diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d80b78361..7c77e67b0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ ARG GIT_TREE_STATE
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0 \
     GO111MODULE=on \
     GOPROXY=${GOPROXY} \
-    LDFLAGS="-X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.Version=${VERSION}" \
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitSHA=${GIT_SHA}" \
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitTreeState=${GIT_TREE_STATE}"
+    LDFLAGS="-X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.Version=${VERSION} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitSHA=${GIT_SHA} -X ${PKG}/pkg/buildinfo.GitTreeState=${GIT_TREE_STATE}"
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/2853-ashish-amarnath b/changelogs/unreleased/2853-ashish-amarnath
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45b160cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/2853-ashish-amarnath
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+🐛 fix passing LDFLAGS across build stages