diff --git a/scripts/build/.variables b/scripts/build/.variables
index f29195f142..76b0602f06 100755
--- a/scripts/build/.variables
+++ b/scripts/build/.variables
@@ -63,23 +63,23 @@ if [ "$CGO_ENABLED" = "1" ] && [ "$(go env GOOS)" != "windows" ]; then
 fi
 export GO_BUILDMODE
 
-LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-} -w"
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.GitCommit=${GITCOMMIT}\""
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.BuildTime=${BUILDTIME}\""
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.Version=${VERSION}\""
+GO_LDFLAGS="${GO_LDFLAGS:-} -w"
+GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.GitCommit=${GITCOMMIT}\""
+GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.BuildTime=${BUILDTIME}\""
+GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.Version=${VERSION}\""
 if test -n "${PLATFORM}"; then
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.PlatformName=${PLATFORM}\""
+    GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -X \"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version.PlatformName=${PLATFORM}\""
 fi
 if [ "$CGO_ENABLED" = "1" ] && [ "$GO_LINKMODE" = "static" ] && [ "$(go env GOOS)" = "linux" ]; then
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -extldflags -static"
+    GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -extldflags -static"
 fi
 if [ "$CGO_ENABLED" = "1" ] && [ "$GO_LINKMODE" = "static" ]; then
     # compiling statically with CGO enabled requires osusergo to be set.
     GO_BUILDTAGS="$GO_BUILDTAGS osusergo"
 fi
 if [ -n "$GO_STRIP" ]; then
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -s"
+    GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS -s"
 fi
-export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" # https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/2064
+export GO_LDFLAGS="$GO_LDFLAGS" # https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/2064
 
 export SOURCE="github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker"
diff --git a/scripts/build/binary b/scripts/build/binary
index 8e3324cf2c..44cd4f14fd 100755
--- a/scripts/build/binary
+++ b/scripts/build/binary
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ if [ "$(go env GOOS)" = "windows" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-(set -x ; go build -o "${TARGET}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "${SOURCE}")
+(set -x ; go build -o "${TARGET}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" -ldflags "${GO_LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "${SOURCE}")
 
 ln -sf "$(basename "${TARGET}")" "$(dirname "${TARGET}")/docker"
diff --git a/scripts/build/plugins b/scripts/build/plugins
index 10268f54ec..fa78b9536b 100755
--- a/scripts/build/plugins
+++ b/scripts/build/plugins
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ for p in cli-plugins/examples/* "$@" ; do
     mkdir -p "$(dirname "${TARGET_PLUGIN}")"
 
     echo "Building $GO_LINKMODE $(basename "${TARGET_PLUGIN}")"
-    (set -x ; CGO_ENABLED=0 GO111MODULE=auto go build -o "${TARGET_PLUGIN}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "github.com/docker/cli/${p}")
+    (set -x ; CGO_ENABLED=0 GO111MODULE=auto go build -o "${TARGET_PLUGIN}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" -ldflags "${GO_LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "github.com/docker/cli/${p}")
 done