diff --git a/autoload/go/job.vim b/autoload/go/job.vim
index e10b0484aa..93638dab62 100644
--- a/autoload/go/job.vim
+++ b/autoload/go/job.vim
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ function! go#job#Options(args)
         \ 'statustype' : ''
       \ }
 
-  if has("patch-8.0.0902") || has('nvim')
-    let cbs.cwd = state.jobdir
-  endif
+  let cbs.cwd = state.jobdir
 
   if has_key(a:args, 'bang')
     let state.bang = a:args.bang
@@ -295,11 +293,6 @@ function! go#job#Start(cmd, options)
     let l:manualcd = 1
     let dir = getcwd()
     execute l:cd fnameescape(filedir)
-  elseif !(has("patch-8.0.0902") || has('nvim'))
-    let l:manualcd = 1
-    let l:dir = l:options.cwd
-    execute l:cd fnameescape(l:dir)
-    call remove(l:options, 'cwd')
   endif
 
   if has_key(l:options, '_start')
diff --git a/autoload/go/util.vim b/autoload/go/util.vim
index 1532422033..fbc9e46412 100644
--- a/autoload/go/util.vim
+++ b/autoload/go/util.vim
@@ -62,18 +62,7 @@ endfunction
 " The (optional) first parameter can be added to indicate the 'cwd' or 'env'
 " parameters will be used, which wasn't added until a later version.
 function! go#util#has_job(...) abort
-  if has('nvim')
-    return 1
-  endif
-
-  " cwd and env parameters to job_start was added in this version.
-  if a:0 > 0 && a:1 is 1
-    return has('job') && has("patch-8.0.0902")
-  endif
-
-  " job was introduced in 7.4.xxx however there are multiple bug fixes and one
-  " of the latest is 8.0.0087 which is required for a stable async API.
-  return has('job') && has("patch-8.0.0087")
+  return has('job') || has('nvim')
 endfunction
 
 let s:env_cache = {}
diff --git a/doc/vim-go.txt b/doc/vim-go.txt
index 36244462e7..c263affc90 100644
--- a/doc/vim-go.txt
+++ b/doc/vim-go.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ experience.
 ==============================================================================
 INSTALL                                                           *go-install*
 
-vim-go requires at least Vim 8.0.1542 or Neovim 0.3.2. On macOS, if you are
+vim-go requires at least Vim 8.0.1453 or Neovim 0.3.2. On macOS, if you are
 still using your system version of vim, you can use homebrew to keep your
 version of Vim up-to-date with the following terminal command:
 >
diff --git a/plugin/go.vim b/plugin/go.vim
index 057103942b..ade2aed5f4 100644
--- a/plugin/go.vim
+++ b/plugin/go.vim
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ function! s:checkVersion() abort
     if has('nvim')
       let l:unsupported = !has('nvim-0.3.2')
     else
-      let l:unsupported = v:version < 800
+      let l:unsupported = !has('patch-8.0.1453')
     endif
 
     if l:unsupported == 1
       echohl Error
-      echom "vim-go requires Vim 8+ or Neovim 0.3.2, but you're using an older version."
+      echom "vim-go requires at least Vim 8.0.1453 or Neovim 0.3.2, but you're using an older version."
       echom "Please update your Vim for the best vim-go experience."
       echom "If you really want to continue you can set this to make the error go away:"
       echom "    let g:go_version_warning = 0"
       echom "Note that some features may error out or behave incorrectly."
-      echom "Please do not report bugs unless you're using Vim 8+ or Neovim 0.3.2."
+      echom "Please do not report bugs unless you're using at least Vim 8.0.1453 or Neovim 0.3.2."
       echohl None
 
       " Make sure people see this.
diff --git a/scripts/install-vim b/scripts/install-vim
index 4d7a8bca31..7aca0d54dd 100755
--- a/scripts/install-vim
+++ b/scripts/install-vim
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ vim=${1:-}
 
 case "$vim" in
   "vim-8.0")
-    # This follows the version in Arch Linux. Vim's master branch isn't always
+    # This follows the version in Ubuntu LTS. Vim's master branch isn't always
     # stable, and we don't want to have the build fail because Vim introduced a
     # bug.
-    tag="v8.0.1542"
+    tag="v8.0.1453"
     giturl="https://github.com/vim/vim"
     ;;