diff --git a/make.go b/make.go
index c1c795883..568a67954 100644
--- a/make.go
+++ b/make.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var (
 	ifModsSince    = flag.Int64("if_mods_since", 0, "If non-zero return immediately without building if there aren't any filesystem modifications past this time (in unix seconds)")
 	buildARCH      = flag.String("arch", runtime.GOARCH, "Architecture to build for.")
 	buildOS        = flag.String("os", runtime.GOOS, "Operating system to build for.")
-	stampVersion   = flag.Bool("stampversion", false, "Stamp version into buildinfo.GitInfo")
+	stampVersion   = flag.Bool("stampversion", true, "Stamp version into buildinfo.GitInfo")
 )
 
 var (
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	var ldFlags string
 	if *stampVersion {
-		// TODO(bradfitz): this is currently broken, at least on my machine.
-		// Maybe my Go 1.4 vs Go 1.5 clients are out of sync. Temporarily disabled.
-		ldFlags = "-X camlistore.org/pkg/buildinfo.GitInfo " + version
+		ldFlags = "-X camlistore.org/pkg/buildinfo.GitInfo=" + version
 	}
 	baseArgs = append(baseArgs, "--ldflags="+ldFlags, "--tags="+strings.Join(tags, " "))
 
diff --git a/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo.go b/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo.go
index 8a7f6fc7a..75f1faec4 100644
--- a/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo.go
+++ b/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 // Package buildinfo provides information about the current build.
 package buildinfo
 
+import "flag"
+
 // GitInfo is either the empty string (the default)
 // or is set to the git hash of the most recent commit
 // using the -X linker flag. For example, it's set like:
@@ -32,15 +34,9 @@ func Version() string {
 	return "unknown"
 }
 
-var testingLinked func() bool
-
 // TestingLinked reports whether the "testing" package is linked into the binary.
-// It always returns false for Go 1.1.
 func TestingLinked() bool {
-	if testingLinked == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return testingLinked()
+	return flag.CommandLine.Lookup("test.v") != nil
 }
 
 // djpegFunc implements DjpegStatus. nil means the images/fastjpeg package
diff --git a/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo_test.go b/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo_test.go
index 1ce1947b9..f37cb9c94 100644
--- a/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo_test.go
+++ b/pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo_test.go
@@ -17,28 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package buildinfo
 
 import (
-	"go/build"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestTestingLinked(t *testing.T) {
-	if !isGo12() {
-		t.Skip("skipping test for Go 1.1")
-	}
-	if testingLinked == nil {
-		t.Fatal("go1.2+ but testingLinked is nil")
-	}
-	if !testingLinked() {
+	if !TestingLinked() {
 		t.Error("testingLinked = false; want true")
 	}
 }
-
-// isGo12 reports whether the Go version is 1.2 or higher
-func isGo12() bool {
-	for _, v := range build.Default.ReleaseTags {
-		if v == "go1.2" {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/pkg/buildinfo/testinglinked.go b/pkg/buildinfo/testinglinked.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9610836ab..000000000
--- a/pkg/buildinfo/testinglinked.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// +build go1.2
-
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Camlistore Authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package buildinfo
-
-import "flag"
-
-func init() {
-	testingLinked = func() bool {
-		return flag.CommandLine.Lookup("test.v") != nil
-	}
-}