diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2fdeb152..384c60f7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ services:
 
 env:
   - GOVERSION=1.11
+  - GOVERSION=1.12
 
 install: true
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 264ee3a1..ee651e56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,20 +108,11 @@ https://decred.org/downloads
 
 Building or updating from source requires the following build dependencies:
 
-- **Go 1.10 or 1.11**
+- **Go 1.11 or 1.12**
 
   Installation instructions can be found here: https://golang.org/doc/install.
   It is recommended to add `$GOPATH/bin` to your `PATH` at this point.
 
-- **Vgo (Go 1.10 only)**
-
-  The `GO111MODULE` experiment is used to manage project dependencies and
-  provide reproducible builds.  The module experiment is provided by the Go 1.11
-  toolchain, but the Go 1.10 toolchain does not provide any module support.  To
-  perform module-aware builds with Go 1.10,
-  [vgo](https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/vgo) (a drop-in replacement for the go
-  command) must be used instead.
-
 - **Git**
 
   Installation instructions can be found at https://git-scm.com or
@@ -130,16 +121,14 @@ Building or updating from source requires the following build dependencies:
 To build and install from a checked-out repo, run `go install . ./cmd/...` in
 the repo's root directory.  Some notes:
 
-* Set the `GO111MODULE=on` environment variable if using Go 1.11 and building
-  from within `GOPATH`.
-
-* Replace `go` with `vgo` when using Go 1.10.
+* Set the `GO111MODULE=on` environment variable if building from within
+  `GOPATH`.
 
 * The `dcrd` executable will be installed to `$GOPATH/bin`.  `GOPATH`
   defaults to `$HOME/go` (or `%USERPROFILE%\go` on Windows) if unset.
 
 
-### Example of obtaining and building from source on Windows 10 with Go 1.11:
+### Example of obtaining and building from source on Windows 10:
 
 ```PowerShell
 PS> git clone https://github.com/decred/dcrd $env:USERPROFILE\src\dcrd
@@ -149,15 +138,6 @@ PS> & "$(go env GOPATH)\bin\dcrd" -V
 
 ```
 
-### Example of obtaining and building from source on Linux with Go 1.10:
-
-```bash
-$ git clone https://github.com/decred/dcrd ~/src/dcrd
-$ cd ~/src/dcrd
-$ vgo install . ./cmd/...
-$ $(vgo env GOPATH)/bin/dcrd -V
-```
-
 ## Docker
 
 ### Running dcrd
@@ -224,10 +204,10 @@ To run the tests locally without docker on the latest supported version of Go:
 ./run_tests.sh
 ```
 
-To run the tests locally without docker on Go 1.10:
+To run the tests locally without docker on Go 1.11:
 
 ```
-GOVERSION=1.10 ./run_tests.sh
+GOVERSION=1.11 ./run_tests.sh
 ```
 
 ## Contact
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 0a0a2d80..5120d455 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # usage:
-# ./run_tests.sh                         # local, go 1.11
-# GOVERSION=1.10 ./run_tests.sh          # local, go 1.10 (vgo)
-# ./run_tests.sh docker                  # docker, go 1.11
-# GOVERSION=1.10 ./run_tests.sh docker   # docker, go 1.10 (vgo)
-# ./run_tests.sh podman                  # podman, go 1.11
-# GOVERSION=1.10 ./run_tests.sh podman   # podman, go 1.10 (vgo)
+# ./run_tests.sh                         # local, go 1.12
+# GOVERSION=1.11 ./run_tests.sh          # local, go 1.11
+# ./run_tests.sh docker                  # docker, go 1.12
+# GOVERSION=1.11 ./run_tests.sh docker   # docker, go 1.11
+# ./run_tests.sh podman                  # podman, go 1.12
+# GOVERSION=1.11 ./run_tests.sh podman   # podman, go 1.11
 
 set -ex
 
@@ -28,14 +28,11 @@ set -ex
 # for more details.
 
 # Default GOVERSION
-[[ ! "$GOVERSION" ]] && GOVERSION=1.11
+[[ ! "$GOVERSION" ]] && GOVERSION=1.12
 REPO=dcrd
 
 testrepo () {
   GO=go
-  if [[ $GOVERSION == 1.10 ]]; then
-    GO=vgo
-  fi
 
   $GO version