diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.17.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.17.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 77b3fd9d0b91..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.17.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,282 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, tzdata
-, iana-etc
-, perl
-, which
-, pkg-config
-, procps
-, pcre
-, cacert
-, Security
-, Foundation
-, xcbuild
-, mailcap
-, runtimeShell
-, buildPackages
-, pkgsBuildTarget
-, threadsCross
-}:
-
-let
-  goBootstrap = buildPackages.callPackage ./bootstrap116.nix { };
-
-  goarch = platform: {
-    "aarch64" = "arm64";
-    "arm" = "arm";
-    "armv5tel" = "arm";
-    "armv6l" = "arm";
-    "armv7l" = "arm";
-    "i686" = "386";
-    "mips" = "mips";
-    "mips64el" = "mips64le";
-    "mipsel" = "mipsle";
-    "powerpc64le" = "ppc64le";
-    "riscv64" = "riscv64";
-    "s390x" = "s390x";
-    "x86_64" = "amd64";
-  }.${platform.parsed.cpu.name} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${platform.parsed.cpu.name}");
-
-  # We need a target compiler which is still runnable at build time,
-  # to handle the cross-building case where build != host == target
-  targetCC = pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc;
-
-  isCross = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform;
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "go";
-  version = "1.17.13";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://dl.google.com/go/go${version}.src.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-oaSLI6+yBvlee7qpuJjZZfkIJvbx0fwMHXhK2gzTAP0=";
-  };
-
-  strictDeps = true;
-  # perl is used for testing go vet
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl which pkg-config procps ];
-  buildInputs = [ cacert pcre ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ stdenv.cc.libc.out ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "glibc") [ stdenv.cc.libc.static ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ xcbuild ];
-
-  depsTargetTargetPropagated = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Security Foundation ];
-
-  depsBuildTarget = lib.optional isCross targetCC;
-
-  depsTargetTarget = lib.optional stdenv.targetPlatform.isWindows threadsCross;
-
-  hardeningDisable = [ "all" ];
-
-  prePatch = ''
-    patchShebangs ./ # replace /bin/bash
-
-    # This source produces shell script at run time,
-    # and thus it is not corrected by patchShebangs.
-    substituteInPlace misc/cgo/testcarchive/carchive_test.go \
-      --replace '#!/usr/bin/env bash' '#!${runtimeShell}'
-
-    # Patch the mimetype database location which is missing on NixOS.
-    # but also allow static binaries built with NixOS to run outside nix
-    sed -i 's,\"/etc/mime.types,"${mailcap}/etc/mime.types\"\,\n\t&,' src/mime/type_unix.go
-
-    # Disabling the 'os/http/net' tests (they want files not available in
-    # chroot builds)
-    rm src/net/{listen,parse}_test.go
-    rm src/syscall/exec_linux_test.go
-
-    # !!! substituteInPlace does not seems to be effective.
-    # The os test wants to read files in an existing path. Just don't let it be /usr/bin.
-    sed -i 's,/usr/bin,'"`pwd`", src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i 's,/bin/pwd,'"`type -P pwd`", src/os/os_test.go
-    # Fails on aarch64
-    sed -i '/TestFallocate/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/link/internal/ld/fallocate_test.go
-    # Skip this test since ssl patches mess it up.
-    sed -i '/TestLoadSystemCertsLoadColonSeparatedDirs/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/crypto/x509/root_unix_test.go
-    # Disable another PIE test which breaks.
-    sed -i '/TestTrivialPIE/aif true \{ return\; \}' misc/cgo/testshared/shared_test.go
-    # Disable the BuildModePie test
-    sed -i '/TestBuildmodePIE/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-    # Disable the unix socket test
-    sed -i '/TestShutdownUnix/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/net/net_test.go
-    # Disable the hostname test
-    sed -i '/TestHostname/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/os_test.go
-    # ParseInLocation fails the test
-    sed -i '/TestParseInSydney/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/time/format_test.go
-    # Remove the api check as it never worked
-    sed -i '/src\/cmd\/api\/run.go/ireturn nil' src/cmd/dist/test.go
-    # Remove the coverage test as we have removed this utility
-    sed -i '/TestCoverageWithCgo/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-    # Remove the timezone naming test
-    sed -i '/TestLoadFixed/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/time/time_test.go
-    # Remove disable setgid test
-    sed -i '/TestRespectSetgidDir/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/internal/work/build_test.go
-    # Remove cert tests that conflict with NixOS's cert resolution
-    sed -i '/TestEnvVars/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/crypto/x509/root_unix_test.go
-    # TestWritevError hangs sometimes
-    sed -i '/TestWritevError/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/net/writev_test.go
-    # TestVariousDeadlines fails sometimes
-    sed -i '/TestVariousDeadlines/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/net/timeout_test.go
-
-    sed -i 's,/etc/protocols,${iana-etc}/etc/protocols,' src/net/lookup_unix.go
-    sed -i 's,/etc/services,${iana-etc}/etc/services,' src/net/port_unix.go
-
-    # Disable cgo lookup tests not works, they depend on resolver
-    rm src/net/cgo_unix_test.go
-
-    # prepend the nix path to the zoneinfo files but also leave the original value for static binaries
-    # that run outside a nix server
-    sed -i 's,\"/usr/share/zoneinfo/,"${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/\"\,\n\t&,' src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
-
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isAarch32 ''
-    echo '#!${runtimeShell}' > misc/cgo/testplugin/test.bash
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    substituteInPlace src/race.bash --replace \
-      "sysctl machdep.cpu.extfeatures | grep -qv EM64T" true
-    sed -i 's,strings.Contains(.*sysctl.*,true {,' src/cmd/dist/util.go
-    sed -i 's,"/etc","'"$TMPDIR"'",' src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i 's,/_go_os_test,'"$TMPDIR"'/_go_os_test,' src/os/path_test.go
-
-    sed -i '/TestChdirAndGetwd/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestCredentialNoSetGroups/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/exec/exec_posix_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestRead0/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/os/os_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestSystemRoots/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/crypto/x509/root_darwin_test.go
-
-    sed -i '/TestGoInstallRebuildsStalePackagesInOtherGOPATH/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-    sed -i '/TestBuildDashIInstallsDependencies/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/go/go_test.go
-
-    sed -i '/TestDisasmExtld/aif true \{ return\; \}' src/cmd/objdump/objdump_test.go
-
-    sed -i 's/unrecognized/unknown/' src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
-
-    # TestCurrent fails because Current is not implemented on Darwin
-    sed -i 's/TestCurrent/testCurrent/g' src/os/user/user_test.go
-    sed -i 's/TestLookup/testLookup/g' src/os/user/user_test.go
-
-    touch $TMPDIR/group $TMPDIR/hosts $TMPDIR/passwd
-  '';
-
-  patches = [
-    ./remove-tools-1.11.patch
-    ./ssl-cert-file-1.16.patch
-    ./remove-test-pie-1.15.patch
-    ./creds-test.patch
-    ./go-1.9-skip-flaky-19608.patch
-    ./skip-chown-tests-1.16.patch
-    ./skip-external-network-tests-1.16.patch
-    ./skip-nohup-tests.patch
-    ./skip-cgo-tests-1.15.patch
-    ./go_no_vendor_checks-1.16.patch
-  ] ++ [
-    # breaks under load: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/25628
-    (if stdenv.isAarch32
-    then ./skip-test-extra-files-on-aarch32-1.14.patch
-    else ./skip-test-extra-files-on-386-1.14.patch)
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    find . -name '*.orig' -exec rm {} ';'
-  '';
-
-  GOOS = stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.kernel.name;
-  GOARCH = goarch stdenv.targetPlatform;
-  # GOHOSTOS/GOHOSTARCH must match the building system, not the host system.
-  # Go will nevertheless build a for host system that we will copy over in
-  # the install phase.
-  GOHOSTOS = stdenv.buildPlatform.parsed.kernel.name;
-  GOHOSTARCH = goarch stdenv.buildPlatform;
-
-  # {CC,CXX}_FOR_TARGET must be only set for cross compilation case as go expect those
-  # to be different from CC/CXX
-  CC_FOR_TARGET =
-    if isCross then
-      "${targetCC}/bin/${targetCC.targetPrefix}cc"
-    else
-      null;
-  CXX_FOR_TARGET =
-    if isCross then
-      "${targetCC}/bin/${targetCC.targetPrefix}c++"
-    else
-      null;
-
-  GOARM = toString (lib.intersectLists [ (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.version or "") ] [ "5" "6" "7" ]);
-  GO386 = "softfloat"; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
-  CGO_ENABLED = 1;
-  # Hopefully avoids test timeouts on Hydra
-  GO_TEST_TIMEOUT_SCALE = 3;
-
-  # Indicate that we are running on build infrastructure
-  # Some tests assume things like home directories and users exists
-  GO_BUILDER_NAME = "nix";
-
-  GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP = "${goBootstrap}/share/go";
-
-  postConfigure = ''
-    export GOCACHE=$TMPDIR/go-cache
-    # this is compiled into the binary
-    export GOROOT_FINAL=$out/share/go
-
-    export PATH=$(pwd)/bin:$PATH
-
-    ${lib.optionalString isCross ''
-    # Independent from host/target, CC should produce code for the building system.
-    # We only set it when cross-compiling.
-    export CC=${buildPackages.stdenv.cc}/bin/cc
-    ''}
-    ulimit -a
-  '';
-
-  postBuild = ''
-    (cd src && ./make.bash)
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.targetPlatform && !stdenv.isDarwin;
-
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-    (cd src && HOME=$TMPDIR GOCACHE=$TMPDIR/go-cache ./run.bash --no-rebuild)
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    rm -r pkg/obj
-    # Contains the wrong perl shebang when cross compiling,
-    # since it is not used for anything we can deleted as well.
-    rm src/regexp/syntax/make_perl_groups.pl
-  '' + (if (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) then ''
-    mv bin/*_*/* bin
-    rmdir bin/*_*
-    ${lib.optionalString (!(GOHOSTARCH == GOARCH && GOOS == GOHOSTOS)) ''
-      rm -rf pkg/${GOHOSTOS}_${GOHOSTARCH} pkg/tool/${GOHOSTOS}_${GOHOSTARCH}
-    ''}
-  '' else if (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform) then ''
-    rm -rf bin/*_*
-    ${lib.optionalString (!(GOHOSTARCH == GOARCH && GOOS == GOHOSTOS)) ''
-      rm -rf pkg/${GOOS}_${GOARCH} pkg/tool/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}
-    ''}
-  '' else "");
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $GOROOT_FINAL
-    cp -a bin pkg src lib misc api doc $GOROOT_FINAL
-    ln -s $GOROOT_FINAL/bin $out/bin
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  disallowedReferences = [ goBootstrap ];
-
-  passthru = {
-    inherit goBootstrap;
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Go Programming language";
-    homepage = "https://go.dev/";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = teams.golang.members;
-    platforms = platforms.darwin ++ platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/creds-test.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/creds-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a18e6cc42e8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/creds-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- source.org/src/syscall/creds_test.go	1970-01-01 01:00:01.000000000 +0100
-+++ source/src/syscall/creds_test.go	2018-02-22 10:43:47.223615358 +0000
-@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
- 			if sys, ok := err.(*os.SyscallError); ok {
- 				err = sys.Err
- 			}
--			if err != syscall.EPERM {
--				t.Fatalf("WriteMsgUnix failed with %v, want EPERM", err)
-+			if err != syscall.EPERM && err != syscall.EINVAL {
-+				t.Fatalf("WriteMsgUnix failed with %v, want EPERM or EINVAL", err)
- 			}
- 		}
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/go-1.9-skip-flaky-19608.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/go-1.9-skip-flaky-19608.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a4d9f0674791..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/go-1.9-skip-flaky-19608.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/net/http/serve_test.go b/src/net/http/serve_test.go
-index 7137599..43cca2e 100644
---- a/src/net/http/serve_test.go
-+++ b/src/net/http/serve_test.go
-@@ -5361,6 +5361,7 @@ func testServerKeepAlivesEnabled(t *testing.T, h2 bool) {
- // the server's doing its 1-byte background read between requests,
- // waiting for the connection to maybe close.
- func TestServerCancelsReadTimeoutWhenIdle(t *testing.T) {
-+	testenv.SkipFlaky(t, 19608)
- 	setParallel(t)
- 	defer afterTest(t)
- 	const timeout = 250 * time.Millisecond
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/remove-test-pie-1.15.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/remove-test-pie-1.15.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f00685feba90..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/remove-test-pie-1.15.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
-index e1cd4965c3..66bf980fc6 100644
---- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
-+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
-@@ -584,29 +584,6 @@ func (t *tester) registerTests() {
- 		})
- 	}
- 
--	// Test internal linking of PIE binaries where it is supported.
--	if t.internalLinkPIE() {
--		t.tests = append(t.tests, distTest{
--			name:    "pie_internal",
--			heading: "internal linking of -buildmode=pie",
--			fn: func(dt *distTest) error {
--				t.addCmd(dt, "src", t.goTest(), "reflect", "-buildmode=pie", "-ldflags=-linkmode=internal", t.timeout(60))
--				return nil
--			},
--		})
--		// Also test a cgo package.
--		if t.cgoEnabled && t.internalLink() {
--			t.tests = append(t.tests, distTest{
--				name:    "pie_internal_cgo",
--				heading: "internal linking of -buildmode=pie",
--				fn: func(dt *distTest) error {
--					t.addCmd(dt, "src", t.goTest(), "os/user", "-buildmode=pie", "-ldflags=-linkmode=internal", t.timeout(60))
--					return nil
--				},
--			})
--		}
--	}
--
- 	// sync tests
- 	if goos != "js" { // js doesn't support -cpu=10
- 		t.tests = append(t.tests, distTest{
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-cgo-tests-1.15.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-cgo-tests-1.15.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 945d3ef8d126..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-cgo-tests-1.15.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
-index e1cd4965c3..0980d044df 100644
---- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
-+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
-@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ func (t *tester) cgoTest(dt *distTest) error {
- 					t.addCmd(dt, "misc/cgo/test", t.goTest(), "-buildmode=pie", "-ldflags=-linkmode=internal")
- 				}
- 				t.addCmd(dt, "misc/cgo/testtls", t.goTest(), "-buildmode=pie")
--				t.addCmd(dt, "misc/cgo/nocgo", t.goTest(), "-buildmode=pie")
-+				//t.addCmd(dt, "misc/cgo/nocgo", t.goTest(), "-buildmode=pie")
- 			}
- 		}
- 	}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-chown-tests-1.16.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-chown-tests-1.16.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 783446cdf317..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-chown-tests-1.16.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-From 9a6718a6355d89b73011fbd1eb1bba8dcfa021e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: regnat <rg@regnat.ovh>
-Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 10:17:28 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Disable the chown tests
-
-See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42525 and
-https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/3245
----
- os/os_unix_test.go | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/os/os_unix_test.go b/os/os_unix_test.go
-index 51693fd..0936542 100644
---- a/src/os/os_unix_test.go
-+++ b/src/os/os_unix_test.go
-@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func checkUidGid(t *testing.T, path string, uid, gid int) {
- }
- 
- func TestChown(t *testing.T) {
-+        t.Skipf("https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42525")
- 	// Use TempDir() to make sure we're on a local file system,
- 	// so that the group ids returned by Getgroups will be allowed
- 	// on the file. On NFS, the Getgroups groups are
-@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ func TestChown(t *testing.T) {
- }
- 
- func TestFileChown(t *testing.T) {
-+        t.Skipf("https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42525")
- 	// Use TempDir() to make sure we're on a local file system,
- 	// so that the group ids returned by Getgroups will be allowed
- 	// on the file. On NFS, the Getgroups groups are
-@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ func TestFileChown(t *testing.T) {
- }
- 
- func TestLchown(t *testing.T) {
-+        t.Skipf("https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42525")
- 	// Use TempDir() to make sure we're on a local file system,
- 	// so that the group ids returned by Getgroups will be allowed
- 	// on the file. On NFS, the Getgroups groups are
--- 
-2.31.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-external-network-tests-1.16.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-external-network-tests-1.16.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f1eb6be7bb8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-external-network-tests-1.16.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/internal/testenv/testenv.go b/src/internal/testenv/testenv.go
-index c902b1404f..66016088a2 100644
---- a/src/internal/testenv/testenv.go
-+++ b/src/internal/testenv/testenv.go
-@@ -163,13 +163,15 @@ func MustHaveExecPath(t testing.TB, path string) {
- // HasExternalNetwork reports whether the current system can use
- // external (non-localhost) networks.
- func HasExternalNetwork() bool {
--	return !testing.Short() && runtime.GOOS != "js"
-+	// Nix sandbox does not external network in sandbox
-+	return false
- }
- 
- // MustHaveExternalNetwork checks that the current system can use
- // external (non-localhost) networks.
- // If not, MustHaveExternalNetwork calls t.Skip with an explanation.
- func MustHaveExternalNetwork(t testing.TB) {
-+	t.Skipf("Nix sandbox does not have networking")
- 	if runtime.GOOS == "js" {
- 		t.Skipf("skipping test: no external network on %s", runtime.GOOS)
- 	}
-diff --git a/src/net/dial_test.go b/src/net/dial_test.go
-index 57cf5554ad..d00be53b2c 100644
---- a/src/net/dial_test.go
-+++ b/src/net/dial_test.go
-@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ func TestDialerControl(t *testing.T) {
- // except that it won't skip testing on non-mobile builders.
- func mustHaveExternalNetwork(t *testing.T) {
- 	t.Helper()
-+	t.Skipf("Nix sandbox does not have networking")
- 	mobile := runtime.GOOS == "android" || runtime.GOOS == "ios"
- 	if testenv.Builder() == "" || mobile {
- 		testenv.MustHaveExternalNetwork(t)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-nohup-tests.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-nohup-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1da07407d049..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-nohup-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/os/signal/signal_test.go b/src/os/signal/signal_test.go
-index 3d79c7a..6e0f7b4 100644
---- a/src/os/signal/signal_test.go
-+++ b/src/os/signal/signal_test.go
-@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ var checkSighupIgnored = flag.Bool("check_sighup_ignored", false, "if true, Test
- 
- // Test that Ignored(SIGHUP) correctly detects whether it is being run under nohup.
- func TestDetectNohup(t *testing.T) {
-+	t.Skip("Fails in nix build environment")
-+
- 	if *checkSighupIgnored {
- 		if !Ignored(syscall.SIGHUP) {
- 			t.Fatal("SIGHUP is not ignored.")
-@@ -306,6 +308,8 @@ func TestStop(t *testing.T) {
- // Test that when run under nohup, an uncaught SIGHUP does not kill the program,
- // but a
- func TestNohup(t *testing.T) {
-+	t.Skip("Fails in nix build environment")
-+
- 	// Ugly: ask for SIGHUP so that child will not have no-hup set
- 	// even if test is running under nohup environment.
- 	// We have no intention of reading from c.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-test-extra-files-on-386-1.14.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-test-extra-files-on-386-1.14.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ab681826499a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-test-extra-files-on-386-1.14.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/os/exec/exec_test.go b/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
-index dce66c5c2e..2532224376 100644
---- a/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
-+++ b/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
-@@ -627,6 +627,10 @@ func TestExtraFiles(t *testing.T) {
- 		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q", runtime.GOOS)
- 	}
- 
-+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" && runtime.GOARCH  == "386" {
-+		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q %q", runtime.GOARCH, runtime.GOOS)
-+	}
-+
- 	// Force network usage, to verify the epoll (or whatever) fd
- 	// doesn't leak to the child,
- 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-test-extra-files-on-aarch32-1.14.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-test-extra-files-on-aarch32-1.14.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5251882fce83..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/skip-test-extra-files-on-aarch32-1.14.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/os/exec/exec_test.go b/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
-index dce66c5c2e..2532224376 100644
---- a/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
-+++ b/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
-@@ -627,6 +627,10 @@ func TestExtraFiles(t *testing.T) {
- 		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q", runtime.GOOS)
- 	}
- 
-+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" && runtime.GOARCH  == "arm" {
-+		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q %q", runtime.GOARCH, runtime.GOOS)
-+	}
-+
- 	// Force network usage, to verify the epoll (or whatever) fd
- 	// doesn't leak to the child,
- 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/ssl-cert-file-1.16.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/ssl-cert-file-1.16.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f4bc16e5b8cb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/ssl-cert-file-1.16.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/crypto/x509/root.go b/src/crypto/x509/root.go
-index ac92915128..fb1d70c735 100644
---- a/src/crypto/x509/root.go
-+++ b/src/crypto/x509/root.go
-@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ package x509
- 
- //go:generate go run root_ios_gen.go -version 55161.140.3
- 
--import "sync"
-+import (
-+	"io/ioutil"
-+	"os"
-+	"sync"
-+)
- 
- var (
- 	once           sync.Once
-@@ -20,6 +24,16 @@ func systemRootsPool() *CertPool {
- }
- 
- func initSystemRoots() {
-+	if file := os.Getenv("NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE"); file != "" {
-+		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
-+		if err == nil {
-+			roots := NewCertPool()
-+			roots.AppendCertsFromPEM(data)
-+			systemRoots = roots
-+			return
-+		}
-+	}
-+
- 	systemRoots, systemRootsErr = loadSystemRoots()
- 	if systemRootsErr != nil {
- 		systemRoots = nil
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 07f5720720c1..99f7c3ce2391 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23269,19 +23269,6 @@ with pkgs;
   buildGoModule = buildGo119Module;
   buildGoPackage = buildGo119Package;
 
-  go_1_17 = callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.17.nix ({
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Foundation Security;
-  } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.cc.isGNU && stdenv.isAarch64) {
-    stdenv = gcc8Stdenv;
-    buildPackages = buildPackages // { stdenv = buildPackages.gcc8Stdenv; };
-  });
-  buildGo117Module = callPackage ../build-support/go/module.nix {
-    go = buildPackages.go_1_17;
-  };
-  buildGo117Package = callPackage ../build-support/go/package.nix {
-    go = buildPackages.go_1_17;
-  };
-
   # requires a newer Apple SDK
   go_1_18 = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.18.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Foundation Security;