diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index 3f3f0be768a..44ae2bdb193 100644
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ kube::golang::build_binaries_for_platform() {
       fi
 
       if kube::golang::is_statically_linked_library "${binary}"; then
-        CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -installsuffix cgo -o "${output_path}/${bin}" \
+        CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o "${output_path}/${bin}" \
           "${goflags[@]:+${goflags[@]}}" \
           -ldflags "${version_ldflags}" \
           "${binary}"