diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf31cac..34e8ca3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ test
 test.yml
 .DS_STORE
 .vscode
+.idea
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
deleted file mode 100644
index 750df41..0000000
--- a/go.work
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-go 1.18
-
-use (
-	./template/golang-http
-	./template/golang-middleware
-)
diff --git a/template/golang-http/.dockerignore b/template/golang-http/.dockerignore
index 32a061f..ba2e1ae 100644
--- a/template/golang-http/.dockerignore
+++ b/template/golang-http/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-function/vendor/github.com/openfaas/go-function-sdk
+function/vendor/github.com/openfaas-incubator/go-function-sdk
diff --git a/template/golang-http/Dockerfile b/template/golang-http/Dockerfile
index 9aea94c..fb02dc7 100644
--- a/template/golang-http/Dockerfile
+++ b/template/golang-http/Dockerfile
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
-RUN apk --no-cache add git
+RUN apk --no-cache add git build-base
 
 COPY --from=watchdog /fwatchdog /usr/bin/fwatchdog
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/fwatchdog
 
-
 RUN mkdir -p /go/src/handler
 WORKDIR /go/src/handler
 COPY . .
@@ -20,8 +19,9 @@ ARG GO111MODULE="on"
 ARG GOPROXY=""
 ARG GOFLAGS=""
 ARG CGO_ENABLED=0
-ENV CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_ENABLED}
 
+# Lift the vendor and go.mod to the main package, cleanup any relative references
+RUN sh modules-cleanup.sh
 
 # Run a gofmt and exclude all vendored code.
 RUN test -z "$(gofmt -l $(find . -type f -name '*.go' -not -path "./vendor/*" -not -path "./function/vendor/*"))" || { echo "Run \"gofmt -s -w\" on your Golang code"; exit 1; }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /go/src/handler/function/static
 RUN GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} go test ./... -cover
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/handler
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_ENABLED} GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
+RUN GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
     go build --ldflags "-s -w" -a -installsuffix cgo -o handler .
 
 FROM --platform=${TARGETPLATFORM:-linux/amd64} alpine:3.16.2 as ship
diff --git a/template/golang-http/go.mod b/template/golang-http/go.mod
index c477c58..9d846a9 100644
--- a/template/golang-http/go.mod
+++ b/template/golang-http/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ module handler
 
 go 1.18
 
-require github.com/openfaas/templates-sdk/go-http v0.0.0-20220408082716-5981c545cb03
+replace handler/function => ./function
+
+require (
+	github.com/openfaas/templates-sdk v0.0.0-20200723092016-0ebf61253625
+)
diff --git a/template/golang-http/go.sum b/template/golang-http/go.sum
index 1725677..80dafb4 100644
--- a/template/golang-http/go.sum
+++ b/template/golang-http/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-github.com/openfaas/templates-sdk/go-http v0.0.0-20220408082716-5981c545cb03 h1:wMIW4ddCuogcuXcFO77BPSMI33s3QTXqLTOHY6mLqFw=
-github.com/openfaas/templates-sdk/go-http v0.0.0-20220408082716-5981c545cb03/go.mod h1:2vlqdjIdqUjZphguuCAjoMz6QRPm2O8UT0TaAjd39S8=
+github.com/openfaas/templates-sdk v0.0.0-20200723092016-0ebf61253625 h1:6JSt10GDCOw0F67bWnqZ6AYg92pbqCcchTu181aT1w0=
+github.com/openfaas/templates-sdk v0.0.0-20200723092016-0ebf61253625/go.mod h1:JWcVHdzlHcR7nLuaDL88Mz68wOqDvOn0CLO6t27OMhk=
diff --git a/template/golang-http/go.work b/template/golang-http/go.work
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f6f165..0000000
--- a/template/golang-http/go.work
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-go 1.18
-
-use (
-	.
-	./function
-)
diff --git a/template/golang-http/modules-cleanup.sh b/template/golang-http/modules-cleanup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be33886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/golang-http/modules-cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -e
+
+GO111MODULE=$(go env GO111MODULE)
+
+# move_vendor will copy the function's vendor folder,
+# if it exists.
+move_vendor() {
+    if [ ! -d ./function/vendor ]; then
+        echo "vendor not found"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "moving function vendor"
+    mv -f ./function/vendor .
+}
+
+# cleanup_gomod will move the function's go module
+cleanup_gomod() {
+
+    # Nothing to do when modules is explicitly off
+    # the z prefix protects against any SH wonkiness
+    # see https://stackoverflow.com/a/18264223
+    if [ "z$GO111MODULE" = "zoff" ]; then
+        echo "modules disabled, skipping go.mod cleanup"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -f ./function/go.mod ]; then
+        echo "module not initialized, skipping go.mod cleanup"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "cleaning up go.mod"
+
+    # Copy the user's go.mod
+    mv -f ./function/go.mod .
+    mv -f ./function/go.sum .
+
+    # Clean up the go.mod
+
+    # Cleanup any sub-module replacements.
+    # This requires modifying any replace that points to "./*",
+    # the user has will use this to reference sub-modules instead
+    # of sub-packages, which we cleanup below.
+    echo "cleanup local replace statements"
+    # 1. Replace references to the local folder with `./function`
+    sed -i 's/=> \.\//=> \.\/function\//' go.mod
+
+    # Remove any references to the handler/function module.
+    # It is ok to just remove it because we will replace it later.
+    #
+    # Note that these references may or may not exist. We expect the
+    # go.mod to have a replace statement _if_  developer has subpackages
+    # in their handler. In this case they will need a this replace statement
+    #
+    #    replace handler/function => ./
+    #
+    # `go mod` will then add a line that looks like
+    #
+    #    handler/function v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+    #
+    # both of these lines need to be replaced, this grep selects everything
+    # _except_ those offending lines.
+    grep -v "\shandler/function" go.mod >gomod2
+    mv gomod2 go.mod
+
+    # Now update the go.mod
+    #
+    # 1. use replace so that imports of handler/function use the local code
+    # 2. we need to rename the module to handler because our main.go assumes
+    #    this is the package name
+    go mod edit \
+        -replace=handler/function=./function \
+        -module handler
+
+    if [ "$DEBUG" -eq 1 ]; then
+        cat go.mod
+        echo ""
+    fi
+}
+
+# cleanup_vendor_modulestxt will cleanup the modules.txt file in the vendor folder
+# this file is needed when modules are enabled and it must be in sync with the
+# go.mod.  To function correctly we need to modify the references to handler/function,
+# if they exist.
+cleanup_vendor_modulestxt() {
+    if [ ! -d ./vendor ]; then
+        echo "no vendor found, skipping modules.txt cleanup"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Nothing to do when modules is explicitly off
+    # the z prefix protects against any SH wonkiness
+    # see https://stackoverflow.com/a/18264223
+    if [ "z$GO111MODULE" = "zoff" ]; then
+        echo "modules disabled, skipping modules.txt cleanup"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "cleanup vendor/modules.txt"
+
+    # just in case
+    touch "./vendor/modules.txt"
+
+    # when vendored, we need to do similar edits to the vendor/modules.txt
+    # as we did to the go.mod
+
+    # 1. we need to replace any possible copy of the handler code
+    rm -rf vendor/handler &&
+
+        # 2. in modules.txt, we remove existing references to the handler/function
+        #    we reconstruct these in the last step
+        grep -v "\shandler/function" ./vendor/modules.txt >modulestext
+    mv modulestext ./vendor/modules.txt
+
+    # 3. Handle any other local replacements.
+    # any replace that points to `./**` needs to be udpat    echo "cleanup local replace statements"
+    sed -i 's/=> \.\//=> \.\/function\//' ./vendor/modules.txt
+
+    # 4. To make the modules.txt consistent with the new go.mod,
+    #    we add the mising replace to the vendor/modules.txt
+    echo "## explicit" >>./vendor/modules.txt
+    echo "# handler/function => ./function" >>./vendor/modules.txt
+
+    if [ "$DEBUG" -eq 1 ]; then
+        cat ./vendor/modules.txt
+        echo ""
+    fi
+}
+
+# has_local_replacement checks if the file contains local go module replacement
+has_local_replacement() {
+    return "$(grep -E -c '=> \./\S+' "$1")"
+}
+
+remove_workspaces() {
+    if [ -f ./function/go.work ]; then
+        echo "cleaning function workspace"
+        rm -f ./function/go.work
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "no work spaces found"
+}
+
+################
+#   main
+################
+remove_workspaces
+
+move_vendor
+
+cleanup_gomod
+
+cleanup_vendor_modulestxt
diff --git a/template/golang-middleware/Dockerfile b/template/golang-middleware/Dockerfile
index ac40b89..8d96a47 100644
--- a/template/golang-middleware/Dockerfile
+++ b/template/golang-middleware/Dockerfile
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
-RUN apk --no-cache add git
+RUN apk --no-cache add git build-base
 
 COPY --from=watchdog /fwatchdog /usr/bin/fwatchdog
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/fwatchdog
 
-
 RUN mkdir -p /go/src/handler
 WORKDIR /go/src/handler
 COPY . .
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ ARG GO111MODULE="on"
 ARG GOPROXY=""
 ARG GOFLAGS=""
 ARG CGO_ENABLED=0
-ENV CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_ENABLED}
 
 # Run a gofmt and exclude all vendored code.
 RUN test -z "$(gofmt -l $(find . -type f -name '*.go' -not -path "./vendor/*" -not -path "./function/vendor/*"))" || { echo "Run \"gofmt -s -w\" on your Golang code"; exit 1; }
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ RUN GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
     go build --ldflags "-s -w" -a -installsuffix cgo -o handler .
 
 FROM --platform=${TARGETPLATFORM:-linux/amd64} alpine:3.16.2 as ship
-
 # Add non root user and certs
 RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates \
     && addgroup -S app && adduser -S -g app app