diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d5d713ee..17512698 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-FROM        sdurrheimer/alpine-glibc
+FROM        golang:1.5.2
 MAINTAINER  The Prometheus Authors <prometheus-developers@googlegroups.com>
 
-WORKDIR /gopath/src/github.com/prometheus/alertmanager
-COPY    . /gopath/src/github.com/prometheus/alertmanager
+WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/prometheus/alertmanager
+COPY    . /go/src/github.com/prometheus/alertmanager
 
-RUN apk add --update -t build-deps tar openssl git make bash gcc libc-dev \
-    && source ./scripts/goenv.sh /go /gopath \
+RUN apt-get install make \
     && make build \
     && cp alertmanager /bin/ \
     && mkdir -p /etc/alertmanager/template \
-    && mv ./doc/examples/simple.yml /etc/alertmanager/config.yml \
-    && apk del --purge build-deps gcc \
-    && rm -rf /go /gopath /var/cache/apk/*
+    && mv ./doc/examples/simple.yml /etc/alertmanager/config.yml
+    && rm -rf /go
 
 EXPOSE     9093
 VOLUME     [ "/alertmanager" ]