diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/minio-client/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/minio-client/default.nix
index ebd6e7c5799..3c8d1534684 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/minio-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/minio-client/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "minio-client";
-
   version = "2019-01-30T19-57-22Z";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -14,9 +13,9 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/minio/mc";
 
-  buildFlagsArray = [''-ldflags=
-    -X github.com/minio/mc/cmd.Version=${version}
-  ''];
+  preBuild = ''
+    buildFlagsArray+=("-ldflags=-X github.com/minio/mc/cmd.Version=${version}")
+  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/minio/mc;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c62a1822f24..23f7fe8dce0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4777,9 +4777,7 @@ in
 
   minetime = callPackage ../applications/office/minetime { };
 
-  minio-client = callPackage ../tools/networking/minio-client {
-    buildGoPackage = buildGo110Package;
-  };
+  minio-client = callPackage ../tools/networking/minio-client { };
 
   minissdpd = callPackage ../tools/networking/minissdpd { };