diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index e4a707d8f..6e93ae380 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/pql"
 
 	"unicode"
-
-	// Allow building Pilosa without the web UI.
-	_ "github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik"
 )
 
 // Handler represents an HTTP handler.
@@ -289,13 +286,13 @@ func (h *Handler) handleWebUI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, "Welcome. Pilosa is running. Visit https://www.pilosa.com/docs/ for more information or try the WebUI by visiting this URL in your browser.", http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
-	statikFS, err := h.FileSystem.New()
+	filesystem, err := h.FileSystem.New()
 	if err != nil {
 		h.writeQueryResponse(w, r, &QueryResponse{Err: err})
 		h.logger().Println("Pilosa WebUI is not available. Please run `make generate-statik` before building Pilosa with `make install`.")
 		return
 	}
-	http.FileServer(statikFS).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	http.FileServer(filesystem).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
 
 // handleGetSchema handles GET /schema requests.
diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index 5d8af43a9..aa8ad2970 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/internal"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/pql"
-	statik "github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik/filesystem"
+	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/test"
 )
 
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 67498d7d4..b9140f6a3 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/gcnotify"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/gossip"
-	statik "github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik/filesystem"
+	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statsd"
 )
 
diff --git a/statik/doc.go b/statik/doc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9310eb508..000000000
--- a/statik/doc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-// Package statik contains static assets for the Web UI. `go generate` will
-// produce statik.go, which is ignored by git.
-//go:generate statik -src=../webui -dest=..
-package statik
diff --git a/statik/filesystem/statik.go b/statik/filesystem.go
similarity index 81%
rename from statik/filesystem/statik.go
rename to statik/filesystem.go
index 3f9582a71..6d7fd864f 100644
--- a/statik/filesystem/statik.go
+++ b/statik/filesystem.go
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
+//
+//go:generate statik -src=../webui -dest=..
+//
+// Package statik contains static assets for the Web UI. `go generate` or
+// `make generate-statik` will produce statik.go, which is ignored by git.
 
-package filesystem
+package statik
 
 import (
 	"net/http"