diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d97d2e3ad..3b0eb9548 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ build: build_tags := netgo osusergo
 build: OUTPUT_DIR ?= bin
 build: authors
 	@echo "Building..."
-	$Q CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a --tags '$(shell scripts/process_build_tags.sh $(build_tags) $(VK_BUILD_TAGS))' -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/$(binary) $(if $V,-v) $(VERSION_FLAGS) ./cmd/$(binary)
+	$Q CGO_ENABLED=0 go build --tags '$(shell scripts/process_build_tags.sh $(build_tags) $(VK_BUILD_TAGS))' -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/$(binary) $(if $V,-v) $(VERSION_FLAGS) ./cmd/$(binary)
 
 .PHONY: tags
 tags: