diff --git a/sysutils/consul/Makefile b/sysutils/consul/Makefile
index 3fe8ed001f19..621fb4296060 100644
--- a/sysutils/consul/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/consul/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	consul
-PORTVERSION=	0.8.1
+PORTVERSION=	0.8.3
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ post-patch:
 		${WRKSRC}/version/version.go
 
 do-build:
-	@cd ${WRKSRC}/src/github.com/hashicorp/consul; ${SETENV} ${BUILD_ENV} GOPATH=${WRKSRC} go build \
-		-ldflags "-X github.com/hashicorp/consul/version.GitDescribe=v${PORTVERSION}" \
+	@cd ${WRKSRC}/src/github.com/hashicorp/consul; ${SETENV} CGO_ENABLED=0 ${BUILD_ENV} GOPATH=${WRKSRC} go build \
+		-ldflags "\
+		-X github.com/hashicorp/consul/version.VersionPrerelease=  \
+		-X github.com/hashicorp/consul/version.GitDescribe=v${PORTVERSION} \
+		" \
 		-o bin/consul
 
 do-install:
diff --git a/sysutils/consul/distinfo b/sysutils/consul/distinfo
index 1401c700cd0c..8e7c62c2276e 100644
--- a/sysutils/consul/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/consul/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1492544138
-SHA256 (hashicorp-consul-v0.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 202ac732d076f43eb4cf0cccd21c6d8ccae4c4dcf4ef8223fbf08dd0e7d7cec6
-SIZE (hashicorp-consul-v0.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 5103830
+TIMESTAMP = 1494608318
+SHA256 (hashicorp-consul-v0.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 8088ae2f4259a736400211eed63f6df3b5264f3a18d31b31845c4a4481b349ac
+SIZE (hashicorp-consul-v0.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 6513579
diff --git a/sysutils/consul/files/patch-version_version.go b/sysutils/consul/files/patch-version_version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a941f15780ec..000000000000
--- a/sysutils/consul/files/patch-version_version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- version/version.go.orig	2016-11-10 20:33:01 UTC
-+++ version/version.go
-@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ var (
- 
- 	// Release versions of the build. These will be filled in by one of the
- 	// build tag-specific files.
--	Version           = "unknown"
--	VersionPrerelease = "unknown"
-+	Version           = "%%VERSION%%"
-+	VersionPrerelease = ""
- )
- 
- // GetHumanVersion composes the parts of the version in a way that's suitable