diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7f8145fd09379..11b85d6f2f26b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -116,12 +116,6 @@ RUN set -x \
 	) \
 	&& rm -rf "$SECCOMP_PATH"
 
-# Install Go
-# IMPORTANT: If the version of Go is updated, the Windows to Linux CI machines
-#            will need updating, to avoid errors. Ping #docker-maintainers on IRC
-#            with a heads-up.
-ENV GO_VERSION 1.6.4
-
 # Compile Go for cross compilation
 ENV DOCKER_CROSSPLATFORMS \
 	linux/386 linux/arm \