diff --git a/pkg/init/Dockerfile b/pkg/init/Dockerfile
index 9938d5dc8..076103116 100644
--- a/pkg/init/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/init/Dockerfile
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --initdb alpine-baselayout make gcc musl-dev git linux-he
 ADD usermode-helper.c ./
 RUN LDFLAGS=-static CFLAGS=-Werror make usermode-helper
 
-# containerd v1.1.x requires go1.10 which is currently a separate package in
-# Alpine 3.7 Use the same version here for consistency and because we use the
-# containerd client library.
-RUN apk add --no-cache go1.10 musl-dev
+RUN apk add --no-cache go musl-dev
 ENV GOPATH=/go PATH=$PATH:/go/bin
 
 COPY cmd /go/src/cmd
diff --git a/pkg/runc/Dockerfile b/pkg/runc/Dockerfile
index 3349da9ef..e46344694 100644
--- a/pkg/runc/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/runc/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 FROM linuxkit/alpine:6264e5b39af8eb1da7ffa4c05a7ccc597da01197 as alpine
-# containerd v1.1.x requires go1.10 which is currently a separate package in Alpine 3.7
-# Use the same version of go for consistency.
 RUN \
   apk add \
   bash \
   gcc \
   git \
-  go1.10 \
+  go \
   libc-dev \
   libseccomp-dev \
   linux-headers \