Does the go linker attempt any dead code elimination across libraries? Static linking is handy for distributing binaries but 8 megabytes does seem a bit excessi

Does the go linker attempt any dead code elimination across libraries? Static linking is handy for distributing binaries but 8 megabytes does seem a bit excessive for a relatively simple program. Then again, it isn't so out of place nowadays when you see how big a statically linked C program can get when linked against glibc...