diff --git a/tools/alpine/Dockerfile b/tools/alpine/Dockerfile
index ba5756c45..c32405fea 100644
--- a/tools/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ RUN mv /etc/apk/repositories /etc/apk/repositories.upstream && echo "/mirror" >
 
 # add Go validation tools
 COPY go-compile.sh /go/bin/
-# containerd v1.1.x requires go1.10 which is currently a separate package in Alpine 3.7
-RUN apk add --no-cache git go1.10 musl-dev
+RUN apk add --no-cache git go musl-dev
 ENV GOPATH=/go PATH=$PATH:/go/bin
 RUN go get -u github.com/golang/lint/golint
 RUN go get -u github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign
diff --git a/tools/alpine/packages b/tools/alpine/packages
index 5a8f3975a..a620a0113 100644
--- a/tools/alpine/packages
+++ b/tools/alpine/packages
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ git
 gmp-dev
 gnupg
 go
-go1.10
 grep
 hvtools
 installkernel