diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e92de04e58e2..4e73f8c362ebd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ telegraf:
 	go build -o $(TELEGRAF) -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" ./cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
 
 go-install:
-	go install -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" ./cmd/telegraf
+	go install -ldflags "-w -s $(LDFLAGS)" ./cmd/telegraf
 
 install: telegraf
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index d391ec2e122de..3fa171c5a016f 100755
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -470,26 +470,11 @@ def build(version=None,
             build_command += "-race "
         if len(tags) > 0:
             build_command += "-tags {} ".format(','.join(tags))
-        if "1.4" in get_go_version():
-            if static:
-                build_command += "-ldflags=\"-s -X main.version {} -X main.branch {} -X main.commit {}\" ".format(version,
-                                                                                                                  get_current_branch(),
-                                                                                                                  get_current_commit())
-            else:
-                build_command += "-ldflags=\"-X main.version {} -X main.branch {} -X main.commit {}\" ".format(version,
-                                                                                                               get_current_branch(),
-                                                                                                               get_current_commit())
 
-        else:
-            # Starting with Go 1.5, the linker flag arguments changed to 'name=value' from 'name value'
-            if static:
-                build_command += "-ldflags=\"-s -X main.version={} -X main.branch={} -X main.commit={}\" ".format(version,
-                                                                                                                  get_current_branch(),
-                                                                                                                  get_current_commit())
-            else:
-                build_command += "-ldflags=\"-X main.version={} -X main.branch={} -X main.commit={}\" ".format(version,
-                                                                                                               get_current_branch(),
-                                                                                                               get_current_commit())
+        build_command += "-ldflags=\"-w -s -X main.version={} -X main.branch={} -X main.commit={}\" ".format(
+                version,
+                get_current_branch(),
+                get_current_commit())
         if static:
             build_command += "-a -installsuffix cgo "
         build_command += path