diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix
index db6a88cebebd..b2c177fda2d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "hugo";
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo.vendorInfo=nixpkgs" ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     $out/bin/hugo gen man
     installManPage man/*