diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
index 4fe7740cadf4..eeb2102bdf0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname   = "linuxkit";
-  version = "0.7";
+  version = "0.8";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit";
 
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     owner = "linuxkit";
     repo = "linuxkit";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1mnaqzd4r0fdgjhjvbi4p0wwvz69i82b33iizz81wvkr1mkakgl2";
+    sha256 = "15jj60k8wz9cahjbdscnwyyfb1k1grjh7yrilb1cj4r8mby4sp2g";
   };
 
   subPackages = [ "src/cmd/linuxkit" ];
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    buildFlagsArray+=("-ldflags" "-X github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.Version=${src.rev}")
-  '';
+  buildFlagsArray = [ "-ldflags=-s -w -X ${goPackagePath}/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.GitCommit=${src.rev} -X ${goPackagePath}/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.Version=${version}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A toolkit for building secure, portable and lean operating systems for containers";