diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 36f23538..431d1ed9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ env:
   - VERSION=1.9 VARIANT=stretch
   - VERSION=1.9 VARIANT=alpine3.8
   - VERSION=1.9 VARIANT=alpine3.7
-  - VERSION=1.9 VARIANT=alpine3.6
   - VERSION=1.11-rc VARIANT=stretch
   - VERSION=1.11-rc VARIANT=alpine3.8
   - VERSION=1.11-rc VARIANT=alpine3.7
diff --git a/1.9/alpine3.6/Dockerfile b/1.9/alpine3.6/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e478d96..00000000
--- a/1.9/alpine3.6/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine:3.6
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-		ca-certificates
-
-# set up nsswitch.conf for Go's "netgo" implementation
-# - https://github.com/golang/go/blob/go1.9.1/src/net/conf.go#L194-L275
-# - docker run --rm debian:stretch grep '^hosts:' /etc/nsswitch.conf
-RUN [ ! -e /etc/nsswitch.conf ] && echo 'hosts: files dns' > /etc/nsswitch.conf
-
-ENV GOLANG_VERSION 1.9.7
-
-# make-sure-R0-is-zero-before-main-on-ppc64le.patch: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/9aea0e89b6df032c29d0add8d69ba2c95f1106d9 (Go 1.9)
-COPY *.patch /go-alpine-patches/
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
-		bash \
-		gcc \
-		musl-dev \
-		openssl \
-		go \
-	; \
-	export \
-# set GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP such that we can actually build Go
-		GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="$(go env GOROOT)" \
-# ... and set "cross-building" related vars to the installed system's values so that we create a build targeting the proper arch
-# (for example, if our build host is GOARCH=amd64, but our build env/image is GOARCH=386, our build needs GOARCH=386)
-		GOOS="$(go env GOOS)" \
-		GOARCH="$(go env GOARCH)" \
-		GOHOSTOS="$(go env GOHOSTOS)" \
-		GOHOSTARCH="$(go env GOHOSTARCH)" \
-	; \
-# also explicitly set GO386 and GOARM if appropriate
-# https://github.com/docker-library/golang/issues/184
-	apkArch="$(apk --print-arch)"; \
-	case "$apkArch" in \
-		armhf) export GOARM='6' ;; \
-		x86) export GO386='387' ;; \
-	esac; \
-	\
-	wget -O go.tgz "https://golang.org/dl/go$GOLANG_VERSION.src.tar.gz"; \
-	echo '582814fa45e8ecb0859a208e517b48aa0ad951e3b36c7fff203d834e0ef27722 *go.tgz' | sha256sum -c -; \
-	tar -C /usr/local -xzf go.tgz; \
-	rm go.tgz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/local/go/src; \
-	for p in /go-alpine-patches/*.patch; do \
-		[ -f "$p" ] || continue; \
-		patch -p2 -i "$p"; \
-	done; \
-	./make.bash; \
-	\
-	rm -rf /go-alpine-patches; \
-	apk del .build-deps; \
-	\
-	export PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH"; \
-	go version
-
-ENV GOPATH /go
-ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
-
-RUN mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src" "$GOPATH/bin" && chmod -R 777 "$GOPATH"
-WORKDIR $GOPATH
-
-COPY go-wrapper /usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/1.9/alpine3.6/go-wrapper b/1.9/alpine3.6/go-wrapper
deleted file mode 100755
index f722bad1..00000000
--- a/1.9/alpine3.6/go-wrapper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-usage() {
-	base="$(basename "$0")"
-	cat <<EOUSAGE
-
-usage: $base command [args]
-
-This script assumes that it is run from the root of your Go package (for
-example, "/go/src/app" if your GOPATH is set to "/go").
-
-In Go 1.4, a feature was introduced to supply the canonical "import path" for a
-given package in a comment attached to a package statement
-(https://golang.org/s/go14customimport).
-
-This script allows us to take a generic directory of Go source files such as
-"/go/src/app" and determine that the canonical "import path" of where that code
-expects to live and reference itself is "github.com/jsmith/my-cool-app".  It
-will then ensure that "/go/src/github.com/jsmith/my-cool-app" is a symlink to
-"/go/src/app", which allows us to build and run it under the proper package
-name.
-
-For compatibility with versions of Go older than 1.4, the "import path" may also
-be placed in a file named ".godir".
-
-Available Commands:
-
-  $base download
-  $base download -u
-    (equivalent to "go get -d [args] [godir]")
-
-  $base install
-  $base install -race
-    (equivalent to "go install [args] [godir]")
-
-  $base run
-  $base run -app -specific -arguments
-    (assumes "GOPATH/bin" is in "PATH")
-
-EOUSAGE
-}
-
-# make sure there is a subcommand specified
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
-	usage >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-# "shift" so that "$@" becomes the remaining arguments and can be passed along to other "go" subcommands easily
-cmd="$1"
-shift
-
-goDir="$(go list -e -f '{{.ImportComment}}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
-
-if [ -z "$goDir" -a -s .godir ]; then
-	goDir="$(cat .godir)"
-fi
-
-dir="$(pwd -P)"
-if [ "$goDir" ]; then
-	goPath="${GOPATH%%:*}" # this just grabs the first path listed in GOPATH, if there are multiple (which is the detection logic "go get" itself uses, too)
-	goDirPath="$goPath/src/$goDir"
-	mkdir -p "$(dirname "$goDirPath")"
-	if [ ! -e "$goDirPath" ]; then
-		ln -sfv "$dir" "$goDirPath"
-	elif [ ! -L "$goDirPath" ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: $goDirPath already exists but is unexpectedly not a symlink!"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	goBin="$goPath/bin/$(basename "$goDir")"
-else
-	goBin="$(basename "$dir")" # likely "app"
-fi
-
-case "$cmd" in
-	download)
-		set -- go get -v -d "$@"
-		if [ "$goDir" ]; then set -- "$@" "$goDir"; fi
-		set -x; exec "$@"
-		;;
-		
-	install)
-		set -- go install -v "$@"
-		if [ "$goDir" ]; then set -- "$@" "$goDir"; fi
-		set -x; exec "$@"
-		;;
-		
-	run)
-		set -x; exec "$goBin" "$@"
-		;;
-		
-	*)
-		echo >&2 'error: unknown command:' "$cmd"
-		usage >&2
-		exit 1
-		;;
-esac
diff --git a/1.9/alpine3.6/make-sure-R0-is-zero-before-main-on-ppc64le.patch b/1.9/alpine3.6/make-sure-R0-is-zero-before-main-on-ppc64le.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 88f88771..00000000
--- a/1.9/alpine3.6/make-sure-R0-is-zero-before-main-on-ppc64le.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From 9aea0e89b6df032c29d0add8d69ba2c95f1106d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Carlos Eduardo Seo <cseo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:48:36 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH] runtime: make sure R0 is zero before _main on ppc64le
-
-_main has an early check to verify if a binary is statically or dynamically
-linked that depends on R0 being zero. R0 is not guaranteed to be zero at that
-point and this was breaking Go on Alpine for ppc64le.
-
-Change-Id: I4a1059ff7fd3db6fc489e7dcfe631c1814dd965b
-Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/54730
-Run-TryBot: Lynn Boger <laboger@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-Reviewed-by: Lynn Boger <laboger@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
----
- src/runtime/rt0_linux_ppc64le.s | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/runtime/rt0_linux_ppc64le.s b/src/runtime/rt0_linux_ppc64le.s
-index 134858bff8..73b9ae392d 100644
---- a/src/runtime/rt0_linux_ppc64le.s
-+++ b/src/runtime/rt0_linux_ppc64le.s
-@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
- #include "textflag.h"
- 
- TEXT _rt0_ppc64le_linux(SB),NOSPLIT,$0
-+	XOR R0, R0	  // Make sure R0 is zero before _main
- 	BR _main<>(SB)
- 
- TEXT _rt0_ppc64le_linux_lib(SB),NOSPLIT,$-8
--- 
-2.14.1
-
diff --git a/generate-stackbrew-library.sh b/generate-stackbrew-library.sh
index 0aff04d9..e4cd9600 100755
--- a/generate-stackbrew-library.sh
+++ b/generate-stackbrew-library.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ declare -A debianSuite=(
 )
 defaultAlpineVersion='3.8'
 declare -A alpineVersion=(
-	[1.9]='3.6'
+	#[1.9]='3.7'
 )
 
 self="$(basename "$BASH_SOURCE")"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ for version in "${versions[@]}"; do
 	)
 
 	for v in \
-		stretch alpine3.{8,7,6} \
+		stretch alpine3.{8,7} \
 		windows/windowsservercore-{ltsc2016,1709,1803} \
 		windows/nanoserver-{sac2016,1709,1803} \
 	; do
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index b5bb0c18..8a437d50 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ for version in "${versions[@]}"; do
 	windowsSha256="$(curl -fsSL "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${fullVersion}.windows-amd64.zip.sha256")"
 
 	for variant in \
-		alpine3.{6,7,8} \
+		alpine3.{7,8} \
 		stretch \
 	; do
 		if [ -d "$version/$variant" ]; then