diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9d5b73c51e..880069e43c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -89,12 +89,16 @@ check-setup:
 
 check: check-setup lint tidy check-static
 
-check-static:
+check-fmt:
 	@ # Not running vet and fmt through metalinter becauase it ends up looking at vendor
 	@echo "gofmt checking"
 	gofmt -s -l -w $(FILES) 2>&1| $(FAIL_ON_STDOUT)
+
+check-vet:
 	@echo "go vet check"
 	@GO111MODULE=on go vet -all $$($(PACKAGE_LIST)) 2>&1
+
+check-static: check-fmt check-vet check-spell
 	@echo "mispell and ineffassign checking"
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 retool do gometalinter.v2 --disable-all \
 	  --enable misspell \