diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 1627bc810..956ab05aa 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
 
 DEFAULT_CPU_COUNT = 2
 $script = <<SCRIPT
-GO_VERSION="1.8.0"
+GO_VERSION="1.8"
 
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ else
     cd /tmp
     wget -q https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz
     tar -xf go${GO_VERSION}.linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz
+    sudo rm -rf $SRCROOT/go
     sudo mv go $SRCROOT
     sudo chmod 775 $SRCROOT
     sudo chown vagrant:vagrant $SRCROOT