diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/utils/confusebox/Makefile b/confluent_osdeploy/utils/confusebox/Makefile
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+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/utils/confusebox/Makefile
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+all: confusebox
+
+confusebox: *.go
+	go build -ldflags "-w -s" -gcflags=all="-l" -trimpath
+
+clean:
+	rm confusebox