diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/vcs/vcs.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/vcs/vcs.go
index fd521b2eb1558..2acabf7aafba5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/vcs/vcs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/vcs/vcs.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func gitStatus(vcsGit *Cmd, rootDir string) (Status, error) {
 	// uncommitted files and skip tagging revision / committime.
 	var rev string
 	var commitTime time.Time
-	out, err = vcsGit.runOutputVerboseOnly(rootDir, "show -s --no-show-signature --format=%H:%ct")
+	out, err = vcsGit.runOutputVerboseOnly(rootDir, "-c log.showsignature=false show -s --format=%H:%ct")
 	if err != nil && !uncommitted {
 		return Status{}, err
 	} else if err == nil {
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/version_buildvcs_git.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/version_buildvcs_git.txt
index 86d1de06df42d..44706870e22f2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/version_buildvcs_git.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/version_buildvcs_git.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ rm $GOBIN/d$GOEXE
 go list -x ./...
 stdout -count=3 '^example.com'
 stderr -count=1 '^git status'
-stderr -count=1 '^git show'
+stderr -count=1 '^git -c log.showsignature=false show'
 
 -- $WORK/fakebin/git --
 #!/bin/sh