diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 959d9719be..516dc93dc6 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "export GOPATH='${GOPATH}'" >> $BASH_ENV
             mkdir -p "${GOPATH}/bin"
             echo 'export PATH="${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}"' >> $BASH_ENV
-            go install github.com/influxdata/pkg-config
+            go install github.com/influxdata/pkg-config@1e19b433dbc4e7d4beae6e8ef0c4df0dc6c29853
       - run:
           name: Generate libflux
           command: go generate ./libflux/go/libflux
diff --git a/libflux/go/libflux/link_dynamic.go b/libflux/go/libflux/link_dynamic.go
index da4b21be1d..badb80e8ca 100644
--- a/libflux/go/libflux/link_dynamic.go
+++ b/libflux/go/libflux/link_dynamic.go
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
 package libflux
 
 // #cgo pkg-config: flux
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lntdll
 import "C"
diff --git a/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go b/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go
index dcb3e7eda8..81a09f04b2 100644
--- a/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go
+++ b/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ package libflux
 
 // #cgo pkg-config: --static flux
 // #cgo LDFLAGS: -static
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lntdll
 import "C"