diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kubectx/bump-golang-x-sys.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/kubectx/bump-golang-x-sys.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec838728410a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/kubectx/bump-golang-x-sys.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
+index c523783..1ef8d00 100644
+--- a/go.mod
++++ b/go.mod
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
+ 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9 // indirect
+ 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12
+ 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
++	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220731174439-a90be440212d // indirect
+ 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c
+ 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.0-alpha.1
+ 	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.0-alpha.1
+diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
+index 8f16b5a..7426c68 100644
+--- a/go.sum
++++ b/go.sum
+@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
+ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201112073958-5cba982894dd h1:5CtCZbICpIOFdgO940moixOPjc0178IU44m4EjOO5IY=
+ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201112073958-5cba982894dd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
++golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220731174439-a90be440212d h1:Sv5ogFZatcgIMMtBSTTAgMYsicp25MXBubjXNDKwm80=
++golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220731174439-a90be440212d/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+ golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+ golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+ golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kubectx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/kubectx/default.nix
index 1de22705ebda..dfdfebcf3eab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/kubectx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/kubectx/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-WY0zFt76mvdzk/s2Rzqys8n+DVw6qg7V6Y8JncOUVCM=";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "sha256-4sQaqC0BOsDfWH3cHy2EMQNMq6qiAcbV+RwxCdcSxsg=";
+  patches = [
+    ./bump-golang-x-sys.patch
+  ];
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-p4KUBmJw6hWG1J2qwg4QBbh6Vo1cr/HQz0IqytIDJjU=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
@@ -24,6 +28,5 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     homepage = "https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jlesquembre ];
-    platforms = with platforms; unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76e76202d6ee..2097329d0b02 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16241,9 +16241,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   kubeaudit = callPackage ../tools/security/kubeaudit { };
 
-  kubectx = callPackage ../development/tools/kubectx {
-    buildGoModule = buildGo117Module;
-  };
+  kubectx = callPackage ../development/tools/kubectx { };
 
   kube-linter = callPackage ../development/tools/kube-linter { };