yaml
index 02fe1445c7..c30957fe4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bosh-release-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bosh-release-checks.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           make --directory='./src/autoscaler' generate-fakes
 
           export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/maven/bin"
-          make go-mod-tidy vendor db scheduler
+          make go-mod-tidy go-mod-vendor db scheduler
 
       - name: Build Dev Release
         id: build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1d8c5026ef..900bb8d807 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ clean-vendor:
 	@echo " - cleaning vendored go"
 	@find . -depth -name "vendor" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;
 clean-autoscaler:
-	@make -C src/autoscaler clean
+	@make --directory='./src/autoscaler' clean
 clean-scheduler:
 	@echo " - cleaning scheduler test resources"
 	@rm -rf src/scheduler/src/test/resources/certs
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ scheduler:
 	@echo "# building $@"
 	@cd src && mvn --no-transfer-progress package -pl scheduler ${MVN_OPTS} && cd ..
 autoscaler:
-	@make -C src/autoscaler build
+	@make --directory='./src/autoscaler' build
 changeloglockcleaner:
-	@make -C src/changeloglockcleaner build
+	@make --directory='./src/changeloglockcleaner' build
 changelog:
-	@make -C src/changelog build
+	@make --directory='./src/changelog' build
 $(addprefix test_,$(go_modules)):
 	@echo "# Compiling '$(patsubst test_%,%,$@)' tests"
-	@make -C src/$(patsubst test_%,%,$@) build_tests
+	@make --directory='./src/$(patsubst test_%,%,$@)' build_tests
 
 
 .PHONY: test-certs
@@ -120,20 +120,20 @@ target/scheduler_test_certs:
 test: test-autoscaler test-scheduler test-changelog test-changeloglockcleaner test-acceptance-unit
 test-autoscaler: check-db_type init-db test-certs
 	@echo " - using DBURL=${DBURL} OPTS=${OPTS}"
-	@make -C src/autoscaler test DBURL="${DBURL}" OPTS="${OPTS}"
+	@make --directory='./src/autoscaler' test DBURL="${DBURL}" OPTS="${OPTS}"
 test-autoscaler-suite: check-db_type init-db test-certs
 	@echo " - using DBURL=${DBURL} TEST=${TEST} OPTS=${OPTS}"
-	@make -C src/autoscaler testsuite TEST=${TEST} DBURL="${DBURL}" OPTS="${OPTS}"
+	@make --directory='./src/autoscaler' testsuite TEST=${TEST} DBURL="${DBURL}" OPTS="${OPTS}"
 test-scheduler: check-db_type init-db test-certs
 	@export DB_HOST=${DB_HOST}; \
 	cd src && mvn test --no-transfer-progress -Dspring.profiles.include=${db_type} && cd ..
 test-changelog:
-	@make -C src/changelog test
+	@make --directory='./src/changelog' test
 test-changeloglockcleaner: init-db test-certs
-	@make -C src/changeloglockcleaner test DBURL="${DBURL}"
+	@make --directory='./src/changeloglockcleaner' test DBURL="${DBURL}"
 test-acceptance-unit:
-	@make -C src/acceptance test-unit
-	@make -C src/acceptance/assets/app/go_app test
+	@make --directory='./src/acceptance' test-unit
+	@make --directory='./src/acceptance/assets/app/go_app' test
 
 
 .PHONY: start-db
@@ -291,16 +291,20 @@ mod-download:
 		 cd $${folder}; echo " - go mod download '$${folder}'"; go mod download; cd - >/dev/null;\
 	done
 
-.PHONY: vendor
-vendor:
-	@for folder in $$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "go.mod" -exec dirname {} \;);\
-	do\
-		 cd $${folder}; echo " - go mod vendor '$${folder}'"; go mod vendor; cd - >/dev/null;\
-	done
+.PHONY: vendor acceptance.go-mod-vendor autoscaler.go-mod-vendor changelog.go-mod-vendor \
+				changeloglockcleander.go-mod-vendor
+go-mod-vendor: acceptance.go-mod-vendor autoscaler.go-mod-vendor changelog.go-mod-vendor \
+							 changeloglockcleander.go-mod-vendor
+acceptance.go-mod-vendor:
+	make --directory='${go-acceptance-dir}' go-mod-vendor
+autoscaler.go-mod-vendor:
+	make --directory='${go-autoscaler-dir}' go-mod-vendor
+changelog.go-mod-vendor:
+	make --directory='${go-changelog-dir}' go-mod-vendor
+changeloglockcleander.go-mod-vendor:
+	make --directory='${go-changeloglockcleander-dir}' go-mod-vendor
+
 
-.PHONY: fakes
-fakes:
-	@make -C src/autoscaler fakes
 
 # https://github.com/golang/tools/blob/master/gopls/doc/workspace.md
 .PHONY: workspace
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ markdownlint-cli:
 	which markdownlint || npm install -g --omit=dev markdownlint-cli
 
 .PHONY: deploy-autoscaler deploy-register-cf deploy-autoscaler-bosh deploy-cleanup
-deploy-autoscaler: vendor uaac db scheduler deploy-autoscaler-bosh deploy-register-cf
+deploy-autoscaler: go-mod-vendor uaac db scheduler deploy-autoscaler-bosh deploy-register-cf
 deploy-register-cf:
 	echo " - registering broker with cf"
 	[ "$${BUILDIN_MODE}" == "false" ] && { ${CI_DIR}/autoscaler/scripts/register-broker.sh; } || echo " - Not registering broker due to buildin mode enabled"
@@ -354,7 +358,7 @@ deploy-prometheus: ${prometheus-bosh-release-path}/manifests
 
 .PHONY: build-test-app
 build-test-app:
-	@make -C src/acceptance/assets/app/go_app build
+	@make --directory='./src/acceptance/assets/app/go_app' build
 
 .PHONY: acceptance-tests
 acceptance-tests: build-test-app
diff --git a/ci/autoscaler/scripts/deploy-autoscaler.sh b/ci/autoscaler/scripts/deploy-autoscaler.sh
index 4ebe7528b3..595c9b16d0 100755
--- a/ci/autoscaler/scripts/deploy-autoscaler.sh
+++ b/ci/autoscaler/scripts/deploy-autoscaler.sh
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ bosh_deploy_opts="${BOSH_DEPLOY_OPTS:-""}"
 bosh_upload_release_opts="${BOSH_UPLOAD_RELEASE_OPTS:-""}"
 bosh_upload_stemcell_opts="${BOSH_UPLOAD_STEMCELL_OPTS:-""}"
 ops_files=${OPS_FILES:-"${autoscaler_dir}/operations/add-releases.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/instance-identity-cert-from-cf.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/add-postgres-variables.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/connect_to_postgres_with_certs.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-nats-tls.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/loggregator-certs-from-cf.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/add-extra-plan.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/set-release-version.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-log-cache.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/log-cache-syslog-server.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/remove-metricsserver.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/remove-metricsgateway.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-log-cache-via-uaa.yml\
- ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-scheduler-logging.yml"}
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/instance-identity-cert-from-cf.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/add-postgres-variables.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/connect_to_postgres_with_certs.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-nats-tls.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/loggregator-certs-from-cf.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/add-extra-plan.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/set-release-version.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-log-cache.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/log-cache-syslog-server.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/remove-metricsserver.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/remove-metricsgateway.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-log-cache-via-uaa.yml\
+  ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/enable-scheduler-logging.yml"}
 
 
 if [[ "${buildin_mode}" == "true" ]]; then ops_files+=" ${autoscaler_dir}/operations/use_buildin_mode.yml"; fi;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function setup_autoscaler_uaac(){
   local autoscaler_secret="autoscaler_client_secret"
   local uaa_client_secret=$(credhub get -n /bosh-autoscaler/cf/uaa_admin_client_secret --quiet)
   uaac target "https://uaa.${system_domain}" --skip-ssl-validation > /dev/null
-  uaac token client get admin -s "$uaa_client_secret" > /dev/null
+  uaac token client get admin -s "${uaa_client_secret}" > /dev/null
 
   if uaac client get autoscaler_client_id >/dev/null; then
     step "updating autoscaler uaac client"
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function find_or_upload_stemcell() {
   if ! bosh stemcells | grep "${stemcell_name}" >/dev/null; then
     URL="https://bosh.io/d/stemcells/${stemcell_name}"
     if [ "${stemcell_version}" != "latest" ]; then
-	    URL="${URL}?v=${stemcell_version}"
+      URL="${URL}?v=${stemcell_version}"
     fi
     wget "${URL}" -O stemcell.tgz
     bosh -n upload-stemcell $bosh_upload_stemcell_opts stemcell.tgz
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@ pushd "${autoscaler_dir}" > /dev/null
   find_or_upload_stemcell
   find_or_upload_release
   deploy
-popd > /dev/null
\ No newline at end of file
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/src/acceptance/Makefile b/src/acceptance/Makefile
index cf287d533f..16802fbe15 100644
--- a/src/acceptance/Makefile
+++ b/src/acceptance/Makefile
@@ -19,12 +19,29 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v$(shell cat '../../.tool-versions' | grep --regexp='gol
 													 | cut --delimiter=' ' --fields='2' )
 
 
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm --recursive --force './vendor'
+
+
 .PHONY: go-mod-tidy
 go-mod-tidy:
 	go mod tidy
 
 
 
+go-vendoring-folder := ./vendor
+go-vendored-files = $(shell find '${go-vendoring-folder}' -type f -name '*.go' 2> '/dev/null')
+## This does not work: go-vendored-files = $(wildcard ${go-vendoring-folder}/**/*.go)
+
+.PHONY: go-mod-vendor
+go-mod-vendor: ${go-vendoring-folder} ${go-vendored-files}
+${go-vendoring-folder} ${go-vendored-files} &:
+	go mod vendor
+
+
+
 test_dirs = $(shell find . -name "*_test.go" -exec dirname {} \; | cut --delimiter='/' --fields='2' \
 						| sort | uniq)
 build_tests: $(addprefix build_test-,$(test_dirs))
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/Makefile b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
index 057ec2de6d..d9e6bac902 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/src/autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ go-mod-tidy: ./go.mod ./go.sum ${go_deps_without_fakes}
 
 
 
+go-vendoring-folder := ./vendor
+go-vendored-files = $(shell find '${go-vendoring-folder}' -type f -name '*.go' 2> '/dev/null')
+## This does not work: go-vendored-files = $(wildcard ${go-vendoring-folder}/**/*.go)
+
+.PHONY: go-mod-vendor
+go-mod-vendor: ${go-vendoring-folder} ${go-vendored-files}
+${go-vendoring-folder} ${go-vendored-files} &: ${app-fakes-dir} ${app-fakes-files}
+	go mod vendor
+
+
+
 build-%:
 	@echo "# building $*"
 	@CGO_ENABLED=$(CGO_ENABLED) go build $(BUILDTAGS) $(BUILDFLAGS) -o build/$* $*/cmd/$*/main.go
@@ -69,7 +80,7 @@ build: $(addprefix build-,$(binaries))
 
 build_tests: $(addprefix build_test-,$(test_dirs))
 
-build_test-%: generate
+build_test-%: generate-fakes
 	@echo " - building '$*' tests"
 	@export build_folder=${PWD}/build/tests/$* &&\
 	 mkdir -p $${build_folder} &&\
@@ -83,22 +94,19 @@ build_test-%: generate
 
 check: fmt lint build test
 
-test: generate
+test: generate-fakes
 	@echo "Running tests"
 	@APP_AUTOSCALER_TEST_RUN=true go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@${GINKGO_VERSION} -p ${GINKGO_OPTS} --skip-package=integration
 
-testsuite: generate
+testsuite: generate-fakes
 	APP_AUTOSCALER_TEST_RUN=true go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@${GINKGO_VERSION} -p ${GINKGO_OPTS} ${TEST}
 
 .PHONY: integration
-integration: generate
+integration: generate-fakes
 	@echo "# Running integration tests"
 	APP_AUTOSCALER_TEST_RUN=true go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@${GINKGO_VERSION} ${GINKGO_OPTS} integration
 
-.PHONY: generate
-generate:
-	@echo "# Generating counterfeits"
-	@COUNTERFEITER_NO_GENERATE_WARNING=true go generate ./...
+
 
 importfmt:
 	@echo "# Formatting the imports"
@@ -117,3 +125,4 @@ clean:
 	@go clean -cache -testcache
 	@rm --force --recursive 'build'
 	@rm --force --recursive 'fakes'
+	@rm --force --recursive 'vendor'
diff --git a/src/changelog/Makefile b/src/changelog/Makefile
index 3f6cc342aa..6ecb51efa3 100644
--- a/src/changelog/Makefile
+++ b/src/changelog/Makefile
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v$(shell cat '../../.tool-versions' | grep --regexp='gol
 													 | cut --delimiter=' ' --fields='2' )
 
 
-.PHONY: go-mod-tidy
+.PHONY: go-mod-tidy go-mod-vendor
 go-mod-tidy:
 	go mod tidy
+go-mod-vendor:
+	go mod vendor
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/changeloglockcleaner/Makefile b/src/changeloglockcleaner/Makefile
index 1a4a060222..8239c61d69 100644
--- a/src/changeloglockcleaner/Makefile
+++ b/src/changeloglockcleaner/Makefile
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v$(shell cat '../../.tool-versions' | grep --regexp='gol
 													 | cut --delimiter=' ' --fields='2' )
 
 
-.PHONY: go-mod-tidy
+.PHONY: go-mod-tidy go-mod-vendor
 go-mod-tidy:
 	go mod tidy
+go-mod-vendor:
+	go mod vendor