diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 57d772b328..93e6ee6c89 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 sudo: required
 language: go
 go:
-- 1.7
+- 1.8
 env:
   global:
-  - LATEST_GO_VERSION="1.7"
   - secure: 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
   - secure: Oi8pwShwTKnBVQtb9WoCrZSUZbDWXwO4383S6F8/USUASE/r06Zxws0XombEsy7dlG1YBS/3aLLGe5/5umrYu8XlKa0C5f1k+1ABroxQIDaiOoHJLmCTlCW0mDcbAH+THiKriPnULBnCk9qGCVofWDObPqGIIgeE5tHGm8kdfgx0hmuX5XxbZEDStSTh0eag3MFC0AdLqm4LYMaqHs56om976DmxKiO9FvkDhTSUhXsOjcgXnKoneBbzbf+1RnAr2QvuRaHS8nSZEcFnHiWNjGD/ag6Cvd2T4Aa8r5LasdYr9sx93GDteaZiyJmT4zTce4ote2kzddcEdAfK93ERUPiNXBvf0jMrqaVzbx6yI9EdcNvHRA5LARSxkT7CrOA/BjYeP+HuCjW6BJVmstDR9kFL2GoQSZJtrlI2KvHM6H3WWAMYpOCekaYKlxNa6KFoi/4RZbptJj0X5999G3qccBocfs133YQVgSNLrlBQ0KhXw4yMaO7UU8p1m063ls8VWFupWynagWGCrzWGl5w7S0r1YRVUB9kXrUmkRwqtW0niZfM1fX6BKo5PPfql7n0knhjqwo73n3kBuWxfQzYjOACYN3DFPgj0/qaNWR+AvZpqBAE5PyfxccEfpcWUvp2yrfZGuUWV628qPZLA/vQ33iN0lIndK/bCtoz6oqQq9iw=
 services:
diff --git a/build/travis-utils.sh b/build/travis-utils.sh
index ac73799242..237b3685c4 100644
--- a/build/travis-utils.sh
+++ b/build/travis-utils.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Travis-CI sets TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST=false when the build is triggered for
 # changes pushed into github.com/open-policy-agent/opa.
 function is_travis_push_env() {
-    if [ "$TRAVIS_GO_VERSION" = "$LATEST_GO_VERSION" ]; then
-        if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then
-            return 0
-        fi
+    if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then
+        return 0
     fi
     return 1
 }
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md b/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
index aee5ab563a..e308d4e47f 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Requirements:
 
 - Git
 - GitHub account (if you are contributing)
-- Go (version 1.6.x and 1.7.x are supported)
+- Go (version 1.8.x is supported)
 - GNU Make
 
 ## <a name="Getting-Started"></a> Getting Started