diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index 124f8f8b2..9bd504145 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ To build out-of-tree plugins, use the plugin's Makefile if provided. Otherwise,
 you can manually build the plugin by running:
 
 ```bash
-myplugin$ go build -buildmode=plugin -i -o myplugin.so myplugin.go
+myplugin$ go build -buildmode=plugin -o myplugin.so myplugin.go
 ```
 
 Finally, as with in-tree plugins:
diff --git a/plugin/plugins/Rules.mk b/plugin/plugins/Rules.mk
index 80924bad2..12c7cf0b3 100644
--- a/plugin/plugins/Rules.mk
+++ b/plugin/plugins/Rules.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $($(d)_plugins_main):
 
 $($(d)_plugins_so): %.so : %/main/main.go
 $($(d)_plugins_so): $$(DEPS_GO) ALWAYS
-	$(GOCC) build -buildmode=plugin -i -pkgdir "$(GOPATH)/pkg/linux_amd64_dynlink" $(go-flags-with-tags) -o "$@" "$(call go-pkg-name,$(basename $@))/main"
+	$(GOCC) build -buildmode=plugin -pkgdir "$(GOPATH)/pkg/linux_amd64_dynlink" $(go-flags-with-tags) -o "$@" "$(call go-pkg-name,$(basename $@))/main"
 	chmod +x "$@"
 
 CLEAN += $($(d)_plugins_so)