diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index 6dbbc2d..feade33 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ build() {
   local version=$(go run tools/build-version.go)
   local hash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
   local date=$(go run tools/build-date.go)
-  local govars="-Xgithub.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.Version='$version' -Xgithub.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.CommitHash='$hash' -Xgithub.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.CompileDate='$date'"
-  go build -v -buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -extldflags \"${govars} ${LDFLAGS}\"" ./cmd/micro
+  local govars="-X github.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.Version=$version -X github.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.CommitHash=$hash -X 'github.com/zyedidia/micro/v2/internal/util.CompileDate=$date'"
+  go build -v -buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w ${govars} -linkmode=external -extldflags \"${LDFLAGS}\"" ./cmd/micro
 }
 
 check() {