diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix
index 64b51521433a..f15104e3d383 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/terraform-providers/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
-, buildGoPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , callPackage
 , config
@@ -11,13 +10,12 @@ let
   buildWithGoModule = data:
     buildGoModule {
       pname = data.repo;
-      version = data.version;
+      inherit (data) vendorSha256 version;
       subPackages = [ "." ];
       doCheck = false;
       src = fetchFromGitHub {
         inherit (data) owner repo rev sha256;
       };
-      vendorSha256 = data.vendorSha256 or null;
       deleteVendor = data.deleteVendor or false;
       proxyVendor = data.proxyVendor or false;
 
@@ -27,25 +25,9 @@ let
       passthru = data;
     };
 
-  buildWithGoPackage = data:
-    buildGoPackage {
-      pname = data.repo;
-      version = data.version;
-      goPackagePath = "github.com/${data.owner}/${data.repo}";
-      subPackages = [ "." ];
-      doCheck = false;
-      src = fetchFromGitHub {
-        inherit (data) owner repo rev sha256;
-      };
-      # Terraform allow checking the provider versions, but this breaks
-      # if the versions are not provided via file paths.
-      postBuild = "mv $NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin/${data.repo}{,_v${data.version}}";
-      passthru = data;
-    };
-
   # Our generic constructor to build new providers
   mkProvider = attrs:
-    (if (lib.hasAttr "vendorSha256" attrs) then buildWithGoModule else buildWithGoPackage)
+    (if (lib.hasAttr "vendorSha256" attrs) then buildWithGoModule else throw /* added 2022/01 */ "vendorSha256 missing: please use `buildGoModule`")
       attrs;
 
   # These providers are managed with the ./update-all script