diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.14.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.14.nix
index 9ee5b6fa62425..4d83e12b3b2ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.14.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.14.nix
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
   disallowedReferences = [ goBootstrap ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
index fc3fb0ad0e5ad..af125d60ed0a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./all.bash
   '';
 
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     branch = "1.4";
     homepage = "http://golang.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/setup-hook.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dce15eeb1025..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/setup-hook.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-addToGoPath() {
-    addToSearchPath GOPATH $1/share/go
-}
-
-addEnvHooks "$targetOffset" addToGoPath