diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 83fa87b8e..1d9613f04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Build
+        env:
+          CGO_ENABLED: '0'
         run: go build -v ./cmd/gh
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 0f0d64ae2..2f6d16f32 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ builds:
     id: linux
     goos: [linux]
     goarch: [386, arm, amd64, arm64]
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
 
   - <<: *build_defaults
     id: windows
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 22f3672b7..e29d67b07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CGO_CPPFLAGS ?= ${CPPFLAGS}
 export CGO_CPPFLAGS
 CGO_CFLAGS ?= ${CFLAGS}
 export CGO_CFLAGS
-CGO_LDFLAGS ?= ${LDFLAGS}
+CGO_LDFLAGS ?= $(filter -g -L% -l% -O%,${LDFLAGS})
 export CGO_LDFLAGS
 
 GO_LDFLAGS := -X github.com/cli/cli/internal/build.Version=$(GH_VERSION) $(GO_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/docs/install_linux.md b/docs/install_linux.md
index 697bfb8f8..4fe314777 100644
--- a/docs/install_linux.md
+++ b/docs/install_linux.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Installing gh on Linux
+# Installing gh on Linux and FreeBSD
 
 Packages downloaded from https://cli.github.com or from https://github.com/cli/cli/releases
 are considered official binaries. We focus on popular Linux distros and
@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@ Android 7+ users can install via [Termux](https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Main_Page
 pkg install gh
 ```
 
+### FreeBSD
+
+FreeBSD users can install from the [ports collection](https://www.freshports.org/devel/gh/):
+
+```bash
+cd /usr/ports/devel/gh/ && make install clean
+```
+
+Or via [pkg(8)](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?pkg(8)):
+
+```bash
+pkg install gh
+```
+
 ### Gentoo
 
 Gentoo Linux users can install from the [main portage tree](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-util/github-cli):
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/merge/merge.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/merge/merge.go
index d72ed2ca0..abd761807 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/merge/merge.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/merge/merge.go
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ func mergeRun(opts *MergeOptions) error {
 	if pr.Mergeable == "CONFLICTING" {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("%s Pull request #%d (%s) has conflicts and isn't mergeable ", cs.Red("!"), pr.Number, pr.Title)
 		return err
-	} else if pr.Mergeable == "UNKNOWN" {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("%s Pull request #%d (%s) can't be merged right now; try again in a few seconds", cs.Red("!"), pr.Number, pr.Title)
-		return err
 	} else if pr.State == "MERGED" {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("%s Pull request #%d (%s) was already merged", cs.Red("!"), pr.Number, pr.Title)
 		return err