diff --git a/hack/jenkins/common.sh b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
index f1c07e668cff..9b89ebdfd4cf 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/common.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/common.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # installing golang so we could do go get for gopogh
-sudo ARCH="$ARCH"./installers/check_install_golang.sh "1.16.4" "/usr/local" || true
+./installers/check_install_golang.sh "1.16.4" "/usr/local" || true
 
 # install docker and kubectl if not present
 sudo ARCH="$ARCH" ./installers/check_install_docker.sh || true
@@ -444,11 +444,11 @@ if [ -z "${EXTERNAL}" ]; then
   echo ">>   public URL:  ${REPORT_URL_BASE}/${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}.json"
   gsutil -qm cp "${JSON_OUT}" "gs://${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}.json" || true
 
-  echo ">> uploading ${HTML_OUT} to ${REPORT_URL_BASE}/${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}.html"
+  echo ">> uploading ${HTML_OUT} to gs://${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}.html"
   echo ">>   public URL:  ${REPORT_URL_BASE}/${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}.html"
   gsutil -qm cp "${HTML_OUT}" "gs://${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}.html" || true
 
-  echo ">> uploading ${SUMMARY_OUT} to ${REPORT_URL_BASE}/${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}_summary.json"
+  echo ">> uploading ${SUMMARY_OUT} to gs://${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}_summary.json"
   echo ">>   public URL:  ${REPORT_URL_BASE}/${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}_summary.json"
   gsutil -qm cp "${SUMMARY_OUT}" "gs://${JOB_GCS_BUCKET}_summary.json" || true
 else 
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_golang.sh b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_golang.sh
index 866e1139c34f..4ee97d5b1c24 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_golang.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_golang.sh
@@ -67,20 +67,28 @@ function check_and_install_golang() {
 
 # install_golang takes two parameters version and path to install.
 function install_golang() {
-  echo "Installing golang version: $1 on $2"
-  pushd /tmp >/dev/null
+  local -r GO_VER="$1"
+  local -r GO_DIR="$2/go"
+  echo "Installing golang version: $GO_VER in $GO_DIR"
 
   INSTALLOS=linux
   if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     INSTALLOS=darwin
   fi
+
+  local -r GO_TGZ="go${GO_VER}.${INSTALLOS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+  pushd /tmp
+
   # using sudo because previously installed versions might have been installed by a different user.
   # as it was the case on jenkins VM.
-  sudo curl -qL -O "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${1}.${INSTALLOS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz" &&
-    sudo tar -xzf go${1}.${INSTALLOS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz &&
-    sudo rm -rf "${2}/go" &&
-    sudo mv go "${2}/" && sudo chown -R $(whoami): ${2}/go
+  sudo rm -rf "$GO_TGZ"
+  curl -qL -O "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/$GO_TGZ"
+  sudo rm -rf "$GO_DIR"
+  sudo mkdir -p "$GO_DIR"
+  sudo tar -C "$GO_DIR" --strip-components=1 -xzf "$GO_TGZ"
+
   popd >/dev/null
+  echo "installed in $GO_DIR: $($GO_DIR/bin/go version)"
 }
 
 check_and_install_golang