diff --git a/COMPILE.md b/COMPILE.md
index 29e6c7c..e3f2b3b 100644
--- a/COMPILE.md
+++ b/COMPILE.md
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ A quick and dirty way to produce the binaries of `mtdbconverter`,
 
     # Assuming you have a 64bit GNU/Linux system. For other systems take
     # the corresponding version from https://golang.org/dl/
-    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.6.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
-    $ echo "e40c36ae71756198478624ed1bb4ce17597b3c19d243f3f0899bb5740d56212a go1.6.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+    $ echo "702ad90f705365227e902b42d91dd1a40e48ca7f67a2f4b2fd052aaa4295cd95 go1.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
 
-    $ tar xf go1.6.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ tar xf go1.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
     $ mkdir -p gopath/{pkg,bin,src}
 
@@ -40,10 +40,3 @@ A quick and dirty way to produce the binaries of `mtdbconverter`,
     $ ls $GOPATH/bin
     mtdbconverter  mtredisalize  mtseeder  mtwebmapper
 
-Using [Go1.7](https://golang.org/dl/#go1.7rc1) improves the performance
-of MTSatellite up to 15% on AMD64 machines. To use this experimental/unstable
-compiler toolchain replace the `wget` command mentioned above with:
-
-    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7rc1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-
-    $ echo "afe956b6d323c68fbd851f4e962f26f16dde61d7caa1de1a8408c7de0b6034aa go1.7rc1.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -