diff --git a/hack/make.sh b/hack/make.sh
index b30f3d6e44..94972e4138 100755
--- a/hack/make.sh
+++ b/hack/make.sh
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ LDFLAGS_STATIC=''
 EXTLDFLAGS_STATIC='-static'
 # ORIG_BUILDFLAGS is necessary for the cross target which cannot always build
 # with options like -race.
-ORIG_BUILDFLAGS=(-tags "netgo osusergo static_build $DOCKER_BUILDTAGS" -installsuffix netgo)
-# see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/9369#issuecomment-69864440 for why -installsuffix is necessary here
+ORIG_BUILDFLAGS=(-tags "netgo osusergo static_build $DOCKER_BUILDTAGS")
 
 BUILDFLAGS=(${BUILDFLAGS} "${ORIG_BUILDFLAGS[@]}")