diff --git a/scripts/build_go.sh b/scripts/build_go.sh
index 3e23e15d8b962..97d9431beb544 100755
--- a/scripts/build_go.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_go.sh
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ fi
 # We use ts_omit_aws here because on Linux it prevents Tailscale from importing
 # github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws, which adds 7 MB to the binary.
 TS_EXTRA_SMALL="ts_omit_aws,ts_omit_bird,ts_omit_tap,ts_omit_kube"
-if [[ "$slim" == 0 ]]; then
-	build_args+=(-tags "embed,$TS_EXTRA_SMALL")
-else
+if [[ "$slim" == 1 || "$dylib" == 1 ]]; then
 	build_args+=(-tags "slim,$TS_EXTRA_SMALL")
+else
+	build_args+=(-tags "embed,$TS_EXTRA_SMALL")
 fi
 if [[ "$agpl" == 1 ]]; then
 	# We don't use a tag to control AGPL because we don't want code to depend on