diff --git a/jjb/shell/licensecheck.sh b/jjb/shell/licensecheck.sh
index 217e3b5..445470e 100755
--- a/jjb/shell/licensecheck.sh
+++ b/jjb/shell/licensecheck.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
   ! -path "*conf*" \
   ! -path "*git*" \
   ! -path "*swagger*" \
+  ! -path "go.mod" \
+  ! -path "go.sum" \
   -print0 )
 
 exit ${fail_licensecheck}
-
diff --git a/jjb/verify/voltha-bbsim.yaml b/jjb/verify/voltha-bbsim.yaml
index 5c0fdb4..2361b11 100644
--- a/jjb/verify/voltha-bbsim.yaml
+++ b/jjb/verify/voltha-bbsim.yaml
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@
           make test
 
           # generate Jenkins report
-          go test -v ./...  2>&1 | go-junit-report > $WORKSPACE/junit-report.xml
+          GO111MODULE=on go test -v ./...  2>&1 | go-junit-report > $WORKSPACE/junit-report.xml
 
           # generate Jenkins coverage
-          go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=count ./...
+          GO111MODULE=on go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=count ./...
           gocover-cobertura < coverage.txt > $WORKSPACE/coverage.xml
 
           popd