diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29947c9d..5fd15e24 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ LD_FLAGS="-w -X $(REPO_PATH)/version.Version=$(VERSION)"
 
 build: bin/dex bin/example-app bin/grpc-client
 
-bin/dex: check-go-version
+bin/dex:
 	@go install -v -ldflags $(LD_FLAGS) $(REPO_PATH)/cmd/dex
 
-bin/example-app: check-go-version
+bin/example-app:
 	@go install -v -ldflags $(LD_FLAGS) $(REPO_PATH)/cmd/example-app
 
-bin/grpc-client: check-go-version
+bin/grpc-client:
 	@go install -v -ldflags $(LD_FLAGS) $(REPO_PATH)/examples/grpc-client
 
 .PHONY: release-binary
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ bin/protoc: scripts/get-protoc
 bin/protoc-gen-go:
 	@go install -v $(REPO_PATH)/vendor/github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
 
-.PHONY: check-go-version
-check-go-version:
-	@./scripts/check-go-version
-
 clean:
 	@rm -rf bin/
 
diff --git a/scripts/check-go-version b/scripts/check-go-version
deleted file mode 100755
index 6891ca59..00000000
--- a/scripts/check-go-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-VERSION=$( go version )
-
-# For development versions of Go, these will be empty.
-MAJOR_GOVERSION=$( echo -n "$VERSION" | grep -o 'go1\.[0-9]*' || true )
-FULL_GOVERSION=$( echo -n "$VERSION" | grep -o 'go1\.[0-9|\.]*' || true )
-
-# The list of unsupported major go versions.
-UNSUPPORTED=( "go1.0" "go1.1" "go1.2" "go1.3" "go1.4" "go1.5" "go1.6" "go1.7" )
-
-# Minor go versions which have known security vulnerabilities. Refuse to build with these.
-#
-# There aren't any security issues that impact dex in current Go versions but minor versions
-# should be added here later if they do have issues.
-KNOWN_INSECURE=( )
-
-for V in "${UNSUPPORTED[@]}"; do
-    if [ "$V" = "$MAJOR_GOVERSION" ]; then
-        >&2 echo "ERROR: dex requires Go version 1.8+. Please update your Go installation: https://golang.org/dl/"
-        exit 2
-    fi
-done
-
-for V in "${KNOWN_INSECURE[@]}"; do
-    if [ "$V" = "$FULL_GOVERSION" ]; then
-        >&2 echo "Go version ${V} has known security vulnerabilities which impact dex. Please update your Go version."
-        exit 2
-    fi
-done
-